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Calcutta in 1S54, no work lias been written to facilitate the acquisition of this 
language, the Grammar, therefore, of Lieut. Ravcrty, which is sufficiently ela- 
borate, and in which the rules are supported by copious antl well chosen extracts 
from classical Pushtu authors, will be g'aJIy liailcd by every linguist." 
As there are only a few copies of the Grammar remaining on 
hand, if he can procure 250 subscribers, Mr. Kaverty intends 
publishing a 2nd edition* revised and improved to be ready at the 
same time with the Dictionary and Text book. 
Another Sanskrit Grammar is announced from the Oxford Uni- 
verty Press by Mr. MonierWilliams, Professor of Sanskritat Haily- 
bury ; its desigji is to show the relation that exists between San- 
skrit and the clas;i«al languages of Europe, and the facility with 
'svhich Sanskrit may be acquired by Greek iind Latin Scholars. 
The Journal Asiatique,No. 32, for November and December 1856, 
reviews a book lately published, entitled " Acar ussanddul.''^ Traces 
of important personages, or The History of Delhi audits Mommienls, 
ancient and modern^ by Saiyid Ahmed Iihan, Delhi 1854. The Ke- 
viewer says : — 
*' This monograph of Delhi by Saiyid Ahmed Khan, Magistrate of Delhi, and 
author of several other works also written in the ordinary language of ihe IS. W. 
of India, is by far the most useful of any hitherto published ia India in Hindusta- 
ni (Urdu). The author informs his readers that his ancestors originally came from 
Arabia, that they subsequently inhabited Herat and came to India during the 
reign of Acbar. • * * « « 
The principal and the only interesting portion of this volume is that which re 
lates to the descriptioa of the ancient and modern monuments of Delhi. These 
as well as the inscriptions found on them are very faithfully illustrated by correct 
drawings which accompany the volume. ***** 
The preface contains an abstract of the history of the Kings of Delhi, one chap- 
ter is devoted to the history of the Fort of Delhi built by Shah Jehan, and the 
other smaller fortresses of this town. Another chapter contains a detailed ac- 
count of the difForent buildings erected by the Kings and principal people of the 
same city. The appendix is notliing more than an alias containing sixty -five draw- 
ngs of ihc buildings described iu the work under notice." 
Tlie Journal Asiatique for January 1857, No. 33, tliu,s announces 
the death of Mr. Von. Hammer, whose great work on Arabic Li- 
terature was noticed in our last number.^* The following account 
of his last hours is given by his daughter: 
♦ P. 270, Vol. I, N. S. 
