858 BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. [Chap Chand Thakur took the cue for his style in the composition of his masterpiece in Bengali—the Alaler Gharer Dulala. Dr. Carey writes in the pre- face to his Kathopakathana: ‘“ That the work might be as complete as possible, | have employed some sensible natives to compose dialogues upon sub-
jects of domestic nature and to give them precisely in the natural style of the persons supposed to be So he did not write the whole of the IJ speakers. book himself, but the dialogues, other than those written on domestic subjects, are his composition, and they do him a great credit. He hada high regard for Bengali as a language. He says of it in the aforesaid preface, ‘This language... . current through an extent of country nearly equal to Great | Britany... when properly cultivated, will be in- | ferior to none in clegance and perspicuity.” He | wanted not only to educate and elevate the masses of Bengal, but also to develop, as best he could, the resources of a language for which he had a great respect. The style of his colloquies inspired many of our countrymen to write in the current dialect, and not only do we find it imitated ina pre-eminent degree in Alaler Gharer Duala and Hutum Pechar Naks&a, but even in the style of a Bankima Chandra and Dina Vandu Mitra. | quote a passage from his colloquies. Dr. Carey appended an English translation which I adopt with some modifications. Specimens *“YVesterday at 12 0’clock my youngest wife had of collo- cooked the dinner, and my children had first eaten guial style. রর
- "' কাল ছুপুর বেলা ছোট বো বাধিতেছিল, ইহার মধ্যে
