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SANSKRIT.

Ashwaláyana Shákheche Bráhmanán Karitán Purushasukta; or the Purushasukta Hymn for the Bráhmans of the Ashwaláyana Shákhá or Sect. Oblong, pp. 6 Poona, 1881. 6d.

Bhagawada Gitá, and Four other Extracts from the Mahábhárata. Royal 16mo. silk, 216 leaves. Bombay, 1880. 3s. 6d.

Bhagawada Gitá; or, A Discourse on Philosophy.
Demy 12mo. cloth, 60 leaves. Bombay, 1881. 2s. 6d.
Bhagawadgitá Bháshyotkarshadipiká ; or, The
Bhagawadgitá, with a Comment, entitled, " Bhashyotkar-
shadipiká.' By Dhanapati Kumár. Oblong, 286 leaves.
Ratnagiri, 1880. 18s.
Bhagawadgitá; or, The Bhagawada Gita. Sro.
silk, 247 leaves. Bombay, 1881. 9s.

Bhagawat; or, The Bhágawata Purána. By the reputed author Vyása, with a Commentary in Sanskrit. Oblong, pp. 1384. Bombay, 1881. £1 16s.

Chatus Shloki Bhagawat; or, The Essence of the Bhagawat Purán in Four Couplets. By Wyás. 16mo. stitched, 8 leaves. Bombay, 1881. 6d.

Dwadasha Stotra; or, The Twelve Hymns in Praise of the God Krishna. By Madhwachárya. Oblong, 24 leaves. Poona, 1880. 2s.

Durga Saptashati; or, The Saptashati Purána of
the Goddess Durgá, another name of the Goddess Párwati.
Demy 12mo. 214 leaves. Bombay, 1881. 7s. 6d.
Royal 16mo. 150 leaves.

Bombay, 1881. 2s. 6d.

Durga Saptashati. Demy 12mo. 78 leaves. Bombay, 1881. 3s. 6d.

Garga Sanhita; or, The Work of Garga Rishi. Oblong, 230 leaves. Bombay, 1881. 18s.

Gopálsahasranama Stotra ; or, The Thousand Epithets of Gopál, another name of the God Krishna. 8vo. stitched, 38 leaves. Bombay, 1881. 1s. 6d. Gowarddhan shri Rangadehik waibhaw stotra ratnáwali; or a Collection of Hymns to Gowarddhan Shrirang the Preceptor. 8vo. sewed, pp. 60. Bombay, 1880. 1s. 6d.

Laghukaumndi Grantho; or, The work entitled Laghu Kaumudi," an abridgment of the "Kaumudi or Moon Light. A small Treatise on Sanskrit Grammar. Royal 16mo. sewed, pp. 173. Bombay, 1881. 2s. 6d. Mádhusudanatikáyuta Bhagawata Gitá; or, A Discourse on Philosophy, with a Commentary by Mádhusudana Saraswati. Royal Svo. cloth, 210 leaves. Bombay, 1881. 18s.

Mahimna Stotra; or, A Hymn in Praise of the God Shiwa, by Pushpadanta. 8vo. stitched, 8 leaves. Bombay, 1881. 1s.

Mangalástakam; or, Verses Repeated at the Marriage and Thread Ceremonies of the Hindus. 8vo. stitched, pp. 14. Poona, 1881. 9d. Prashna Bhairawa, Bhág i lá; or, A Treatise on Astrology. Part I. Royal 8vo. sewed, pp. 44. Poona, 1881. 1s. 6d.

Rámáyana, the Celebrated Poem of Valmiki. Oblong folio, 927 leaves. Typographical Press. Bombay, 1881. £3 13s. 6d.

Rigwedi Waishnawa Bráhmanánkaritan Brahmakarmáchi Pothi; or, Daily Vedic Prayers Recited by the Sect of Bráhmans who follow the Rigveda and Worship the God Wishnu. Oblong, 19 leaves. Poona, 1881. 2s. 6d. Samáschakra; or, A Book of Sanskrit Derivatives. By Bhattacharya. 4to. stitched, 8 leaves. Poona, 1880. 9d. Sáraswata, Purwárdha; or, The First Half of the Work on Sanskrit Grammar, entitled Sáraswata. Oblong, 55 leaves. Bombay, 1881. 3s.

Satikápanchadashi; or, A Book on Vedánta Philosophy, consisting of Fifteen Chapters, with a Commentary. Oblong, 134 leaves. Bombay, 1881. 10s. 6d.

Shraddha Viveka; or, A Treatise on the Performance of various Funeral Ceremonies. Oblong, 75 leaves. Bombay, 1881. 7s. 6d.

