In the press, 4 vols. 4to. THE RACES AND LANGUAGES By G. W. LEITNER, M.A., Ph.D., Hon. Fellow of King's College, London, etc. PART I. The Shin People.-Containing an account of the language and customs of Chilásis, The Khajuna People (Kadjuní and Hunzije).-Containing an account of the lan- The Arnyia People (Poonyè and Kalásha).-Containing an account of the languages PART II. Kashmir.-The inscriptions of Kashmir.-The songs of Kashmir.—A Grammar PART III. From Kullu to Ghilghit.-Personal observations and adventures in a tour in Lahul PART IV. The position of Dardu languages in Philology. APPENDIX. Drawings of several hundred curiosities brought down from the tour, etc., by PART I. TABLE OF CONTENTS OF VOL. I, A comparative Vocabulary and Grammar of the languages of Dardistan, con- A comparison of the Sanscritic dialects of Dardistan, Shiná (Ghílghiti and Astôri), with the Kashmiri, containing a sketch of Kashmiri conjugations and declensions, a vocabulary and sketch of Grammar on the model of, but not so full as, the preceding one Words and dialogues, comparing the Ghílghiti and Astôri dialects of Shina with Guraizi, a Shiná dialect mixed with Kashmiri, a border dialect PAGE Ghílghiti song of defiance ........... PAGE 111 Another Ghílghiti war song.. Account of a dance seen at Ghílghit 111 112 Guraizi song, referring to the conquest of the Raja of Skardo of places at Ghílghit 113 ......... Games and Amusements, containing the names of all the instruments used in 122 Death rites, ditto ditto Addition to Chapter on Marriage Beverages Beer, and Wine, containing all the terms referring to either, the vessels in use, etc., etc. 126 129 terms, songs, etc. 130 135 137 Holidays, National and Religious, together with an account of the rites observed, terms in use, etc. 139 The lover's dream... 142 Anecdotes and Legends, containing singular accounts of facts connected with natural history to page 147; an account of demons, 147; of their wedding, 148; song of the mother of demons 150, etc.; an account of fairies 152; another story of demons 152; an account of witches 156 Historical Legend of the origin of Ghílghit, containing songs and customs based on it A Vocabulary of the most important words in use, containing 1700 words in the Astori and Ghilghiti dialects of Shina, with occasional notes on their uses, etc. 176 (The list embraces names of races, rivers, mountains, countries, plants, animals, articles of food in several stages of preparation, abstract terms, names of business, relations, names of kindred, etc., etc.) The Traveller's Vademecum The Traveller's Vademecum (continued in the dialect of Takke) Chilasi songs.. ADDENDA. Comparison of Sindi with Arnyia and Khajuna and a few sentences in the latter dialect ............ Dialogues in the dialect of Kalasha race 266 A Historical and Ethnographical sketch of the races of Chilâs, Ghílghit, 270 The late War on the Ghílghit frontier 350 Intending Subscribers are requested to register their names by application to the European Publishers, TRÜBNER & Co., 60, Paternoster Row, London. To be completed in Four Parts, Royal 8vo. sewed. GRAMMATICA SYRIACA, Quam post opus Hoffmanni refecit Adalbertus Merx, Phil. Dr. Theol. Lic. in Univ. Litt. Jenensi, Priv. Docens. Particula I. royal 8vo. pp. 136, sewed. Price 78. TRÜBNER & Co., 60, Paternoster Row, London. Now ready, in 1 vol. crown 8vo., pp. xvi. and 166, cloth, price 7s. 6d. LUDUS PATRONYMICUS; OR, THE ETYMOLOGY OF CURIOUS SURNAMES. By RICHARD STEPHEN CHARNOCK, Ph. Dr., F.S.A., F.R.G.S., etc. TRÜBNER & Co., 60, PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON. Now ready, in 1 volume, crown 8vo., cloth, 10s. 6d. THE MYTHS OF THE NEW WORLD: A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Races of America. By DANIEL G. BRINTON, A.M., M.D. TRÜBNER & CO., 60, PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON. Dedicated, by permission, to His Excellency Sir John Lawrence, K.C.B., Viceroy and Governor-General. In the press, and will shortly be published, in 2 vols. crown 8vo. about 1000 pages. TRAVELS OF A HINDOO. By BABOO BHOLANAUTH CHUNDER. With an Introduction by J. TALBOYS WHEELER, Author of "The History of India." The Travels of a Hindoo appeared originally in a series of papers, entitled "Trips and Tours," in the Calcutta Saturday Evening Journal. They are not the sketchy productions of a European traveller, but the genuine bona fide work of a Hindoo wanderer, who has made his way from Calcutta to the Upper Provinces, looking upon every scene with Hindoo eyes, and indulging in trains of thought and association which only find expression in Native