OPINIONS JUILES BILOCH- have just finished the romantic story of Chandra wati (given in the Bengali Ramayanas M y lll: ). av I c and well deserved luck of havino dis ) y congratulate you on the ყჯOOCl aving discovered her having added that new gem to the Crown of Bengali Literature. 漫 I cannot speak to you in detail of your chapters on the characteristics of the Bengali Ramayanas and on Tulsidas. I had only to learn from what you say and thank you for helping me and tnany others to get a little of that direct understanding and feeling of the literary and emotional value of those poems in general and Krittivas in particular. I hope your devotion to Bengali Iiterature will be rewarded by a growing popularity of that literature in India and in Europe; and also that young Scholars will follow your example and your direction in continuing your studies, literary and philological.” SIR GEORGE GRIERSON-"I must write to thank you for your two valued gifts of the “Folk Literature of Bengal' and “The Bengali Ramayanas.' I delayed acknowledging them till I had read them through. I have been greatly interested by both, and owe you a debt of gratitude for the immense amount of important information contained in them. ԳS 9 after so many others and I add to this letter a few notes which the perusal of your books has suggested to me. Perhaps you will find them useful. "I hope that you will be spared to us to write many more such books.” DR. WILLIAM CROOKE, C. L. E., El)ITOR OF “FOLK LORE. LONDON-"I have read them (“Folk Literature of Bengal’ and The Bengali Ramayanas') with much interest. They secm to me to be a very valuable Contribution to the study of the religion and folk-lore of Bengal. I Congratulate you on the success of your work and I shall be glad to receive copies of any other work whlch you may write on the same subjects.’ H. BEVERIDGE-“Of the two books I must say that I like best the engali Ramayanas. Your book on Bengali folklore is also valuable’ ( from a letter of I2 pages containing a critical review of the two books ). From the “Revista Trimestrale di studi Filosofici a kಳ್ಗ: iversitv of Calcutta continues with every alacrity, the မျိုး||ဗိုahဒွဖုံDiဗုဒ္ဓါူ its publications thus testifying to the high literature of Bengal. scientific preparation (issuing out) of those indigenous teachers. This volume devoted to the popular tales of Bengal also constitutes 0 Q