Subhashita - Ratna - Bhândâgâram;

or, Gems of Sanskrit Poetry. Being a Collection of Witty, Epigrammatic, Instructive and Descriptive Verses. Selected and arranged by Kâsinâtha Pânduranga Paraba. Royal 8vo. cloth, pp. 466. Bombay, 1880. 15s.

Tarka Sangraha; or, A Small Treatise on the Doctrine of Nyáya, or Logical Philosophy. Oblong, stitched, 9 leaves. Bombay, 1881. 6d.

Wásishti Hawan Paddhati; or, The Mode of Performing Oblation by Fire to a Deity, as prescribed by Wásishta. Oblong, 37 leaves. Bombay, 1881. 2s. 6d.

Crown 8vo.

EUROPEAN

Baedae Historia Ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, edidit A. Holder. 8vo. sewed. Freiburg, 1882. 4s. 6d. Barbour's Legendensammlung, nebst den Fragmenten seines Trojanerkrieges. Herausgegeben von C. Horstmann. Vol. II. 8vo. Heilbronn, 1882. 10s. Bezzenberger (A.)-Litauische Forschungen. Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Sprache und des Volkstums der Litauer. 8vo. Göttingen, 1882. 10s.

Bibliotheca Arabico-Hispana. Tome I. Part 1. 8vo. sewed. Matriti, 1882. 10s.

Contents: Aben-Pascualis Assila (Dictionarum Biographicum) edidit F. Codera. Vol. I. 1.

Boehling (G.)-Schicksale und Wirkungen des WLautes in den indogermanischen Sprachen. Part I. 8vo. sewed. Hannover, 1882. 3s.

Bollig (J.)-Brevis Chrestomathia Arabica in usum

scholarum. 8vo. sewed. Romae, 1882. 6s.

Buddhismus und Christenthum. Mit einem Anhang über das Nirvana. Von einem Hindu. 8vo. sewed, pp. 32. Zürich, 1882. 1s.

An interesting study, that might be called a philosophical defence of Buddhism. The author is perhaps hardly just in his view of Christianity; but his exposition of the philosophical basis of Buddhism is very true and clever. His explanation of the "Karma" and the "Metempsychosis" reveals in an astonishing manner the imposing grandeur of Buddhistic Monotheism. He criticises in a sup

SOUTH AMERICA.

Errazuriz (Crescente).-Seis Años de la Historia de Chile [23 de Diciembre de 1598-9 de Abril de 1605.] Vol. I. 8vo. sewed, pp. xix. and 383. Santiago de Chile, 1881. 12s. 6d.

Resultados del Observatorio Nacional Argentino en Cordoba, por B. A. Gould. Vol. I. Uranometria Argentina. Text in 4to. sewed, pp. 388, and Atlas of 14 star charts in folio. Buenos Aires, 1879. £5.

Vol. II. Observaçiones del año 1872. 4to. sewed. pp. lxxviii.-296. Buenos Aires, 1881. £1 5s. Text in English and Spanish.

LITERATURE.

Bühler (G.)-Ueber eine kürzlich für die Wiener Universität erworbene Sammlung von Sanskrit- und Prakrit-Handschriften. 8vo. sd. pp. 19. Wien, 1882. 1s. Bulgarisch-Deutsches und Deutsch - Bulgarisches Wörterbuch. 2 parts. 8vo. Vienna, 1882. 2s. 6d. Carigiet (B.)-Raetoromanisches Wörterbuch, surselvisch-deutsch. 12mo. Bonn, 1882. 6s.

Cazet (Cl.) Du mode de filiation des racines sémitiques et de l'inversion. Royal 8vo. sewed, pp. 107. Paris, 1882. 3s.

Chossat (Ed. de)-Répertoire Sumérien (Accadien). Svo. sewed. Lyon, 1882. 10s.

Codex (Le) de St.-Jacques-de-Compostelle (liber de miraculis S. Jacobi). Livre IV. Publié pour la première fois en entier par le P. F. Fita, avec le concours de J. Vinson. 8vo. sewed, pp. iii. and 63. Paris, 1882. 4s. Corano (II.) Nuova traduzione Italiana dall' Arabo, con note dei migliori commentatori orientali. Preceduto dalla leggenda di Maometto e dal sommario della Religione Maomettana. 16mo. sewed, pp. 526. Milano, 1882. 4s. 6d.

Culmann (F. W.)-Etymologische Aufsätze und Grundsätze. Part V. Umschau auf dem Gebiete der vergleichenden Sprachforschung. 8vo. sewed. Strassburg,