de Filántropos para mejorar la suerte de los Aborijenes Peruanos. Por el Dr. José Fernandez Nodal. 8vo. pp. xvi. and 441. Appendix pp. 9. £1 5s. Specimina Linguae Quichuae (pronunc. Kitchouae) quae toti Peruvio communis est, vulgo dictae del Ynga. Contained in Murr's Journal, vol. xvi., pp. 203 to 208; and vol. xvii., pp. 162 to 176. See MURR. SAN ANTONIO MISSION. Vocabulario de la Lengua de los Naturales de la Vocabulary of the Language of San Antonio SELISH, Grammatica linguae Selicae. A Selish or FlatHead Grammar. By the Rev. Gregory Mengarini. Royal 8vo. sewed, pp. viii. and 122. New York, 1861. 21s. AUSTRALIAN TARAHUMARIC. Steffel.-Tarahumarisches Wörterbuch nebst einigen Nachrichten von den Sitten und Gebräuchen der Tarahumaren. in Neu-Biscaya, in der Audiencia Guadalarara im Vice-Königreiche Alt-Mexico, oder Neu-Spanien. Von P. M. Steffel. Svo. Brünn, 1791. (Scarce.) 10s. 6d. SENECA. Hymn-Book, in the Seneca Language. 16mo. bound, pp. 232, New York, 1852. 10s. 6d. TUPY.-See BRAZILIAN. YAKAMA. Grammar and Dictionary of the Yakama Language. LITERATURE. Bird. Darwin: A Lecture. By Rev. T. F, BIRD. | Hughes.-The Millennium: An Epic Poem. By Svo., wrapper. Melbourne. 1s. Bromby.-Time and its Earliest Records: A EDWARD FRANCIS HUGHES. Crown 8vo. cl. Melbourne. 12s. Incense and Ritualism in the Church of England. Co-operation.-The Best Method of Co-operation. Masters. Catalogue of the Described Diurnal A Statement of the Advantages of Co-operative Associations. 8vo. sewed. Melbourne. Ad. Hill.-The Oratorical Trainer: A system of Vocal Culture. By T. P. HILL. Seventh edition. Crown 8vo. cl. Melbourne. 7s. Lepidoptera of Australia. By GEORGE MASTERS. Stitched, pp. 24. Sydney. 3s. Victoria.-A Map of Victoria. Thoroughly re vised to Latest Date (1873). Mounted on linen and rollers, coloured and varnished. Melbourne. 1s. ORIENTAL LITERARY INTELLIGENCE, ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN INDIA.-We learn with pleasure that Prof. J. Burgess, the well-known archæologist and editor of the Indian Antiquary, has, at the suggestion of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India, been appointed Archæological Surveyor and Reporter to Government for Western India. It is understood that Mr. Burgess has made large collections for a work illustrative of Ajanta and other cave-temples on the frontiers of the Nizam's territories, which, it is hoped, he will soon be able to complete and publish. He is now in this country, but leaves for India about Christmas. MAX MÜLLER'S INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENCE OF RELIGION. A German translation of the above, under the title "Einleitung in die vergleichende Religionswissenschaft," will appear shortly (K. J. Trübner, Strassburg), translated by the author himself, and will contain a medallion portrait of him. BIBLIOTHECA INDICA.-We recommend for the consideration of foreign scholars the following passage from the excellent address delivered, in February last, by their President, Dr. Oldham, to the Bengal Asiatic Society:-"The issue of the Bibliotheca Indica that this Society has voluntarily undertaken to edit on behalf of the Government which supplies the necessary funds, has, on the whole, progressed very satisfactorily. I feel bound to allude to this subject rather more pointedly than otherwise I should feel justified in doing, because during the year some critical remarks have issued from the pen of one at least of the ablest Orientalists of Europe. Prof. Weber, in a review of the labours of the Society in connexion with the Bibliotheca Indica, as extending from 1865 to 1870, acknowledges in a hearty manner the judicious selection of works for publication, and fully admits that the several editors, principally native scholars, have truly performed all that could have been at all expected from them. In truth, Prof. Weber speaks only in terms of praise and approval of the works selected and the mode in which they have been edited. But his objections are based I may say almost solely, on the delays which have occurred in the issue of successive parts or fasciculi of various works which extend over many pages. Now, no one can be more thoroughly alive to the force of this objection than the Philological Committee of the Society, under whose special charge these publications are. But I fear Prof. Weber's experience of the conditions of literary work of this kind in Europe, and in the midst of the learned centres of literary activity, where he resides, scarcely enables him to realize the almost unspeakable difficulties which accompany the effort here. There is not among the long list of editors of our Bibliotheca one single person who has not heavy and continuous official duties to perform, which occupy by far the larger portion of his time, and which give none of that literary ease so essential to the satisfactory pursuit of such studies. Heavy critical work, requiring constant thought, and much accuracy of comparison, can in this country only be taken up after the mind and after the body too are fatigued and jaded. And the wonder really is that so much can be done as has been, not that more