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TAGORE, SOURINDRO MOHUN. The Eight Principal Rasas of the Hindus, with Murtti and Vrindaka, or Tableaux and Dramatic Pieces illustrating their character. 4to. Calcutta, 1880.

The Ten Principal Avatárs of the Hindus, with a short history of each incarnation and directions for the representation of the Múrttis as Tableaux Vivants. 4to. Calcutta, 1880.

The Dramatic Sentiments of the Aryas. 8vo. Calcutta, 1881.

The Five Principal Musicians of the Hindus, or a brief exposition of the Essential Elements of Hindu Music, as set forth by the five Celestial Musicians of India, an offering to the Fifth International Congress of Orientalists, to be held at Berlin in September 1881. 4to. Calcutta, 1881.

THOMAS, EDW. The Epoch of the Guptas. Pamphlet, 8vo. London, 1881.

MISCELLANEOUS PRESENTATIONS.

The Indian Forester, Vol. VII, No. 2, October 1881. 8vo. Calcutta, 1881. Report on the External Trade of Bengal with Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan, for the year 1880-81. Fcp. Calcutta, 1881.

Report on the Administration of the Customs Department in the Bengal Presidency for the official year 1880-81. Fep. Calcutta, 1881.

Annual Report on Emigration from the Port of Calcutta to British and Foreign Colonies for 1880-81. Fcp. Calcutta, 1881.

Brief Summary of the Meteorology of Bengal, 1880. Fep. Calcutta, 1881. BENGAL GOVERNMENT. The Indian Antiquary, Vol. X, Part 125, November 1881. 4to. Bombay,

1881.

Fallon's New English-Hindustani Dictionary, Part V, September 1881. 8vo. Benares, 1881.

MOIR, E. MCA. Report of a visit to the Torrent Regions of the Hautes and Basses Alpes, and also to Mount Faron, Toulon. Fep. Calcutta, 1881.

OLDENBERG, DR. H. The Vinayapitakam, Vol. III. 8vo. London, 1881. BRANDIS, DR. D. Suggestions regarding the management of the leased Forests of Busahir in the Sutlej valley of the Punjab. Fep. Simla,

1881.

HOME DEPARTMENT.

Annual Report on the Civil Hospitals and Dispensaries in the Madras Presidency for the year 1880. Fep. Madras, 1881. Annual Medical Report of the Madras Government Lying-in Hospital for the year 1880. Fep. Madras, 1881.

MADRAS GOVERNMENT.

Synopsis of the Results of the Operations of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, Vols. X, XI, XII and XIII. 4to. Dehra Dun, 1880. SURVEY OF INDIA.

PERIODICALS PURCHASED.

Calcutta. Indian Medical Gazette, Vol. XVI, No. 11, November 1881. Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, Nos. 5 and 6, 1880.

Geneva. Archives des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles,

Vol. VI, No. 10. Pringsheim.-Recherches sur le rôle de la chlorophylle dans les végétaux.

Göttingen. Gelehrte Anzeigen,-Nos. 41-44.

Leipzig. Annalen der Physik und Chemie,-Vol. XIV, No. 10.
Beiblätter, Vol. V, No. 10.

Botanisches Centralblatt,-Vol. VII, Nos. 8-10.
Literarisches Centralblatt,-Nos. 35-38.

London. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Vol. VIII, No. 45, September 1881.

Bate, C. Spence.-On the Penæidea. Miers, Edward J.-On a collection of Crustacea made by Baron Hermann-Maltzam at Goree Island, Senegambia. Smith, Edgar A.-Remarks upon Mr. Wood-Mason's Paper "On the Discrimination of the Sexes in the Genus Paludina." Carter, H. J.-On Spongiophaga in Spongilla. Scully, J,-On some Mammals from Kandahar.

Chemical News, Vol. XLIV, Nos. 1143-1146.

No. 1144. Braham, Philip.-On Crystals produced by the Action of Metals sealed up in Carbon Disulphide.

Entomologist, Vol. XIV, No. 220, September 1881.

Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XVIII, No. 208, Sep

tember 1881.

Hellins, Rev. J.-On the variable number of moults in larvæ from the same batch of eggs.

Journal of Botany,

Vol. X, No. 225, September 1881.
Journal of Science, Vol. III, No. 93, September 1881.
Slater, J. W.-On Diptera as Spreaders of Disease.

London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine,-Vol.

XII, No. 74, September 1881.

Gray, Thomas.-On Instruments for measuring and Recording Earthquake-
Motions.

