t दछठांय ७ भांश्ङि1 IIIS EXCELLENCY LORD CARMICIIEL, GOVERNOR OF Bl'NG \ , in his address, on the occasion of his laying the IFoundation St()11, of the Romesh Chandra Saraswat Bhawan, dated the 20th November, 1916 - "For long Ronnesh Chandra Dutt's listory of the Literature Bengal was the only work of its kind available to the general readcr. The results of further study in this field have been made available to us by the Dublication of the learned aud luminous lectures of Rai Shib Dineschandra Sen. 米 {n the direction of the listory of tlc linguage and the literature, Rai Sahib Dineschandra Sen hits created the meressary interest by his Typical Selections. It reinains for the members of the Parishad to follow this lead and to Cálr1ʻ\ʼ () the work in the same spirit of patient accurate research.' pf SIR .\ SUTOSI MO()KlERJ. E., in lia Convocation \ddress, lated the l3th March, 1 JO), aus Vice-(llauncellor of tłuc (alcutta University :- “We hav U had a long series of luminous lectures from one of our O\\ graduates, 13.abu lines chandra Sen, on the fascinating subject of the listory of the Bengali language the literature These lectures take il Comprehensie view of the dev, clo oment of our vernacular, and their publication will unquestionably facilitate the historic ill 1 \ stigation of the origin of the era. cular literature of this country, the study of which is avowedly one of the foremost objects of the New Regulations t) promote.” SYLVAIN E VI ( Paris -" I cannot give you praises enough-your work is a Chintamani — a Ratinakara. Ni » b 1 k ab ont Indial woull I comparc with yours...... Never (lid finl such a realistic sense of literature..... Pundit and Peasant, Yogi and Raja, mix togethc in a Shakespearian way on the stage you have built up.” B.VRTI Paris -"I can approach your book as a learner, not as a judge. C. H. TAWNEY-"Your work shows vast research and much general culture.” VINCENT SMIT II-".\ work if profund learning and high value.' F. W. TI IOMAS-"Charact crised by evtensive erudition and indepCMdent research." t { ) [ ̇Uáቢ E. J. RAPSON-"I looked through it with great interest and grc r admiration for the knowledge and research to which it bears Witness.
