READERS. 51 223. (A. B.) MISCELLANEOUS READINGS, Bibidh Pat, by K. Banerjya, pr. 2, c. p. 1847, pp. 328. Roz. & Co. 1 Re. Gives moral tales and legends, as the legend of Kalaya- vada, of his marriage and education of Sagara, Kalidasa, the fall of thePandavas : the origin of Buddhism : the elephant and blind man : cameleon, thief. Historical — Hannibal's Life and Cam- paigns from Arnold, a full detail. Voyages and Travels — Nor- way, its law of succession, houses, manners, female society, peasants, judges' education — from Laing : Magellan's Circum- navigation and Discoveries in the Pacific : Asiatic Origin of the Scandinavians. 224. LETTER WRITING TO GREAT MEN, forms of; pp.48, Patra Chintamani,l$45,c. p., Roz. &Co.,6 as. 226. LETTER WRITER, Patra Dhard, Ser. 1821, 3rd ed., 3 Rs., pp. 88, by Jay Qopal Tarkalankar. Contains forms of letters, agreements, the mode of superscribing a letter to different persons, on writing petitions, and leases ; to it are added Chanakyas' Slokes and Subhankar's arithmetic. It gives Subhankar's famed metrical directions for addressing the various ranks of men. 226. LETTER WRITING, Patra Kaumadi, 1st ed. 1819, 6th ed. 1852, 4 as., 8. b. s., 8,500 copies sold. Compiled by the late Rev. J. Pearson, contains 286 letters on familiar subjects, commercial and familiar correspondence, forms of leases, zemindary accounts and other forms in common use ; appended is a glossary of Persian and other terms used in law deeds,&c. — very useful for village schools or for Europeans who live in the Mofussil, as the colloquial terms and technical phrases of correspondence are given. 227. Pdtabali, No. 3, BENGALI INSTRUCTOR, by J. Long, Hay and Co., 1854, pp. 177, 8 as., extracts chiefly from native works — on the Life of a Shepherd Astronomer : Punjab salt mines : silk worms : Moslem saints : frog in a stone : printing , wonderful veil : transparent watch. Tower of Pandua ; Ghat Murders : Steam Engine : Women devoted to Christ ; wonderful spring :.gold & silver of scripture : balloons : Ram Mohan Ray, Productions of India : tin, lead and copper of Scripture : Human Body : Siamese Twins : Breathing : Sa- gacity of Elephants : with a list of Bengali prepositions ap- pended, their primary and secondary meanings. 228. Patdbali, No.4, BENGALI INSTRUCTOR, Hay and Co., by J. Long, 1852, pp. 200, 8 as., gives 42 extracts
