PREFACE.
Ties little book was originally written in Tanul, under th
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name of cod@sr rEg Hil, and has new been iranslated into English in the supposition that it may be read with advantage by natives who have learned English. The ideas contained in the book bene such as unlearned natives can understand and appreciate, and those ideas being expressed ina style resembling that of the Indian languages, it is hoped that the book will be cere thoroughly intellizible tha ordinary Frstisi books to wiose Hindus who under
stand Foaoglish, ba who think in the vernaealars,
Booths hide work should ll into the hands off any Ladives of superior atiemnents who be studied Faropean selenees and the history of the wostern nations, their knowledee of nistory will enable than to confirm the truth of whet is stated eran by many remarkable illostrations, which the writer wus prevented from making use of by the far that they would not be understood, and the certainty that they would not be appreciated, by persons
who wore ignorant of geocraphy and history.
It will be noticed that the writer has restricted himseld to truths of an inferior eluss, nd has said litte or nothing of those hicher moral truths which are called velizious or
spiritual, is reason for doing 20 is that cufortunaiely