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peare's Midsuinmer''s Niyht's Dream. It does not appear in any of the 

 Repoi'ts whetber these translations of Shakespeare are for literary or 

 dramatic purposes, or are merely ' ciibs ' for examinations. 



An enlarged edition of an English- Tamil Dictionary, originally 

 compiled by some missionaries in Ceylon, has been published with near- 

 ly 37,000 words more. Mr. Sitarama Charlu's Supplement to the Telegu 

 Grammar will be valuable to teachers. The poetical works contain few 

 orio-inal poems of real merit. Some of the songs are remarkable for 

 their melody, sweetness and simplicity and the homeliness of their tune 

 and language, the purity of their sentiment and the aptness of their 

 similes. The number of religious works is very high, and amounts to 

 about 42 per cent, of the total number of woi'ks registered. 

 Science is, as usual, only represented by school-books. 

 Mr. Grigg, the Director of Public Instruction, remarks, as has been 

 done in other Presidencies and Provinces, that the evil of publishing 

 ' Keys ' and other helps for examinations seems to gain grotmd yearly ; 

 that a general taste for vernacular prose literature seems gradually to 

 be arising among some classes ; that there is an eager desire on the part 

 of educated people for social and religious reforms ; that Muhammadan 

 authors are increasing in number; and that the people appreciate more 

 and more the education of their women. 



N.-W. Provinces and Oudh. — 1,362 works were registered during the 

 year in the N.-W. Provinces and Oudh, but the Hon. Mr. White's report 

 gives little or no information as to the contents or value of the works 

 selected under various heads as noticeable. The number of translations 

 from English and other languages seems very large, and includes Hamlet, 

 Much Ado about Nothing, and The Comedy of Errors, as well as an English 

 jfovel, — My First and Last, and Sir W. Scott's Progress of Givilisation. 



Books in Urdu, Hindi, Arabic and Persian show an increase, but 

 Sanskrit a falling off. Most of the best works are in Urdu. 382 works 

 were published on Beligion; 273 on Langttage ; 163 Miscellaneous ; 120 

 on Poetry ; 77 on Medicine ; 71 Fiction, and all these heads show an in- 

 crease, while Science shows a considerable decrease. The greatest 

 number of publications has issued from Lucknow, and shows a lai'ge 

 increase over last year. More than half have been published by Munshi 

 Newal Kishore, CLE. 



Pti'tijah. — From the report of Lala Ram Kishan, the Registrar, it 

 appears that 2, 301 works were registered during 1888, which is a large 

 increase over the previous year, and the year was conspicuous for literary 

 activity. The majority of the publications is in Urdu, but works in 

 Punjabi, the language of the Sikhs, show a great increase, which indi- 

 cates the intellectual advance of that community. In Sindhi there is 

 also a large increase. 



