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DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BENGALI BOOKS.
56. (S. T.) Moha Mudgar, 1854, pp. 8½, as. Roz. & Co. An admirable little Ethical Poem ON HUMAN VANITY, it has been translated into English, by Sir W. Jones. Two editions have been published this year in Bengali, (besides many previously) one Bengali, the other Sanskrit and Bengali. Like Solomon's chapter on Old Age, it treats of the vanity of the world, and was composed 6 centuries ago by the famous Sangkar Acharjya. It has been translated also into German and French: esteemed by the natives as "the first lesson received by infancy as the Guide of Life, the last counsel given by old age as the result, of long experience."
57. (A. B.) Rajdut o Saralatar Puruskár, MORAL TALES, Roz. & Co., 1849, pp. 310, by K. Banerjea. Copies are scarce of the Anglo-Bengali edition. The Rajdut or King's Message is a beautiful tale, by Adam, the author of the lovely tale "The Shadow of the Cross." Saralata Puruskár or the Reward of Honesty is by Miss Edgeworth, and in some parts of it the scenes are laid in India. Both Adam and Edgeworth stand high for the moral power of their tales, and this work is a great boon to Bengali literature. A small Bengali edition of this was published, which is now being re-printed.
58. (E. T.) NEGRO SERVANT, Kaphri Das, pp. 33, ½ as. 1851. T. S. A tale of humble life by Leigh Richmond, the English has had an immense circulation in England.
59. Niti Kathá—part 1. MORAL FABLES, 1 an., 1st ed. 1818, lasted. 1854. Roz. & Co. Translated from the English and Arabic, by T. C. Mittre and Radhakant Deb; at least 100,000 copies, have been sold from various presses. Gives Anecdotes of the deer and lion: hare and tiger: woman: goose: fly: bull: man: corpse: tortoise: hare: thorn: black man: lion and fox: sun and wind: belly and members: boys and frogs: cowherd and farmer: farmer and snake: dove and honey.
60. Niti Kathá,—part. 2. MORAL TALES, 1 an. 1st ed. 1818, pp. 48, last ed. 1854, Roz. & Co. Innumerable editions of this have been published in various presses, which contains Easy Bengali Lessons, by MR. PEARSON, Superintendent of the Government Vernacular Schools of Chinsurah, in 1818. 14 Moral Sayings, with Fables and Anecdotes, illustrative of them—on pride: friendship: poor man and fool: covetousness: knowledge: evil words: idle man: the old man, and his two sons: written in a simple style, well adapted for females or youth.
