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 There are references to facts, circumstances and events hither- to unpublished, and as such they present new and in many respects fascinating pictures of life and conditions of the four- teenth and fifteenth centuries.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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