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burg, and shall feel obliged, if you will do the same with the books, sent to 

 me from Calcutta, under the address of J. Esmarch in Hamburg, who will 

 safely forward them. 



In the number of my Journal, now being under the press, I have given 

 due praise to the publication of the Bibliotheca Indica by the Asiatic Society, 

 and have also pointed out your share of merit in this undertaking, I am 

 very glad to hear, that my proposition to publish the second part of the 

 Naishadha has met with your approval. 



I continue without intermission my work on Indian Antiquities. The 

 printing of the next part will probably commence in the course of this year. 



Extract from a letter of Dr. M. Muller, dated Oxford, 2Qtk 

 March, 1850. 



My dear Sir, — You will have probably received before this, I hope, the 

 first volume of my edition of the Rig Veda. It was ready in October last, 

 and I had given orders to despatch the copies destined for India. Mean- 

 while I went to Germany, and on returning to England after five months, I 

 found that the copies for India were despatched only a short time ago. I 

 hope, however, that they have now safely arrived there, and that my edition 

 will meet with the approval of the learned in India. On my return I was 

 delighted to find the books which you so kindly sent me, viz. the Bibliotheca 

 Indica, to number 2d (February, 1849), the Indian prints, and the 6th 

 volume of Raja Radhakant Deb's Sabda-Kalpa-Druma. Pray tender my 

 best thanks to the Society and to the Raja. I cordially thank you for your 

 kindness, and congratulate you on your indefatigable efforts in publishing 

 the Bibliotheca. The works you have selected are most excellent and useful. 

 Should you be able to add also the Taittariya Sanhita, you would satisfy all 

 our wishes ; but whatsoever you may give us, it is welcome to us here in 

 Europe. ******** 



The labours in Sanscrit go on vigorously in Germany. Of Lassen's Indian 

 Antiquities the first part of the second volume has only as yet appeared ; 

 soon, however, the second part will be ready. Bopp is engaged in writing a 

 Comparative Essay on Accent. You will have probably received the fifth part 

 of his Comparative Grammar. Weber is rapidly proceeding with his Vajasa- 

 neyi Sanhita. His Journal ' Indian Researches' contains likewise a good 

 deal of interesting material. Stenzler's edition and translation of Yajna- 

 valkya is very useful and correct. Beinfey is printing a Sanscrit Anthology, 

 and Haeter has published a kind of Sanscrit spelling book. Great and 

 important works are expected of Dr. Goldstuecker, especially his edition of 



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