society, and are wholly foreign to European idea. We all know the limited character and scope of the information which is to be obtained from the general run of European travellers in India; the description, often very graphic, of external life; the appreciation of the picturesque in external nature; the perception of the ludicrous in Native habits, manners, and sentiments; and a moral shrug of the shoulders at all that is strange, unintelligible, or idolatrous-all, however, combined with an utter want of real sympathy with the people, or close and familiar acquaintance with their thoughts and ways. Now, however, with the assistance of these 'Travels,' we shall be enabled, for the first time in English literature, to take a survey of India with the eyes of a Hindoo; to go on pilgrimages to holy places in the company of a guide who is neither superstitious nor profane, but a fair type of the enlightened class of English-educated Bengalee gentlemen. Our traveller, perhaps, does not tell us all he knows. Probably, like the candid old father of history, he has been fearful of meddling too much with Divine things, lest he should thereby incur the anger of the gods. But, so far as he delineates pictures of Indian life and manners, and familiarises his readers with the peculiar tone of Hindoo thought and sentiment, his travels are far superior to those of any writer with which we have hitherto become acquainted. Even the observant old travellers of the sixteenth and seventeenth century, who went peeping and prying every where, mingling freely with natives, and living like natives, never furnished a tithe of the stock of local traditions, gossiping stories, and exhaustive descriptions with which we are here presented." TRÜBNER & CO., 60, PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON. Now ready, in 1 vol. 4to., with 12 Chromolithographic Illustrations. Price 148. O-KEE-PA. A RELIGIOUS CEREMONY OF THE MANDANS. TRÜBNER & Co., 60, PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON. Now ready, in 1 vol. 4to., pp. xxxvi. and 260, cloth, price 30s. NOTES ON CHINESE LITERATURE : With Introductory Remarks on the progressive advancement of the art; and a list of translations from the Chinese into various European Languages. By A. WYLIE, Agent of the British and Foreign Bible Society in China. "It is seldom that a work, purely philological in its scope and object, combines with abstruse details a sufficiency of popular information to render it acceptable to the general world of readers. Especially is this the case as regards Chinese, of which the difficult character and construction oppose difficulties insurmountable to all but thorough students of the language. A work recently published for the avowed use of Students, however, presents such features of unusual interest to others than those conversant with the language, that from their point of view alone it merits special notice. It will be our aim rather to refer to Mr. Wylie's work as regards the outside public than to attempt a discussion of the aid which it will render to the reader of native works. And there is ample matter to occupy our pen even in a popular notice such as we describe. The general plan of Mr. Wylie's work consists of four sections devoted to works on the Classics, History, Philosophy, and Belles-lettres, prefaced by an Introduction giving a sketch of the rise of Chinese literature and notices of works aiready translated into European languages. Not the least curious piece of information which it contains is a reprint of the official Index Expurgatorius, giving a list of some 137 works "mainly of a treasonable or licentious tendency," and which list is circulated amongst the bookstalls by order of the authorities. It is difficult to say which section contains matter most generally interesting, but we imagine that the foreign reader desirous of ob taining a glimpse of the lighter literature of the empire will be most attracted by the section upon the Seauo Shwo Kea, which the learned compiler translates by "Essayists." This, however, hardly conveys the conventional meaning attached to the word, as the historical and other novels most frequently met with by foreign students are included under this head. A large portion of the bulk of Chinese literature is only preserved now in a class of publications termed Ts'ung Shoo, which may be designated "Collections of Reprints." This custom has tended to the preservation of numerous writings of all ages, which otherwise would have been known only by name, from incidental quotations in more permanent authors. These collections are analogous