accounts of the life and character of Krishna, which are so entirely at variance with the lofty conceptions of that deity, as contained in the more ancient Hindu sacred writings.
Bankim Chandra was also an able exponent of intellectual and scientific research. He was himself a perfect master of the English language, as well as of Sanskrit. He had studied the scientific works of modern times, and endeavoured to make them popular amongst his fellow-countrymen by the medium of a monthly periodical, entitled "Bangadarshan," which appeared in 1872, and, under his able editorship, has proved to be one of the best conducted and most useful of Bengali magazines. He has also written a book of poems, called "Kavitâ-prakâsh" (Calcutta, 1878), exquisite in style, of remarkable originality, and abounding in poetic imagery.
Little is known of Bankim Chandra's private life, as his biography has not yet appeared. He was one of four sons of Jâdab Chandra Chatterjee, was educated at the Hughli College, studied law at the Presidency College at Calcutta, and was one of the first graduates of the Calcutta Univer-
