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TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE.
In presenting to the English public another of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's tales, I have only to express a hope that the spirit of the original has been preserved.
My most grateful acknowledgments are due to Mr. Blumhardt for his very able sketch of the author's life and literary works, as well as for his generous assistance in revising my translation, and in supplying a Glossary and Notes which remove all obscurity from the text.
M. S. KNIGHT.