in some respects to Constable's Miscellany, Bohn's Series, and others of the kind in England, but differ from them in that, instead of being published periodically, the complete series is issued at once as an indivisible whole, and it is only rarely that any of the separate works can be obtained second-hand from an already imperfect series. Mr. Wylie then proceeds to give the contents of a few such collections, but as they consist of titles they will be of use to the student of Chinese only. In conclusion, we cannot but express a hope that Mr. Wylie will find it possible to issue a new and condensed edition of his most valuable work for general reading, omitting the Chinese type of all save absolute titles. Although, as he says, the works he has noticed form but a tithe of the vast field of Chinese literature, the thanks of all interested in the country are due to him for the labours which have produced so valuable an addition to our knowledge of Chinese literary enterprise.(From the Overland China Mail, February 1, 1868.) TRÜBNER & Co., 60, PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON. Now ready, in 1 volume, royal 8vo, double columns, pp. 186, sewed, price 218. NOTES AND QUERIES ON CHINA AND JAPAN. Edited by N. B. DENNYS: Volume I. January to December, 1867. Now ready, in 1 vol. 8vo., pp. xvi. and 536. Price 188. THE LIFE OR LEGEND OF GAUDAMA, THE BUDHA OF THE BURMESE. WITH ANNOTATIONS, THE WAYS TO NEIBBAN, AND NOTICE ON THE PHONGYIES, OR BURMESE MONKS. By the Rt. Rev. P. BIGANDET, Bishop of Ramatha, Vicar ap. of Ava and Pegu. Rangoon, 1866. The first edition of the "Life of Gaudama" having been out of print for the last five or six years, we have, at the request of several highly esteemed persons, come to the determination of publishing a second and much enlarged edition of the same work. To carry on the plan of improvement which we had in contemplation, we have been favoured by a happy circumstance. We have with much labour found and procured in the Burmese Capital a very rare palm-leaf manuscript, the contents of which have supplied us with copious, abundant, and interesting details respecting the sayings and doings of Gaudama. The book is known under the Pali name of Tatha-gatha-oudana, the meaning of which is Joyful Utterance, or Praises of the Tatha-gatha. The latter expression is one of the many titles given to Gaudama: it means, he who has come like all his predecessors. In the opinion of Budhists all the Budhas who appear during the duration of a world, or the various series of succeeding worlds, have all the same mission to accomplish; they are gifted with the same perfect science, and are filled with similar feelings of compassion for, and benevolence towards, all beings. Hence the denomination which is fitly given to Gaudama, the last of them. In the course of the work will be found some particulars concerning the author of that manuscript, and the place where it has been composed. We have only to state here that we have gathered therefrom much information on the condition of Gaudama, previous to his last existence on the origin of the Kapilawot country, where he was born, and on the kings he has descended from. We have also met with many new details on the great intellectual workings of Gaudama's mind during the fortynine days he spent in meditation around the Bodi-tree, particularly the important theory of the twelve Nidanas, or causes and effects which, with the four sublime ruths, constitutes the very essence of the system. We have also found many important particulars concerning the whereabouts of Gaudama during the first twenty years of his public life, and the conversions he operated whilst engaged in the work of an itinerant preacher. There, too, we have gleaned and selected a few of the instructions he delivered to the people that crowded about him. The story of Dewadad is narrated at great length. We have carefully written down what is said of the three Assemblies or Councils held at Radzagio, Wethalie, and Pataliputra, and what is mentioned of the kings who reigned in Magatha from Adzatathat to Dammathoka. We have mentioned the great fact of the spread of Budhism beyond the boundaries of Magatha, after the holding of the Third Council, taking care to relate what we have found stated concerning its diffusion in Pegu and Burmah. Numerous notes have been added to those of the first Edition, for the purpose of elucidating and explaining, as far as we are able, the principles of Budhism and whatever is connected with that religious system. TRÜBNER & Co., 60, PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON. |