has not been accomplished. And further, the conditions of Society here, which lead to much more rapid changes than elsewhere, tend to retard, if not altogether to interfere with, or interrupt, the progress of such editions. In many cases, the editors who have commenced the publication of works in this valuable series have been carried off by illness, and new editors had to be sought out. In some cases, owing to these causes, successive portions of the same work have been entrusted to the care of three and four different scholars. Every such change inevitably involves delay. Time is required to seek out a new editor; he must fully acquaint himself with what has been done and what he is to continue, and so months and even years pass over before the work can be satisfactorily resumed. I know of one case in our experience in which, with all possible anxiety to publish as quickly as possible one of the most valuable remains in Hindi, the negociation for editing the work has extended over years, and nothing definite is, I believe, yet adopted." PANINI.-"Sanskrit Grammar is based on the grammatical aphorisms of Pânini, a writer now generally supposed to have lived in the fourth century B.C. At that time, Sanskrit had ceased to be a living language, and was only kept up artificially by being made the vehicle for the education of the upper classes. It would be interesting to know what style of language Pânini chose as the standard of his observations. It was certainly not the idiom of the Vedas, as he seldom treats this with his usual accuracy, and only mentions it in order to show its discrepancies from the classical style, or, as he terms it, the language of the world. We believe that long before his own time a scientific and poetical literature had already sprung up, and that a certain number of writers were chosen by him and his predecessors as the representatives and patterns of the classical language. Pânini was himself a poet, and the great commentary on his grammatical rules contains many fragments of early poetry. Treatises on law, long anterior to the law-book of Manu, are still in existence, and names of ancient writers on other than sacred subjects are frequently cited. However this may be, it is quite certain that the so-called classical Sanskrit, as taught by Panini and his numerous commentators and imitators, is not a language which had its foundation in the colloquial usage of an entire nation or the educated portion of it, but rather in the confined sphere of grammatical schools which fed themselves on the rich patrimony of previous illustrious ages. This development of the Sanskrit finds a striking analogy in the Rabbinic language, which also is to be traced back to the endeavours of religious scholars to endue with new life an idiom rapidly dying out."-From Prof. Aufrecht's Report to the Philological Society on Sanskrit Grammars. COINS OF THE CALIFES.-Perhaps one of the most complete and comprehensive monographs on any given subject, that has occupied the minds of sober professors or the aspirations of amateur enthusiasts since the middle of the last century, comes to us in the form of the "Monnaies des Califes Orientaux (St. Petersbourg, 1873), by M. Wold Tiesenhausen, a work of manifest devotion to his own branch of study, giving with German accuracy and detail every possible reference to and quotation from the publications of previous writers, followed by a severe and exhaustive description of the ample materials at his command, with copious indices and cross-references, such as leaves nothing to be desired, but that the text and commentary should not be in Russian. Still we are quite prepared to recognize the propriety and even the necessity of this obstacle to the utility of the publication for Europe at large, seeing how desirable it must have been that a description of the St. Petersbourg collection should primarily be devoted to the instruction of the various Russian nationalities. To those who can follow M. Tiesenhausen, through the aid of the reproduction of the Arabic legends on the coins, the work will prove of considerable value; tantalizing, however, throughout, in so far that the outside public to the West of Europe are altogether debarred from the appreciation of the author's commentary, which may inferentially be accepted as equal in merit to the care bestowed upon other portions of the publication. Hereafter we trust that an author of such tried experience and future promise may be induced to recognize the inevitable spread of our language, which is silently creeping round the world without any ulterior designs, on the part of its ancient representatives, of annexing those who may chance to discover its intrinsic merits or its international advantages amid the new settlements and colonies which are already balancing the geography of "the world as known to the ancients." PALI.-Mr. R. C. Childers, Assistant Librarian of the India Office, has been appointed Professor of the Pali Language and Literature at University College, London. BURMESE AND PALI.