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and the competition of the Printers renders it necessary that they 

 should publish good texts. 



5. The Bostan of Sa'dy printed in types at Hooghly, A. IT. 1264. 

 Not much pain has been bestowed on this edition. 



On the 30th July, died at Calcutta, Mowlawy 'Abdur Rahym, who 

 is the author of several works, the method of which approaches to the 

 European taste. His principal performance is the <^*^e>!^^5^j^!^£Jw© 

 Calcutta A. H. 1257, 4 vols. 4to. This is a translation of the 

 Qamus made by Mohammad Habyb Allah who preserved the arrange- 

 ment which is in the Arabic original and gave it the title of Qabus. 

 Mowlawy 'Abdur Rahym has arranged the roots according to the first 

 letter of the alphabet and he enumerates the derivatives of every 

 root in systematic order, and made many other useful alterations and 

 improvements. This book does not render the original text of the 

 Qamus superfluous, but it contains a greater number of proper names 

 than the original which renders it very useful for reference. Other 

 works of the late Mowlawy are an Arabic grammar explained in 

 Persian called gU Jl &jU Calcutta 1828, 4to. aaIj&JIlU. Calcutta A. H. 

 1236, 8vo. 119 pp. This is chiefly derived from Razy's Commentary 

 on the Shafiah. It contains an explanation of the examples contained 

 in the Sharh Molki. The seven Mo'allaqats with an Arabic commen- 

 tary, Calcutta 1823, 8vo. the commentary is chiefly derived from 

 Zauzany. He may also be considered as the editor of a Persian 

 Tazkirah called J^^'str* by Shyr Khan Lody though it bears the 

 name of his son Ahmad. It was compiled in A. IT. 1102 and 

 published in A. D. 1831. 



A new edition of the Raghuvansa with the commentary of Malli- 

 natha will, we are informed, shortly issue from the Sanskrita Press of 

 Calcutta. This press from its foundation has been very usefully employed 

 in printing some of the standard works of the Brahmanic literature, 

 and among those already published we find the Kumar a Sambhava 

 and Meghaduta of Kalidasa, the Kddambari of Banabhatta, the Sisiqjdla- 

 Badha of Sri Harsa, the Dasakumdra charita of Dandi, the Anum&na* 

 chintamani of Raghunatha Siromani, the Tattvakaumudi of Vachaspati 

 Mis'ra, and the Sdbdas'aktiprakas'ikd of Jagadis'a Tarkalankara. The 

 name of Professor Madanamohaua Tarkalankara on the title page is 



