voted friend to the Indian people, and her treatment of Raja Rammohun Roy has placed the Bengalis espe-cially in her debt.Itis gratifying that the first full account of her life, in an oriental language, should be written in Bengali by a Bengali lady.
The book is well-written and well-printed, and I trust will have the large sale it deserves.
I have had great pleasure in reading the life of Mary Carpenter by Miss Kumudini Mitter, B. A.; and would like to thank the authoress for giving me the opportunity of readiug it. This book is one that will help to satisfy a real need among young Bengali girls, – the need of a pure and instructive literature in their own language. The number of really healthy pure Bengali stories is very small and while we are seeking by education to encourage a love of reading, we find it very difficult to find books fit to read.
This life of Mary Carpenter is pure and inspiring, and every girl who reads it should be the better woman for so doing.
I would urge the writer to go on in this work and give us many more such helpful little books.
Superintendent,
London Mission Christian Girls School.
Bhowanipore