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comprise both Hindu devotional works and numerous religious didactic 

 trea tises in the Arabic character and Mopla dialect, for the use of the 

 Musalman Moplas of the western districts of Madras. Several edifcioiia 

 of well-known Sanskrit works have been brought out, amongst which 

 mention may be made of the Black Yajur-Veda, the recognized ritual of 

 the Smarta Brahmans. 



Bomhay. — The Bombay register contains books printed in English, 

 Marathi, Gujrati, Sanskrit, Zend, Arabic in Hebrew and Arabic char- 

 acters, Sindi in Persian and Hindi characters, Persian, Urda, Marwari, 

 and Kana.rese. Amongst those published in English, mention may be 

 m.ade of Mr, V. Shivram Apte's ' Life and writings of the poet and 

 dramatist Rajasekhara,' who is placed not earlier than the seventh century. 

 In Marathi, the life of the sage and poet Dtiyaneswar, whose shrine exists 

 in the Poona district, gives an interesting account of one who is famous 

 in the popular sons^s of Maharashtra. An edition, also, has been pub- 

 lished, of his Farihhashdyukta on the Bhagavad-gita, which is probably 

 one of the oldest specimens of literary Marathi. Some curious legends, 

 too, will be found in the account of the temple of the popular deities 

 Vithoba and Rukmiui in Pundharpur. There are many dramas founded 

 on episodes in the Mahabharata and Ramayana, besides several of which 

 the plot is original, such as that of the ' Gunotkarslia-ndtik ' of V. Vaman 

 S'astri Khare, laid in the time of Sivaji — and those with a didactic 

 purpose, showing the evil effects of inf ant- marriage, drunkenness, and 

 debauchery. Nor is the practical side of modern life neglected, for we 

 have an encyclopaedia of arts and manufactures based on Spon's stan- 

 dard work, and a Journal ( ' Shetkari) ' devoted to the improvement of 

 agricultural processes. In Gujrati, also, there is an agricultural journal, 

 and a practical treatise on the working of cotton-mills, whilst light 

 literature is represented by translations of ' Valentine Vox,' ' Munchau- 

 sen's travels ', and others, besides some original stories and plays. 

 There are several collections also of popular ballads and of the songs sung 

 by women on festive occasions. A member of the Beni- Israel commu- 

 nity gives an account of a journey to Jerusalem, and a devout Hindu 

 one of a pilgrimage to Rameswar. These all indicate progress of the 

 right kind, and a large increase in literary activity, which should lead to 

 important results. 



Faujdb. — The Panjab register contains works in English, Arabic, 

 Persian, Urdu, Sindi, Sanskrit, Hindi, Panjabi, and Marwari. The 

 Arabic- Persian series chiefly consists of reprints of grammars, com- 

 mentaries on and parts of the Koran and Musalman law-books, and 

 poetry, and indeed the great mass of the issues in other languages 

 comprises reprints of books of poeti-y and fiction, or of those designed 



