ness all lumalou, the anecdote of Solomoo and the bees, Jessulis from the life of the Lord of Burlcigli, the mastery of instinct over self-control, are cealt with tersely in cosy verse The learned author wants lus lort to be jildged by its intrinsic merits and that it slould not be relegated to the back-ground as there is nothing new in if, uluch has not already been said before In this counction he quotes ille famous verse of Kalidasa पुराणमित्येच न साधु सर्वे न चापि कान्य नमिस्साय । सन्त परीक्ष्यान्यातरलभजन्ते मूढ़ परमत्य यनेय द्धि ॥ This is a legitimate clain for un to make There can be gothing but praise for this attractive collection of verses The style employed 15 simple, and therc is lilt and flow of language, the netres en- ployed are appropriate, and the deas of the author are ſcrule Mostly he is on ternt fine and does not allow Ins pocuc imagination to run flot l'oetry of tlus kind is welcome and is bound to be widely appre- ciated Lovers of Sanskrit une a deep debt of gralilude to the distinguished author for this laudalle cnlerprise New Delhi 1 N CHANDRASELIIAR AIYAR 11–3–1031
