1800.] Address. 61 



a paper on Bharavi and Miiglia, in -which he endeavours to trace the 

 relation between these great poets, by attentive study of their works 

 Kirdtdrjuniya and the S'ihipdlavadha. Professor Hillebrandt, gives in 

 the same journal the first part, on the word p2ira,7idhi, of a seines of 

 papers entitled Vedica. There is also a Catalogue of the Zand and 

 Pablavi MSS. belonging to Khan Bahadur Dr, Hoshangi J. Asa, Sirdar 

 of the 1st class, Dastvir of the Parsis of the Deccan. 



The Giornale della Societa Asiatica Italiana, Yol. Ill, 1889, contains 

 a paper on Persian poetry anterior to Firdusi, by Italio Pizzi. On the 

 Arydclialaguhya dhdrani Sutra, by 0. Puini. A paper on the Jain 

 story of king Papabuddhi and his minister Dharmabuddhi, giving Sans- 

 krit text and translation ; by E. Lovarini. On some Italian words 

 believed to be of Oriental origin, such as amuleto, lagaglio, etc., by F. 

 Lasinio. 



In the Zeitschrift der Vergleichenden SpracJiforscJiung, 1889, (Journal 

 for Comparative Linguistics), is a paper by Pi'of. Leumann on the Accen- 

 tuation of the S' aptapatha Brdhmana. 



Professor A. Weber's paper " tjber die Samyaktvakaumudi, eine 

 eventualiter mit Tausend und eine Nacht auf gleiche Quelle zuriick- 

 gehende indische Erziihlung," published in the Sitzungsberichte der 

 Konigl. Frenssischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, may be of interest 

 to students of folklore. 



Among the works of philological interest published during the year 

 may be noticed : — 



The 2nd edition of W. D. Whitney's Sanskrit Grammar. Kittel's 

 Canarese Dictionary, published by the Basle Mission Press, Cannanore. 

 A second edition of 8' abdaJcalpadruma, a new edition of the great 

 Sanskrit Encyclopaedia — published by the brothers Barada Prasad and 

 Hari Charan Basu. An Arabic-English Dictionary, by A. H. Salmone, 

 Dr. Leitner's Hunza and Nagyr Hand-book, Part I. Prof. Eggeling's 

 Catalogue of the Sanskrit MSS. in the Library of the India Office. Pai"t 

 II, Sanskrit Grammar, Lexicography, Prosody and Music. Prof. R, 

 Garbe's English translation, with notes, of the Samkhya-pravachana- 

 hhdshya, the commentary of Vijfiaua-bhikshu to the Satnhhya Sutras. 



Part II of the Comparative Dictionary of the Bihdri Language, 

 compiled by Dr. Hoernle and Mr. Grierson has appeared. The authors 

 apologise for the long delay, due to various causes, that has occurred in 

 issuing this part, but it will be none the less welcome to students. 



Mr. Grierson has also contributed a paper " on selected sjoecimens 

 of the Bihari Language " to the Journal of the German Oriental Society. 



Vernacular Literature. The most complete review of current litera- 

 ture in this country is given in the " Rej)orts on the Publications issued 



