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[ «o ] His "Past and Prevent" and" Emiya on the B*i»juh't htityn- a;je" will long maintain his reputation ia the fi-Jd of Bengalee literature. "Post and Present" isa spotless picture: it t> enlivened throughout with harmless humour. In time it will claim the distinction of an invaluable history. Raj Narain was well-known for his sweet words and in every social gathering people would await them with eagerness. He was a mine of information, so to speak, and would always en- liven his conversation with such erudition that talking of this* Pundit Siva Nath Sastri records: — "A few minutes' conver- sation with the man would at once convince yon that he wn« a vastly erudite man." Hearing of his oeute suffering from head- ache Askhoy Kumar wrote to him. — "Take bnfh early in the morning, drink pipe-water and take a little airing hoth in the morning and evening — and, pray, don't exert your brains too much." Writing about his early friendship his son P-abu Jog- endranath says : "My father was a devoted friend. He remem- bered ev iry one of them whom* he had once awrphd as friends and remembered them till the end of his life. In his old age he made out a list of thorn and would occasionally consult it and remember them with feeling While in Calcutta he heard one day that a friend of his had come back to Calcutta after a bipse of forty years. He at one* called on him, but all his attempts to remind the man of their early friendship proved futile and he returned aadiy dis- appointed." Raj Xarain carried on a long discussion with the Christi- ans. One day, Reverend Dr. K. M. Banerjee referred to Noah and Moses as his predecessors, whereupon Raj Narain very- humorously asked — siliee when and for what offence on their part had the Doctor deposed Mann nnd Yajnavalkva from the list of his forefathers. Raj Narain was a great favourite of Raja R-im Mohnn Riy. He was simple as a child, and hia like an a ni"def religion*, mm is rare in Bengal.