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projected grammar of the Kiiki by Mr. C. A. Soppitt, of the Bhiitia 

 Changlo by Mr. E. Stack, and of the Garo and Miri, besides a Tipura 

 vocabulary. There does not appear to be any sign of growth in the 

 published indigenous Assamese literature, which seems to be confined 

 chiefly to translations from the Bengali, and has not given us a single ori- 

 ginal work of importance during the year. 



Burma. — From Burma we have Mr. James Gray's educational works 

 in Pali, his translation of ' Ancient proverbs and maxims from Burmese 

 sources,' and a Burmese primer, besides Meng Po Hla's notes on Burmese 

 and Pali grammar, and a collection of Anglo-Burmese stories. Judson's 

 Anglo-Burmese dictionary, Cushing's Shan dictionary, and Forbes' ' Com- 

 parative grammar of the languages of Further India ' appear to hold 

 their old position and have not been superseded. 



Semitic. — The issues in Arabic chiefly comprise extracts from the 

 Koran, grammars, and vocabularies, and another volume of Mr. M. S. 

 Howell's ' Grammar of classical Arabic ' in English. 



Iranian Aryan. — The Parsis of Gujarat have reprinted the Vendidad 

 and other portions of the Zend scriptures with notes in Gujarati. Through- 

 out upper India, Persian literature receives much attention and is consi- 

 dered a necessary study both for the man of the world and the man of 

 business. Reprints, with some original works, have appeared of poetical, 

 historical, and especially of devotional treatises. Pushto has but a few 

 works chiefly of a religious tendency. 



Indian Aryan. — Urdu is the popular literary language of the Musal- 

 man population throughout upper India, and is cultivated also in Bombay 

 and Madras. In number, its publications exceed those in any other lan- 

 guage, and we have to record some progress in grammars and dictionaries 

 from a purely native point of view. Hindi literature was enriched by a 

 new edition of Tulsi Das's Ramayana, and, in the first and second books of 

 extracts from Hindi, possesses an excellent chrestomathy. I would also 

 mention the translation of some of Shakspeare's plays by Kasinath Khat- 

 tri and many original dramatic compositions. In Gujarati, besides a new 

 English- Gujarati dictionary, there are reprints of old poems by M. Meheta, 

 translations of the Yazna and Visparad with critical notes, and of the Ra- 

 mayana, and also a collection of Jaina prayers in Magadhi and Gujarati. 

 The Sindhi Vyutpatti-kosha contains a vocabulary of Sindhi words derived 

 from Sanskrit roots. In Marathi, there are few original works of im- 

 portance, but there are several translations showing a high degree of 

 cultivation. In Bihari, the ' Comparative Dictionary of the Bihari lan- 

 guage ' by Dr. Hoernle and Mr. G. A. Grierson is making good progress. 

 The second part is now all in type and the third is well advanced in ma- 

 nuscript, and will fully come up to the great expectations formed of this, 



