In regard to the nature of the freedom taken for the purposes of the translation, it may be mentioned that those suggestions which might not have been as clear to the foreign as to the Bengali reader have been brought out in a slightly more elaborate manner than in the original text; while again, in rare cases, others which depend on allusions entirely unfamiliar to the non-Indian reader, have been omitted rather than spoil by an over-elaboration the simplicity and naturalness which is the great feature of the original. There are no footnotes in the original. All the footnotes here given have been added by the Translator in the hope that they may be of further assistance to the foreign reader. CONTENTS PAGE Translator's Preface v PART I 1. 1 2. Teaching Begins 3 3. Within and Without 8 PART II 4. Servocracy 25 5. The Normal School 30 6. Versification 35 7. Various Learning 38 8. My First Outing 44 9. Practising Poetry 48 PART III 10. Srikantha Babu 53 11. Our Bengali Course Ends 57 12. The Professor 60 13. My Father 67 14. A Journey with my Father 76 15. At the Himalayas 89 PART IV 16. My Return 101 17. Home Studies 111 18. My Home Environment 116 19. Literary Companions 125 20. Publishing 133 21. Bhanu Singha 135 22. Patriotism 138 23. The Bharati 147 PART V 24. Ahmedabad 155 25. England 157 26. Loken Palit 175 27. The Broken Heart 177 PART VI 28. European Music 189 29. Valmiki Pratibha 192 30. Evening Songs 199 31. An Essay on Music 203 32. The River-side 207 33. More About the Evening Songs 210