306 A few remarks on the third edition of [No. 4. 



occasions have we gone back from Professor Wilson's second edition, 

 which likewise gives none, to the first, where they are often, noted, 

 and have thus obtained a clue by which to satisfy our misgivings. 

 And what student of the Sanskrit does not do so constantly ? Who, 

 above all in the infancy of our knowledge of the Sanskrit, will not 

 insist upon some better warrant for what he accepts, than a simple 

 implied dixit magister ? In the present instance, a want of space 

 can scarcely be received as an apology for the defect here indicated ; 

 for space in all abundance might have been secured by sacrificing 

 but a small fraction of what we have designated as intrusive. The 

 present observations are written without an opportunity of inspect- 

 ing the thesaurus of Messrs. Bohtliugk and Koth. It is to be 

 hoped that the procedure adopted in it, as concerns the adducing 

 of authorities, is more scholastic than that of Dr. Goldstiicker. As 

 for the English of the sheets before us, considering that they were 

 printed in Germany, its correctness is highly commendable. JNor 

 are such errors as meet the eye of a kind to occasion perplexity. 

 The principal that we have noticed are "a pumpkin born out of 

 season," a woman who "has born him children," " hypothenuse," 

 " neutre," " filtre," "shrewed," "ennuque," and "different than." 

 The system of romauization is not uniform throughout : for example, 

 " dwandwa" and " dvandva" " ahankdr a" and " ahamfcdra" " man- 

 vantara" and " sarwakarman" " ^srqi^f" is a mistake* for ^snqr^T,' 



It is high time, on other grounds, that the superficial but pretentious work 

 here glanced at, should receive a thorough exposure at the hands of some such 

 man as Dr. Trench. Before learning English himself, Dr. Webster undertook to 

 teach it to others. Here is a sample. "Feel this piece of silk, or feel of it." 

 We could easily bring forward a hundred other proofs of ignorance as gross as 

 this. A Yankeeism, however, was, to Dr. Webster, even when he knew it for 

 such, no solecism. Are Englishman who confide in his awards generally aware of 

 this fact ? 



wt^^ sft^fa sjsi"rerfaR irftrdi II 



Revd-mdhdtmya, 25th chapter. 

 This seems to mean that Ajapala, king of Ayodhya, being afflicted with one 

 hundred and eight bodily ailments, relieved himself by turning them into she- 



