248 Books WRITTEN. Three' and ask whether it is possible to be more scientifically clear, and whether the explanations do not reach the humblest intellect. We may similarly take up the rules for finding the roots of square and cubic numbers. We cannot help noticing the admirable execution of the typographical part of the work both as regards accuracy and printing. It is seldom that a book of figures is issued from a Native Press, which has not a bulky sheet of corrections appended to. Hindoo Patriot 12. J. 60. A Few Thoughts on Education. First Edition-September 1904. Second Edition-December 1909. The preface, the introduction, and some letters are reproduced bclow to give some idea of the work. Preface to the First Edition. The educational problem in India presents many peculliarities not to be met with in any other country. Thus, Indian students have to acquire knowledge through the medium of a difficult foreign language, and this not only overtaxes their energies, but also cramps their thoughts. Then again, while on the one hand, the circumstances of the country and the habits and sentiments of its people, make western methods and systems in their integrity often inapplicable to them, on the other hand, the control of Education rests with those who, from