-To encourage the study of the Burmese and Pali languages, Government has decided to give rewards to all graded officers of the Education Department in British Burma-1,000 rupees for proficiency in Burmese, and 2,000 in Pali. THE PEGUAN LANGUAGE.-IF a sufficient number of subscribers can be obtained, the Rev. J. M. Haswell proposes to print Grammatical Notes and a small Vocabulary of the Peguan (or Talaing) language, the whole to form a book containing from 150 to 200 octavo pages. The price to subscribers will be 5 rupees per copy in stiff paper covers. The ancient kingdom of Pegu included most of what is now British Burma east of Arracan. The language is gradually going out of use, and is now prevalent only in the rural districts of Amherst Province, part of Martaban, and to an unknown extent in some parts of Siam. Although few foreigners will seek to acquire Peguan, its peculiarities are such as to merit the attention of those interested in Philological science. It is written with the same general character as the Burmese, yet the language itself is entirely different. It seems to have no affinity either to Burmese or any other language in the country. INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ORIENTALISTS, LONDON. -It having been determined by vote at the International Congress of Orientalists, recently held in Paris, that the Congress of 1874 should assemble in London, a Committee of Management, consisting of the following members, has been formed to make the necessary arrangements:-Presi dent: S. Birch, LL.D. Members: Joseph Bonomi; M. Ernest de Bunsen; Canon Calloway, M.A.; R. Cull, F.S.A.; M. Daly; Prof. Donaldson, Ph.D.; S. M. Drach, F.R.A.S.; Dr. Eggeling, F.R.A.S.; Col. Seton Guthrie, R.E.; John Henderson, F.S.A.; Sir H. Rawlinson, K.C.B.; Rev. J. M. Rodwell, M.A.; R. Rost, Ph.D.; W. Simpson, F.R.G.S.; George Smith; E. Thomas, F.R.A.S.; W. S. W. Vaux, F.R.S.; John Williams, F.R.A.S. Hon. Secretaries: Messrs. Robert K. Douglas, P. Le Page Renouf, W. R. Cooper. The Congress will meet in the course of next year, and the subscription is fixed at twelve francs, or half a guinea. The languages, archæology, ethnology, and the arts and sciences of the various Oriental countries will form the subjects for discussion. It is proposed that the sittings should occupy six evenings; and that the mornings of the same days should be devoted to visiting the different national Institutions connected with Oriental literature and science. The Statutes of the Congress are in course of preparation, and detailed programmes will shortly be issued. All communications should be addressed to Robert K. Douglas, British Museum, London; and those interested in Oriental studies who may be desirous of joining the Congress, are requested to inform him of their intention as soon as possible. AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY.-This Society held its Autumn meeting at New Haven, on the 15th and 16th of October last, at which the following papers were read and discussed:-The Orphic Poets and their Influence on the Religious Development of Greece, by Prof. Woolsey.-The Relations of Islamism to Christianity, by Prof. Salisbury.— The Han-lin, or the Chinese Imperial Academy, and an historical account of the same, by, Dr. Martin.-A classified statement of the verbal forms in the Aitareya Brahmana, by Prof. Avery.-On J. G. Müller's theory of the nonexistence of a Semitic race proper, by Prof. Foy.-On the discussions in Germany as to the primary divisions of IndoEuropean language, by Prof. Whitney.-Dr. Ward exhibited the original squeezes of the Hamath inscriptions, to which inscriptions he assigns an earlier date than the oldest Phoenician. LITERATURE. Bhagavadgita. Episode from the Mahabharata. Biddhashala Bhanjika. A Drama by Rajashekhara. With a Commentary by Satyabrata Samasrami. 8vo. pp. 99. Calcutta, 1873. 4s. 6d. Caça Manjari Sanskrita Prakrita. Sanskrit and Prakrit Glossary. 24mo. pp. 56. Ratnagiri, 1870. 2s. Chandogya Upanishad of the Samaveda, with the Commentary of Sankara Charya and the Gloss of Ananda Giri. Edited by Pandit Jibananda Vidyasagara, B.A. 8vo. pp. 628. Calcutta, 1873. £1 ls. Chandrasekhara Champu. Part I. By Ramanath. Edited by Pandit Jibananda Vidyasagara, B.A. 8vo. pp. 122. Calcutta, 1873. 6s. Karanda Byuha. Isa, Kena, Katha, Prasna, Munda, Mandukya Raghuvansa Chathurtha. A Part of the Raghuvansa. Oblong folio, 16 leaves. Ratnagiri, 1871. 1s. 6d. Ramayana, with Ramanuja Tika, or Commentary and a Paraphase in Bengali. Vols. I., II., and III., parts 1 to 8. 8vo. Calcutta, 1870 to 1873. Each Part. 2s. 6d. Sakuntala, by Kalidasa. With a Commentary on difficult words of the Text, by Premachandra Tarkavagisa. Published under the patronage of Prof. E. B. Cowell. 2nd edition. 8vo. pp. 190. 