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guages of Assam.' The Journal of the Asiatic Society of France 

 (Journal Asiatiqtie) contains the conclusion of M. Senart's papers on the 

 language of the Asoka edicts, which is also published separately, and also 

 the conclusion of M. Sauvaire's ' materials for the history of Musalman 

 Numismatics and Metrology.' Attention may also be called to ivl. Abel 

 Bergaigne's notes on the primitive saipMtd of the E-ig-Veda ; M. L. Feer's 

 translation of and notes on the Updlisuttam, and Mr. J. Darmesteter's 

 paper on ' the Mahdhlidrat a £i-nd Shdhndmah.^ The Journal of the German 

 Oriental Society (Zeitschrift der Beutsclien Morgenldndisclien Gesellschaft) 

 contains as usual much of interest on Indian subjects ; Professor O. 

 Bohtlingk giving a supplement to Vasishtlia which is criticised by Pro- 

 fessor Biihler, and also a paper on A'pastamha. Professor Biihler con- 

 tributes a paper on the Asoka edicts, and P. von Bradke continues his 

 contributions to our knowledge of Indian religion and antiquities. To 

 A. Hillebrandt we are indebted for an article on Vaidik ritual, and to 

 A. Ludwig, for one on the meanings of words occurring in the Vedas, 

 while Dr. Spiegel continues his Avestd studies. I am glad to hear 

 that the Kashmir manuscripts described in last year's issue of the 

 same Journal as having been collected by Dr. Hultzsch, have since been 

 acquired by the Bodleian library at Oxford. In the Vieima Oriental 

 Journal, we have a paper by Professor Biihler on the meaning of 

 the particles ' iti ' and ' cha/ with which may be compared Professor 

 Bohtlingk's paper criticising the same in the Leipsic Journal. Dr. W. 

 Cartellieri advances further evidence for the views of Professor Hall 

 that Subandhu, author of the Vdsavadatfd, preceded Bana, and there- 

 fore that the books and stories quoted by him are older than the be- 

 ginning of the seventh century. V. G. Ojha edits a new Valabhi grant, 

 and Professor Jolly has a paper on Manu and Brihaspati. Professor 

 Biihler further gives us gleanings from the Kosha entitled Vaijayanti by 

 Yadavaprakasa, an essay ' on the authenticity of the Jaina tradition,* 

 and a review of S. P. Pandit's Gaudavdlia, whilst Dr. Hultzsch com- 

 mences a series of notes on new Indian inscriptions, giving an account of 

 the Pallava inscription from Amaravati of which the text appears in the 

 Madras Journal. We have also to welcome the appearance of the first 

 numbers of the publications of the new Italian Asiatic Society {La 

 Societd Asiatica Italiana) of Florence, which are apparently due to the 

 recent visit of Count Angelo di Gubernatis to this country, and should do 

 much to popularise Oriental research in Italy. I should also mention 

 ' The Asiatic Quarterly Review,^ in which almost every article that has 

 appeared is more or less concerned with Indian subjects, and which 

 forms a valuable addition to an Indian library. 



Other ivorks. Semitic, — Besides the rather numerous editions of 



