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No. 10, p. 76, " Decorations of the Taj Maliall, Agra," by Sir George 

 Bird-wood ; in Vol. II., No. 17, " Chalukyan Temples,'' by H. Cousens, 

 with five characteristic illustrations ; No. 19, p. 17, " Mosque of 

 Vazir Ali ad-din Khan, at Lahore," by J. L. Kipling, CLE., with 

 four coloured plates; in Yol. III., No. 28, p. 23, "Ancient 

 Chalukyan Stone Carving," by H. Cousens, with two plates ; 

 No. 32, p. 49, review and analysis, by Dr. Burgess, of Colonel Jacob's 

 " Jaypur Portfolios of Architectural Details," with 15 plates ; and in 

 Vol. IV., No. 34, p. 13, " Detail Drawings," from Urchha, Fathepur 

 Sikri, and Mathura, by Ed. W. Smith, with four plates. 



Colonel S. S. Jacob, CLE., State Engineer at Jaypur, has, in 

 1890, brought out, under the patronage of the Maharaja, a series 

 of sis magnificent portfolios, containing 374 plates (each 22 inches 

 by 15) of architectural details from buildings in Upper India. 

 This promises to be only half the complete work. It is published 

 by W. Griggs, Peckham, and Bernard Quaritch, Piccadilly. 



As an application of the architectural details drawn for the 

 archaeological surveys under Dr. Burgess's direction, it may be 

 noted that the Grovernment of India has ordered the reproduction 

 of a selection of the drawings of examples of decorative details, 

 under the title of a " Technical Art Series." These plates are 

 distributed, at a low charge, to schools of art, technical workmen, 

 and others, as specimens of purely antique native art. With the 

 first series short notes are also issued, prepared by Dr. Burgess, 

 explanatory of their origin, age, material, &c. The second series is 

 now in course of issue. 



Burma. — In Burma, during the last ten years, strenuous efforts 

 have been made by Dr. Forch hammer, an antiquarian of eminence, 

 to collect and render accessible the rich Pali and Burmese 

 literature of the province and the written records of the Talaings, 

 Shans, Kathes,- and other nations and tribes inhabiting Burma 

 and the bordering countries. A beginning was made with the 

 formation of a library to contain all printed books and pamphlets on 

 Buddhism and Pali, the religions of India, and the languages which 

 record its sacred and secular writings, and' a nucleus was secured in 

 the shape of the valuable library of the late Professor Childers. 

 Successful efforts were also made to secure remains of the old 

 Talaing literature which had survived the wholesale destruction 

 ordered by Alompra, the Burmese conqueror of the Talaings, and 

 which were hidden and rotting away in the caves on the Salwen 



