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LATER EUROPEAN WRITERS 265 (9) বাক্যাবলী ০৮ 10190780108] Exercises. English and Bengalee, with dialogues, letters, ete., on various sub- jects. Caleutta 1820. A phrase-book and vocabulary. Published by the School Book Society. (Ed. Cal. 1829.) (4) নীতিকথা or Moral Tales composed jointly with Raja Radhakanta Deb for the School Book Society. Before 1821. (5) Translation of Murray’s English Grammar, 1820. [Mentioned also in Catalogue EB. I. Company’s Library (p.267) as “Grammar of the English Language, English and Bengalee, Caleutta 1520”’}. (6) প্রাচীন ইতিহাসের AIH or an Epitome of Ancient History, English and Bengalee, containing a concise account of the Egyptians, Assyrians, Persians, Grecians and Romans. The English compiled by Pearson: the Bengali version by Pearson and others. Caleutta 1530. pp. 1-623. (A previous edition containing only 364 pages with the accounts of the Egyptians, Assyrians, Baby- lonians, Medes, Persians and the Grecians). (7) ভূগোল ও জ্যোতিষ ইত্যাদি বিষয়ক কথোপকথন, English and Bengali. Ist ed. 1824. 2nd ed. Calcutta 1827. (5) ছুই মহা আজ্ঞা or the Two Great Commandments being an exposition of St. Matthew xxii. 37. Calcutta 1826. (9) We find the following entry in Murdoch, Cata- logue: “Pilgrim’s Progress. Bengali and English by Rev. J. D. Pearson, chiefly from the Serampore Edition, 1834. 2nd Ed. Bengali alone. An Edition published by J. Wenger in 1853.”! (10) In the Catalegue of FE. I. Company’s Library (1845), p. 267, mention is made of ‘ A School Dictionary, English and Bengali. 12mo. Caleutta 1529.

  • See also W. H. Carey, Oriental Christian Biography, vol. i, p. 370,

for a list of Pearson's works. 34