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THE MODERN LITERARY HISTORY OF HlNDtfSTlN. 
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Mr. Edwards in 1851 or 1852 went home on furlough, Raja Siva Prasad 
resigned, and on account of the old age of his mother, intended to live 
a private life in Banaras; but Mr. Tucker, the then Governor-GeneraFs 
Agent at Banaras, prevailed on him to accept the Mir Munshlship 
of that Agency, and afterwards obtained for him the post of Joint- 
Inspector in the Department of Public Instruction. Sir W. Muir 
made him a full Inspector, and after serving the Government 
for thirty years he retired on a well-earned pension, and is now living 
at Banaras. He has received many honours from Government, 
amongst which may be mentioned the hereditary title of Raja and 
the Companionship of the most exalted Star of India. The following 
extract from a letter written by him to the author will fitly conclude 
this notice:—“ I have just written to a friend in England that if he 
ever has to name a man who at least claims to be contented, thankful, 
and happy, he can name Siva Prasad. I have one son and three 
grandsons * * * My occupation now is culture of land and 
culture of mind.” 
The following is a list of Raja Suva Prasad’s vernacular works :— 
No. 
Names of Books. 
Subject. 
Remarks. 
HINDI. 
1 
Bar'n Mala 
Primer .. 
With stories and engravings. 
2 
Bal Bddh 
Easy Reader. 
Originally written in English 
by Mr. W. Edwards. 
8 
Bidyaykur 
i 
An adoption of Cham¬ 
bers’s Rudiments of 
Knowledge and a few 
pages of Introduction 
to Sciences. 
With illustrations. Originally 
written for Mr. Edwards’ 
schools in the hills. Its Ur¬ 
du version is called Huqaiqu* 
' l-mditjudat . 
4 
Bama-man Rafijan 
Some celebrated wo¬ 
men of the East and 
West. 
Taken from English and 
Bapgali books for Mr. 
H. C. Tucker. Its Urdu 
version is called Hikayatu’H 
Sa/ihat. 
6 
Hindi Byakaran ... 
Hindi Grammar 
Its counterpart in Urdu is 
called Sctrf-d-Naluu-i-Qrdti 
(No. 19). 