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LONDON: TRÜBNER & CO., 57 AND 59, LUDGATE HILL. FIRST PROSPECTUS THE OF A NEW INTERNATIONAL EDITION OF MARSDEN'S NUMISMATA ORIENTALIA. THE leading idea, in which it is now sought to enlist the sympathies of the European world and the frank aid of the elect Literati of this department of Antiquarian research, has been suggested by the singular and abiding merit of Marsden's illustrative Plates, which embrace so comprehensive a range of Asiatic dynasties, combined with such exceptional artistic fidelity in the reproduction of the selected examples. The original series of the 57 Copper-plates has lately become the property of Messrs. Trübner & Co., who, though well aware of the shortcomings-as judged in the present day-of the first and solitary edition, are led to believe that the Plates themselves are calculated to insure a sound and satisfactory basis for the amplification of the annals of each and every section of the imperial and outlying nationalities noticed in the publication of 1822: including as it does memorials of lands extending irregularly from Spain to Java, and from Samarkand to Ceylon; and embracing, in epochal spread, many of the more prominent incidents of Oriental history from 2nd century B.C. to A.D. 1814. The Prospectus, in its present preliminary stage, contemplates, as an essential feature, a division and sub-division of labour in an occasionally amateur, but not the less serious and severe, spirit-so as to assign the description of the monuments of the several dynasties or ethnic divisions to the Editor or Editors, who, by their previous writings or other titles, have established a claim to the confidence of contemporary criticism; and in so far seeks to make this new edition a contribution of each nation's home knowledge, that the preference will be given to those authors who are in a condition to treat effectively of the annals of their own or their adopted land. As it may be difficult to insure any given measure of uniformity in the succeeding issues, it is designed to limit the revised sections of the original work in each of the new part-numbers, according to the space required to secure full and ample justice to the Numismatic materials now or hereafter forthcoming-so that each detached publication in the present series shall be independent and complete in itself, as a Monograph of one or more divisions of Dynastic Coinages. Additional Illustrations will be incorporated from time to time, as occasion suggests or opportunities offer, in the form of Woodcuts or special Plates, engraved or autotyped, in continuation and amplification of the old designs. The work will be issued in Parts. The Price to SUBSCRIBERS will be strictly limited to ninepence per Sheet of Letter-press, and ninepence per Plate of Engravings. ADVANCED NOTICE. The preliminary announcement by Messrs. Trübner of the publication of a new edition of Marsden's Numismata Orientalia has been received with so much favour by the leading representatives of this branch of research throughout Europe and the East, that the ultimate success of the work may already be said to be secured. As the Publisher's profits constitute altogether a secondary consideration, and contributors avowedly repudiate all honoraria, their conjoint efforts will be devoted to the production of a book worthy alike of our modern advance in knowledge and the simultaneously improved power of mechanical illustration, which owes so much to later science. The guiding scheme of the literary portion of the undertaking pre-supposes the complete independence of each signatory Editor, whose article or separate section of the more comprehensive work will constitute a detached brochure, or publication in itself-paged without reference to the larger Encyclopædia, the final limits of which it may be difficult to foretell; the ultimate incorporation of the separate Essays being determined by priority of date of the dynasty treated of,-while ample introductory heads of chapters and copious indices will secure all eventual facility of reference. The general plan for the conduct of the work submitted to the different contributors contemplatesA.-A brief but comprehensive outline of the history of the dynasty whose coins form the subject of review. B.-A full and critical list of the Regal succession,-reducing all comments to the lowest measure of foot-notes, under the assumption that the responsible author has satisfied himself of the true value of his available data-supplemented by serial citations of the works of all modern writers on the subject. C. A notice, as complete as circumstances may admit of, regarding the original intrinsic and exchangeable values of the current coin-to the rejection of all reference to minor or unauthorized debasements by later rulers. D.-A full and exhaustive numismatic description of the coins in due order; the text-notes or comments on separate pieces being restricted to marked peculiarities, which should only be enlarged upon in cases of real importance. On the other hand, kindred illustrations from Palæographic or contemporary inscriptions, architectural or sigillary monuments, will materially aid the main purpose of the publication. present E. A concluding résumé of the normal sites, the varying designations and fortunes of the mint cities, with a general index of the dates developed on the dynastic coinage. As a meagre outline of those who are already pledged or confidently relied on to support the present undertaking, the following names and distribution of subjects may be cited : |