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72 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BENGALI BOOKS. ragas or musical modes which are personified as females. In 1820 was published Rag Maid on musical modes, a re- petition of this was said to bring down rain in a time of drought, about the same time appeared the Bichdr 86r Sangita, the Rdgrdgini and Sangita Rag Kalpadrum all on Music. 319. (S. T.) Nala Damayanti, n. p., 1852, pp. 74, 2 as. Milman pronounces this u a beautiful tale, full of the most pathetic interest/* The king of Berar loses his kingdom through gambling, — he wanders through the forests,— descrip- tion of the scenery there, the wife clings to her husband amid all misfortunes. At length recognises her husband at Oude, hj his mode of driving ; the throne at length regained. This work needs pruning. The original has been translated into Persian, Russian, German, French, Latin and English, it has passed through many editions in Bengali. 320. (S. T.) Ramayan, tr. by Kriti Bas, 1st Ed. se. p., 1803. p. c. p., 2 Rs. 1853, pt>. 506, The Iliad of the Ben- galis); giving Ram's march from Oude through the South of India, aided by aboriginal tribes, his conquest of Ceylon, his rescue of his wife like another Agamemnon : it depicts the religion, literature, and manners of the Hindus 2,000 years ago. The original has been recently translated into Italian, and publish*} in Paris at the expense of the King of Tuscany ; innumerable editions have been printed in Bengali ranging in price from 1 to 10 Rs. An Edition of the Ramayan is coming out under the patronage of the Raja of Burdwan. 321. Ratndbali, a Drama, by Hurshar, King ofKashmir, in the llth century, pp. 216., T. P. 322. (S. B.) Ritu Sanhar, by Kalid&s, the Indian Shakespeare, BL B., 1848, pp. 71. Many Editions. The Thomp- son's Seasons of India, it has been translated into German, Latin and English, and abounds with passages of exquisite beauty, showing a thorough love of nature, Sir W. Jones says of it u every line is exquisitely polished and every couplet exhibits an Lidian landscape always beautiful, sometimes highly coloured but never beyond nature,'* many editions have been published in the bazar, but like Horace and Juvenal, there are indelicate passages in it which require excision. 323. (S. T.)Ritu Sanhar, by Madhab, Roz. & Co., a prize translation of the Sanskrit College : expurgated ; the style is high.