and hopes which life inspires, that they must confirm the faith of all who read them* May the influence of his teaching be spread far and wide by this fresh collection of his uplifting words ! ” The Inquirer of London, that eminent organ of free faith and fellowship which previously recorded its ‘‘ grateful recognition ” of the “ lofty religious tone and high intellectual value,” “ the nobility of utterance and depth of spiritual fervour,” of the first volume, is likewise led, by the distinctive features of the second, particularly to “ emphasise the ominently practical appeal for moral and social reform that this great Indian teacher has persistently addressed to his country-men and most of all to tha young, during hia long and fruitful career.” Among the joiirnals of Calcutta, The Modern Review delights to find the volume equally “ edifying and inspiring ” wiflh its predecessor- The World and the New Dispensation is struck with the “ chaste and classic ” quality of,the style and the “ blend of *the scholar and the vdevotee ” in the author, as also “ his touch
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