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One verse of the Bible has been selected, and is represented in more than two hundred varieties. Independent of the importance of this work from a Christian point of view, on which we do not touch here, the Philologist has to thank this Society for the wonderful addition to linguistic knowledge by the revelation of a number of languages and dialects previously unknown. This little book of Specimens is for sale at two pence per copy, and the Translations themselves are also available for purchase at the Bible House, Queen Victoria Street, or by application to Messrs. Trübner, Ludgate Hill. In no other room in the world can be seen such a collection of the specimens of the multiform languages of the world, as in the library of the British and Foreign Bible Society. A specimen copy has been sent with a copy of the annexed letter to all the great libraries of Europe and America, and its receipt has been gratefully acknowledged, and in some cases additional copies have been asked for. It must be recollected that all Bibles and portions of Bibles are sold below cost price, and the object is not to make profit, but to spread the knowledge of the Holy Scriptures. Dear Sir,-I beg to offer for your acceptance, to be placed in your Library, a copy of the Book of Specimens of Translations of the Holy Scriptures' into the various languages of April 30, 1886. the World, which have come into existence at the expense of, or with the assistance of, the British and Foreign Bible Society of London, and the following Societies: I. American Bible Society. II. National Bible Society of Scotland. III. Baptist Bible Society, London. IV. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London. V. Netherlands Bible Society. It may safely be stated that no other book has been ever translated into so many languages, or circulated in such prodigious numbers in every Region of the World, and yet only a portion of the great work is done, for it is the fixed intention of these Societies, that the Word of God should be made available to every nation under Heaven in their own peculiar language or dialect. Scholars of every nation will appreciate the indirect advantage, which has accrued to the study of Language from these labours, as many languages, otherwise totally unknown, have been brought to their notice, and texts can be purchased below cost price at the Agencies, which have been opened in every one of the great cities of Europe.-I remain, your obedient servant, ROBERT CUST, Honorary Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.-63, Elm Park Gardens, London, S. W., November, 1885." ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, 1886.-The following Papers have been read at recent meetings:-January 11. Mr. H. C. Kay, On the Early History of Cairo and of its Founders.-February 15. Prof. Sir Monier Monier-Williams, C.I.E., On Buddhism in its Relation to Brahmanism.-March 15. Major the Honble. M. Talbot, R.E., On a Recent Visit to Bamian.-April 17. Prof. Fritz Hommel, On the Sumerian Language and its Affinities. Mr. Cunynghame, On the Present State of Education in Egypt. MR. EDWIN ARNOLD IN CEYLON.-A Ceylon correspondent writes: "That the author of The Light of Asia' should have been accorded a large and hearty welcome in this land of Buddhism was a foregone conclusion from the moment the certainty of his coming amongst us was made public. His work has not, indeed, been as yet translated into Cingalese, but, for all that, its high merits and its many beauties are well known amongst the followers of the Founder. Mr. Arnold has been received with deep consideration by priests and laymen, and on a recent visit to a Buddhist temple at Panederva, some eighteen miles from Colombo, he was presented by the chief priest with copies of some of the most esteemed Buddhist works, written on olas, and bound in silver. Arrived in the capital of this island, the chief priests invited him to their principal college, in the suburbs of Colombo, where at a short notice several thousands of Buddhists and priests from neighbouring temples had congregated to do him honour. It was at sunset that the reception took place, and the scene, prettily situated amidst groves of cocoa palms, was made more deeply interesting by the groups of yellow-robed priests who, bareheaded and led by the High Priest of the Sacred FootPrint,' welcomed the poet, his wife, and daughter. Mr. Arnold was led to an elevated chair, slightly screened by flowers. The ladies were seated below. The proceedings opened by a Buddhist chant, caught up at intervals by the assembled people, after which the priests gave the Mangala Sutta,' followed by the High Priest of Adam's Peak, who explained to the assembly the number and nature of Mr. Arnold's various poetical works, especially the last, in which the life and teaching of the Great Buddha were told in such beautiful language. They owed him a deep debt of gratitude for the graceful manner in which he had placed the works of their Founder before Western nations. The following address of welcome was then read in English: 'Honoured Sir-We come to tender you, on behalf of the Buddhists of this ancient and historic island, the heartiest, most sincere of welcomes. By your transcendent genius and under the inspiration of a noble heart, you have caused the revered name and sublime doctrines of our Lord Buddha to be respected and valued by crores of people of various Western nations. You have thus won the right to our gratitude and devotion; and our children's children will sanctify your memory, when some worthy interpreter shall have rendered your glowing sentences and golden words into our own vernacular. Though you, more fortunate than many great authors, have been rewarded even during your present life, by seeing your labour crowned with the world's applause, yet the laurel that time shall not wither will be wreathed by posterity in your honour, and the historian of a coming age shall