biographie al sketches of the poets whose poems have been selected Know one's aeritings and judge the man The editor also believes in the maxim, equally if not more in portant, that to understand one's poetry we must first Алото. И тан. In conclusion, the clitor has the pleasing duty of recording his best thanks to the poets, publishers and friends without whose synimpat hy and co-operatıon 1 t is very doubtful whether such a compilation could ever have been brought out. He will due in it sufficient recompense for his pains if the book serves at cast a part of the purpose it tinas un view. 77ico Ponado/a vu la ary', 79 r. S(()N) , ) () N. In this edition the book has been thoroughly revised ( are has been taken to correct the misprints and inaccuracies of the former edition. Some less in portant pieces have been rejected. Some easy but opular pieces have been transferred to the first part of flu book New piece's have been selected from the works of fir'e well-known poets and room has been made for these selectieons (Questions have been nult politid. The notes ha v e been nade more elaborate, greater stress having been laid on the philology of words. (ritical notes also have not been lost sight of. The compler takes this opportunity to record his thanks to his sometinne teacher, Babu Panchanan Bhattacharya, B. A, B T of the subordinate educational service, Bengal, to whose valuable suggestions he is mainly indebted for the improvements in this edition. (CA 1.cu”TTA : The Oriental Seminary, 336, UPPER CHITPUR Ro-AID, Латиату, г91 г. S. R. B.
