74 OPINIONS. book that the Vidyasagar medal gave him the incentive for its composition. ‘q#=etal @ Atfesy’ has been enthusiastically received by the public and has been declared to be an epoch- making book in Bengali literature. The members congratulate themselves on having ahand in the production of the work. Concerned as they are to learn that the pressure of work entailed by the composition of the book has shattered the author’s health, they pray to God that he may soon be restored to health.” Extract from a circular from the late Babu Dinanath Sen, Inspector of Schools, Eastern Circle, to the Head Masters of High English Schools under him, dated Dacca, the Sth March, 1897. ‘“A very important book on the History of the Bengali language and literature has been published by Babu Dinesh Chandra Sen, Head Master of the Victoria School at Comilla. It is desirable that a copy of the book should be kept in the library of each school in which Bengali is taught and which may have funds to buy it * * *” The late Hon'ble Babu Guru Prasad Sen, pleader of Bankipur, wrote— ‘“Now permit me to say that yours was the best book I read for many a year in Bengali and I at once came to be an admirer of the author and since then knowing that you are a Vaidya and of the same section to which I have the honour to velong and you belong to East Bengal, there has grown in me a sort of, | hope, permissible pride in your work.” Rat Sarat Chandra Das Bahadur, C.l.E., writes— ‘| have read your excellent work with keen interest. I should like to buy a copy of it. From the contents of the first volume one can draw a good deal of information for the inter- est of European scholars,
