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understanding of at least 1ts Simpler literature. The present little book is the result of such an attempt I have sought to make ut self contaluned so far as ut goes-for, work that has so long been spread over the two top classes of High Schools will have to be completed in Class III now in a hurry, and first books of the type now in use designed to lead up to fuller and more advanced works could not meet this new requirement Herc I have provided short lengths of plose which are not unform in simplicity or stiff ness but which range from the very simple to the fally still and have thiOWI) in a good number of easier pieces which the students might, with advant age, be set to tackie unaided Th1s last will call forth their powers of concentration and compel an exercise of whatever gifts ol expression tity may possess and if to this be added a well guided study of the harder extracts, they will, I hope very 00II acquire a fall (OIAmand of Sanskrit, made up of a knowledge of 1ts grammar and a sense of its grates Comming to defauls, I would like to maentnom that I have Culled my extracts froin the old masters mainlyfor the sweetness and fluidity achieved by the ancients have not been achieved again I have indeed adopted some stories from the Wrubathai, by our Widyasagara of hallowed (nemory but all of them are ın the Old tradition, ın türle as Well as ın stvle, and their adoption has meant no departure from my deal