write your name high up in the list of the expounders of the Tathagato's Law. It is a misfortune to Ceylon that as yet so few of our people have a sufficient knowledge of English to enable them to read your work in the original. But the rumour is spreading throughout Asia that a wise and eloquent friend has arisen in the land beyond the seas, and is shedding a moonlight lustre over the Dhamma that has comforted our people for more than seventy generations.' In reply to this welcome Mr. Arnold said he wished he could address those present in the language of their beautiful island; but that whatsoever language he employed to express his sense of their kindness and of the honour they had done him would be inadequate to declare how much they had lauded him beyond his deserts. The single merit to which he might lay claim was the goodwill he bore towards thema goodwill which arose from a study of the virtues of the Great Founder. When he came to know Buddha's infinite compassion for all living creatures, his unbounded love for all human beings, the teachings which laid down the belief that we must all reap the just reward of our deeds, he saw in that teaching much light and what follows light. When he had read those things, he was filled with a desire that others should know them. The only merit he could claim was, not that he had done anything well, but that in doing what he did he had a sincere purpose. He had thus earned some title to be regarded as their friend-to be recognized as one who had their welfare at heart. He had travelled in that India which had given the Lord Buddha birth, where he had meditated, and where he had died; and, having seen these places, he had desired afterwards to look upon Buddhists, and he knew that in coming hither he should find them gentle, kind, and hospitable. There were many, he regretted to say, who thought that to regard Buddhism with consideration meant an attack on other faiths. It was a grievous error to suppose that to hold a kindly feeling towards Buddhists made it a duty to assail other religions. It might be said of all great religions, as it had been written by a Latin poet of three sisters: They are not all alike, but they all are beautiful.' He brought his words to a close by expressions of hearty thanks for all their kindness to him there and at the Panederva temple on the previous day. He should carry away with him a lively remembrance of their beautiful island and of their goodness to him. He would conclude by heartily saying to them all in Sanskrit, Subham astu sarvajagatammay it be well with all this people. The assembled multitude then gave three loud cries of Sadhu,' and the proceedings came to an end."-Daily Telegraph, March 6, 1886. AN ADIEU. India, farewell; I shall not see again Thy shining shores, thy peoples of the sun, So many unknown brothers? that it folds -Times of India, March 6, 1886. EDWIN ARNOLD. BURMAH AS IT WAS, AS IT IS, AND AS IT WILL BE. -By J. G. Scott (Schway Yoe).-The author of this work says in his preface, "Members of Parliament now, perhaps, less than ever, represent the intelligence and information of the country." It is not necessary to agree with this remark, but we may permit ourselves to say that not one Englishman out of ten realizes to himself the advantages which in future years will accrue to the English nation from the recent annexation of Upper Burmah. If there is one thing which will make Lord Dufferin's Viceroyship famous, it is this. We have opened up an almost continuous water-way from the mouth of the Irrawaddy river through China to Shanghai. The book forms a capital handbook to readers of the daily papers on any subject connected with Burmah. For instance, most people have been puzzled to understand what the Hloht-daw meant. "Schway Yoe" tells us it is, or rather was, Cabinet, House of Legislature, and Supreme Court of Justice, all rolled into one, and there was no appeal from its decision, unless (and here the one-man power comes in) the King changed his mind. It was this Council that summarily decided the case of the Burmah Trading Association, which was the immediate cause of the war. We are sorry the book has no map. AFRICAN LANGUAGES.-We have received from the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge quite a little library of books useful to missionaries, traders, and travellers in Africa. Northern Africa and the neighbourhood of Tripoli is represented, by "Magána Hausa, Proverbs, Tales, Fables, and Historical Fragments, in the Hausa Language," by the Rev. J. F. Schön, D.D. For South-Eastern, Central, and Eastern Equatorial Africa, the following books will be found useful:-" Mambo Na Hadithi, Stories and Translations in Swahli." The Rev. Downes Shaw's "Pocket Vocabulary of four Languages, viz. Ki-swahili, Ki-nyika. Ki-taita, and Ki-kamba," to which is appended Archdeacon Farber's "Brief Vocabulary of the Ribwyo Dialect." "An EnglishSwahili Vocabulary," complied from the works of the late Bishop Steere and others, by A. C. Madan, M.A. The late Bishop Steere's "Handbook of the Swahili Language," third edition edited by A. C. Madan, M.A. Mr. J. T. Last's" Outlines of the Grammar of the Kagúru Language"; and also a Polyglotta Africana Orientalis, a comparative collection of two hundred and fifty words and sentences in forty-eight languages and dialects spoken south of the Equator, and additional words in nineteen languages." This is a most important nucleus for a complete African Polyglott vocabulary. For Western Africa there is the New Testament (Linjila Isa), in the Soso language. We have also received from the same Society Ostervald's" Abridgement," and Oxenden's Family Prayers" in Takudh, both bound together in a small volume. MADRAS SANSKRIT AND VERNACULAR TEXT SOCIETY. -At a meeting convened by Dr. Gustav Oppert, and held on 29 Sept., 1885, at the Eastern Castlet, Mount Road, Madras, the following propositions were adopted unanimously:-That a Society be formed under the designation of the "Madras |