Messenger of Mathematics, Vol. XI, No. 4, August 1881.
Cox, H.-On the distance of rainbows.

Nineteenth Century,-No. 55, September 1881.

Bevington, Louisa S.-How to eat bread. Laveleye, Emile de.-The future of gold.

Publishers' Circular, Vol. XLIV, Nos. 1058-1059.

London. Quarterly Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics,-Vol: XVII, No. 68.

Society of Arts,-Journal, Vol. XXIX, Nos. 1509-1512.

No. 1509. Carter, R. Brudenell.-Cantor Lectures :-Colour Blindness. Paris. Comptes Rendus,-Vol. XCIII, Nos. 15-18.

No. 15. Avignon.-Sur l'emploi du goudron, comme préservatif contre le Phylloxera. Note concernant l'utilisation des eaux mères des marais salants pour les bains destinés à la liquation du soufre, dans leur procédé d'extraction industrielle de ce corps. Coggia.—Comète découverte par M. Denning, le 4 Octobre 1881; observation faite à l'Observatoire de Marseille. Lalagade, G. de.— Sur les bruits qui se produisent dans un circuit téléphonique, par les temps d'orage. Yung, E.-De l'innervation du cœur et de l'action des poisons chez les Mollusques lamellibranches. Sudour, E. and Caraven-Cachin, A.— Empoisonnement par les graines de l'Euphorbia lathyris (L.), et nouvelles expériences sur leur usage thérapeutique.

No. 17. Bell, Al. Graham.-Sur un appareil permettant de déterminer, sans douleur pour le patient, la position d'un projectile de plomb ou d'autre métal dans le corps humain. Laveran, A.—De la nature parasitaire des accidents de l'impaludisme. Letellier, A.-Note sur les précautions à prendre pour éviter les falsifications du lait. Duponchel.-Note concernant l'influence du mouvement des grosses planètes dans la périodicité des taches Solaires. Journal des Savants,-October 1881.

Revue Critique, Vol. XII, Nos. 42-45.

Revue des deux Mondes, Vol. XLVII, No. 4; and Vol. XLVIII, No. 1.

No. 4. Janet, Paul.-La Philosophie de la Croyance, à l'occasion d'un livre
récent. Lasègue, Ch.-Le Braidisme. Brunetière, F.-La Déformation de la
Langue par l'Argot, àpropos de livres récens.

Revue de Linguistique, Vol. XIV, 15th October 1881.
Revue Scientifique,—Vol. XXVIII, Nos. 17-20.

BOOKS PURCHASED.

BENFEY, TH. Vedica und Linguistica. 12mo. Strassburg, 1880.
CUSHING, J. N. A Shan and English Dictionary. 8vo. Rangoon, 1881.
GESENIUS, GUIL. Scripturæ Linguæque Phoenicæ monumenta quot quot
supersunt. 4to. Lipsia, 1837.

GOLDSMID, MAJ.-GEN. SIR F. J. James Outram: a Biography, 2 Vols. 8vo. London, 1881.

Low, CHARLES RATHBONE. The Afghan War, 1838-42, from the Journal
and Correspondence of the late Major-General Augustus Abbott. 8vo.
London, 1879.
OLDFIELD, HENRY A.

Sketches from Nipal, Historical and Descriptive, with Anecdotes of the Court Life and Wild Sports of the Country in the

time of Maharaja Jung Bahadur, G. C. B., to which is added an Essay on Nepalese Buddhism, and illustrations of Religious Monuments, Architecture, and Scenery from the Author's own Drawings. 2 Vols. 8vo. London, 1880.

PALMER, E. H. The Arabic Manual, comprising a condensed Grammar of both the Classical and Modern Arabic; reading lessons and exercises, with analyses; and a vocabulary of useful words. 12mo. London, 1881. SHADWELL, LIEUT.-GENL. LAWRENCE. The Life of Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde. Illustrated by extracts from his Diary and Correspondence. 2 Vols. 8vo. London, 1881.

TOD, LIEUT -COL. JAMES. Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajpoot States of India. 2 Vols. Second Edition. (Reprint.) 4to. Calcutta, 1877-79.

TYNDALL, JOHN. Essays on the Floating Matter of the Air in relation to Putrefaction and Infection. 8vo. London, 1881.

WHEELER, J. TALBOYS. The History of India from the Earliest Ages. Vol. IV, Pt. 2. 8vo. London, 1881.

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PROCEEDINGS, ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL,

FOR 1881.

'Abd-ul-Kádir's Muntakhab-ul-Tawarikh, second volume of