"In this volume we have the thoughtful impressions of a thoughtful man on some of the most important questions connected with our Indian Empire.... An enlightened observant man, travelling among an enlightened observant people, Professor Monier Williams has brought before the public in a pleasant form more of the manners and customs of the Queen's Indian subjects than we ever remember to have seen in any one work. He not only deserves the thanks of every Englishman for this able contribution to the study of Modern India--a subject with which we should be specially familiar--but he deserves the thanks of every Indian, Parsee or Hindu, Buddhist and Moslem, for his clear exposition of their manners, their creeds, and their necessities."--_Times._ * * * * * Post 8vo, pp. xliv.-376, cloth, price 14s. METRICAL TRANSLATIONS FROM SANSKRIT WRITERS. With an Introduction, many Prose Versions, and Parallel Passages from Classical Authors. BY J. MUIR, C.I.E., D.C.L., LL.D., Ph.D. "... An agreeable introduction to Hindu poetry."--_Times._ "... A volume which may be taken as a fair illustration alike of the religions and moral sentiments and of the legendary lore of the best Sanskrit writers."--_Edinburgh Daily Review._ * * * * * Second Edition, post 8vo, pp. xxvi.-244, cloth, price 10s. 6d. THE GULISTAN; OR, ROSE GARDEN OF SHEKH MUSHLIU'D-DIN SADI OF SHIRAZ. Translated for the First Time into Prose and Verse, with an Introductory Preface, and a Life of the Author, from the Atish Kadah, BY EDWARD B. EASTWICK, C.B., M.A., F.R.S., M.R.A.S. "It is a very fair rendering of the original."--_Times._ "The new edition has long been desired, and will be welcomed by all who take any interest in Oriental poetry. The _Gulistan_ is a typical Persian verse-book of the highest order. Mr. Eastwick's rhymed translation ... has long established itself in a secure position as the best version of Sadi's finest work."--_Academy._ "It is both faithfully and gracefully executed."--_Tablet._ * * * * * In Two Volumes, post 8vo, pp. viii.-408 and viii.-348, cloth, price 28s. MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS RELATING TO INDIAN SUBJECTS. BY BRIAN HOUGHTON HODGSON, ESQ., F.R.S., Late of the Bengal Civil Service; Corresponding Member of the Institute; Chevalier of the Legion of Honour; late British Minister at the Court of Nepal, &c, &c. _CONTENTS OF VOL. I._ SECTION I.--On the Kocch, Bódó, and Dhimál Tribes.--Part I. Vocabulary.--Part II. Grammar.--Part III. Their Origin, Location, Numbers, Creed, Customs, Character, and Condition, with a General Description of the Climate they dwell in--Appendix.