1862.] Literary Intelligence, Sfe. 283 



success in reference to Persian, Hindustani, Turkish, &c, is a mere 

 question of time. Why should you not in your Bibliotheca Indica 

 edit some works like the Hadyqa of Senay romanized ? You can 

 find men in the Madrassa, a system having been laid down, who will 

 transcribe the text. — This year the orientalists will meet on the 24th 

 September at Augsburg." 



On the subject of Captain Raverty^s ivorlc we also add the following 



extract of a Letter addressed to 3f. Garpin de Tassy, by 31. 



Nicholas de Klianikoff, Member of the Imperial Academy of St. 



Petersburg. 



Paris, February 13th, 1862. 



" When on my last travels in Central Asia, the Academy of St. 

 Petersburg wished me to purchase Afghan Manuscripts for its Asiatic 

 Museum ; and I took with me Captain Raverty's Grammar of that 

 language (the Dictionary and Text-book have been published since), 

 for it was in vain to seek elsewhere for details about Pushto literature, 

 at once so interesting and complete as his. I am much pleased to 

 be able to say that his information on this subject was exceedingly 

 useful to me in my search after Afghan works. At the same time, I 

 often consulted, at Hirat, at Sabzawar, etc. etc., the Sirdars (Chiefs) 

 and Moolahs (Priests) as to the correctness of the phrases and ex- 

 amples cited by the Author, in order to prove the rules of his 

 Grammar ; and I was especially desirous to take their opinions on 

 the way in which Captain Raverty explains the arrangement and 

 conjugations of the Pushto verbs, so difficult and complicated as they 

 are to unravel ; and I am much pleased to repeat, that their opinions 

 were very favourable to the conscientious and intelligent work of 

 Captain Eaverty." 



The following extracts from letters addressed at different times to 

 the President by a gentleman who has now been for some months 

 residing at Mandaley, give some interesting particulars of the present 

 relations between Burmah and Western China. The brief description 

 too which they contain of such products of the former country as 

 have been brought to him are promising for the advantages soon, it 

 is to be hoped, to be derived from a freer access to the interior. 



