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Calcutta in 1854, no work has been written to facilitate the acquisition of this 

 language, the Grammar, therefore, of Lieut. Raverty, which is sufficiently ela- 

 borate, and in which the rules are supported by copious and well chosen extracts 

 from classical Pushtu authors, will be gladly hailed by every linguist." 



As there are only a few copies of the Grammar remaining on 

 hand, if he can procure 250 subscribers, Mr. Raverty 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. Monier Williams, Professor of Sanskrit at Haily- 

 bury ; its design is to show the relation that exists between San- 

 skrit and the classical languages of Europe, and the facility with 

 which Sanskrit may be acquired by Greek and Latin Scholars. 



The Journal Asiatique,No. 32, for November and December 1856, 

 reviews a book lately published, entitled " Acar ussanddid." Traces 

 of important personages, or The History of Delhi and its Monuments, 

 ancient and modern, by Saiyid Ahmed Khan, Delhi 1854. The Re- 

 viewer says 



ic This monograph of Delhi by Saiyid Ahmed Khan, Magistrate of Delhi, and 

 author of several other works also written in the ordinary language of the N. W. 

 of India, is by far the most useful of any hitherto published in 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 description 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 different buildings erected by the Kings and principal people of the 

 same city. The appendix is nothing more than an atlas containing sixty-five draw- 

 rigs of the buildings described in the work under notice," 



The Journal Asiatique for January 1857, No. 33, thus 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. 



