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2. A Biographical Dictionary of persons who knew Mohammed, 

 edited by ditto, Nos. 106, 111, 123 and 128. 



3. Waqidy's History of Mohammed's Campaigns, edited by A. 

 Von Kremer, Nos. 110, 112, 113 and 121. 



4. The Surya Siddhanta with its commentary, the Griidhartha 

 Prakasaka, edited by F. E. Hall, Esq. M. A. Nos. 105 and 115. 



5. The Taittiriya Brahamana of the Black Yajur Veda, edited 

 by Babu Rajendralal Mittra, Nos. 125 and 126. 



6. The Taittiriya Saiihita of the Black Yajur Veda, edited by 

 Dr. E. Roer, Nos. 117, 119, 122 and 131. 



7. The Markandeya Purana, edited by Rev. K. M. Banerjea, 

 Nos. 114 and 127. 



8. The Tale of Vasavadatta, by Subandhu with its commentary 

 entitled the Darpana, edited by P. E. Hall, Esq. M. A., Nos. 116 

 and 130. 



9. The Uttara Naishadha Charita, edited by Dr. Roer, Nos. 120 

 and 124. 



10. Tusy's list of Shiah Books, edited by Dr. A. Sprenger, No. 107. 

 Of these, the Council would especially draw attention to the Black 



Yajur, which is the only portion of the Vedas not available in Europe, 

 and which the Hon'ble Court of Directors expressed a desire 

 that the Society should take in hand. The Surya Siddhanta has 

 been undertaken on the recommendation of Prof. Brockhaus, and its 

 publication, it is hoped, will render accessible to western criti- 

 cism one of the most ancient works on Hindu Astronomy. The 

 Naishadha Charita or the adventures of Nala, king of Nishadha, 

 forms one of the six epic poems of the Hindus to which they apply 

 the epithet " Maha" or the great par excellence. It includes 22 

 cantos of which the first eleven were published in 1836. By the 

 publication of the concluding half, the Society has now completed 

 the last of the several unfinished oriental works which were trans- 

 ferred to it by the late General Committee of Public Instruction. 



Waqidy's History of Mohammed's Campaigns is a valuable contri- 

 bution to Arabic History, and the interesting Tale of Vasavadatta 

 will, the Council believe, be welcome to the lovers of Oriental 

 literature. 



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