xe Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [ June, 
tions are very numerous, and nothing like a complete enumeration 
of them can be attempted in this place. His most remarkable 
work was done in connection with Buddhistic literature and faith 
on the one hand, and on the other hand with the Rigveda and 
Vedic religion. I need only mention a few of his most import 
ant publications in ‘Sucks fields—his great edition of the panel 
Pitaka, his well-known book on Buddha, his Prolegomena to the 
Professor Oldenber rg usc an astonishing combination of 
various great gifts, Huis scholar Oe philological, ae 
toric, emgh evioasldie wide an - the same time minute; 
possesses an un ing industry in pa fod amassing facts 
and figures, but ever proceeds to analyse and combine them with 
surprising critical skill and acumen; he shrinks from no tedious 
detail, but never loses out of sight what is of essential and last- 
ing significance in human life and history ; he, in fact, is a philoso- 
pher no less than a scholar and critic. His insight into ancient 
gift of gleaneke often truly brilliant, 5 jene There are other 
contem Baik ase eous Orientalists who equal, o r may even excel him, 
espects, but viewin e total sum of his endow- 
aia and performance we consider ourselves ecg in saying 
that the ae he occupies is unique. (G. Txrpaut.) 
—— 
William Irvine, — ape ae Civil Servant (North-Western 
Provinces and Oudh) was educated at King’s College, sondern, 
and was appointed to ee Indian Civil Service after the examina- 
tion of 1862. He arrived in India on 12th December, 1863, and 
served in the North- Western Provinces as Assistant Magistrate 
and Collector, Joint Magistrate and Deputy Collector, and - Magis- 
trate and Collector up to 26th March, 1888. He retired in 1888. 
e is author of :—Canal Rates versus Land Revenue (Oaleutta 
Review 1869). re one Digest, or the Law Procedure relating 
to Landlord and T t, Bengal Presidency (1869). Bangash 
Nawabs of Farukh aba “(Joursdl of the Asiatic Society of Ben 
Vols. xlvii and xlviii of 1877-79). Contribution to Gazetteer of 
Farukhabad (1870). Settlement Report of Ghazipur District 
(1876). The Army of the Indian Moghuls, i organisation, etc. 
(1904). Translator of “Storia do Mogor or Moghul India,” 
1653-1708, by Niccolao Manucci, Vols. i, ii, iti “(19075 
(E. D. Ross.) 
The Council also reported that there were now four vacancies 
in the list of Associate Members, and the Council therefore recom- 
mends the three following “arate for election as Associa 
“Members at the next meeting. Per 
