HAMMIR OF RANTHANBHOR.

Price ... ... ... Re. 1-8-0. 1. The Bengalee (CALCUTTA):—"It is an illuminating record of Rajput daring and achievement coupled with Rajput chivalry and generosity." 2. The Hindustan Review says: "It is an inspiring life which Mr. Sarda describes. The nobility, the faithfulness to his plighted word, the bravery of Hammira have been often sung in Sanskrit and Hindi verse; his is really a household name. Mr. Sarda has done well to familiarise the English- knowing public with the shining achievements and noble character of this mediæval Rajput monarch." 3. The Hindu (MADRAS) says that this monograph, boldly printed on fine art paper and got up in excellent style with an index contains a thrilling account of the last of the Chauhan monarchs, one who is celebrated in Hindustan as a Rajput hero reputed for his chivalry and determination. His life embodies a fine example of Hindu-Muslim harmony and friendship. Its study must be particularly valuable at this time of India's history as revealing the extent to which such union had existed in the past. 4. The Vedic Magazine says that Hammiradeva was the last of the brave Chauhan dynasty. He was one of the bravest of India's son. As regards valour and chivalry, he maintained the best traditions of his race. His reply to Sultan Alauddin when the latter demanded the surrender of Mir Mahomed Shah will live for all time in the annals of Hindustan. "The sun would sooner rise in the west and Sumeru be levelled with the earth than he would break his plighted faith." 5. The Independent says that the story is well written in an easy and flowing style. The annals of Rajput dynasties abound in a variety of chivalrous deeds and the author has done a good service to the reading public, young and old, by his books on the heroes of India.

MAHARANA KUMBHA.

Full cloth, gilt lettered with 14 illustrations, ... Rs. 5 (OPINIONS ON FIRST EDITION.) 1. Dr. O. Codrington, Hon Librarian of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland:—"I have read Maharana Kumbha with the utmost interest. I congratu- late you on the production of a well set up book contain- ing a well told account of a remarkable and great Rajput Ruler—the first, I am glad to see by the foreword, of a series of monographs." 2. Mahamahopadhyaya P. Har Prasada Sastri, C.I.E. **Vice-President, Asiatic Society of Bengal:—**Your Rana 237

Kumbha will be appreciated throughout Bengal. It gives a very full account of the man and his times. Your book reads like a novel. 3. The Tribune (LAHORF) :—"It furnishes stimulating reading to the general public, and at the same time forms in some respects the nucleus for an outline of national history.... There are references to facts, circumstances and events hither- to unpublished, and as such they present new and in many respects fascinating pictures of life and conditions of the four- teenth and fifteenth centuries. The monograph is not merely an exciting narration of dynastic struggles, of battles lost and won, of personal heroism and deeds of chivalry. It is also a valuable record of social, political and moral activities that afford some insight into mediæval Indian polity. The work before us is also replete with instances of high moral worth and great and noble ends which have been the inspiration of princes and their councillors from time immemorial. 4. New India (MADRAS) :—The author is an able writer and the theme suits his pen. Besides, when three Rajputs like Chonda, ·Kumbha and Jodha are shown, playing their parts simultaneously in a book like this, the story cannot but be of absorbing interest. 5. The Hindustan Review (ALLAHABAD) :—Mr. Har Bilas Sarda is a specialist in the history and traditions of Rajputana, and his knowledge of the subject has been well utilized by him in his historico-biographical sketch called "Maharana Kum- bha." Mr. Sarda has produced an exceedingly interesting account of his life and heroic career. 6. The Mahratta (POONA) says : "The author has made full use of all the inscriptions, manuscripts and other resources to bring his information up to date..............We can heartily commend the book to the public. Books of this sort unveiling our real past—full of many a glorious deed—serve to strength- en our faith in our future." 7. The Amrit Bazar Patrika (CALCUTTA) : -The latest work from that master hand is an historical sketch of that great Rajput chief and hero, Maharana Kumbha: we have read it with great pleasure. We recommend it to the Hindu reading public which takes pride in our past glory.

THE PRITHVIRAJA VIJAYA.

Price : Re. 1. The Modern Review (CALCUTTA) :—"This essay contains a highly valuable and critical account of a Sanskrit poem on Prithviraj......Mr. Sarda learnedly compares six chronological tables of Prithviraj's dynasty from six difference sources and gives interesting descriptions of Ajmer city and the king's personal appearance." 238

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