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DEATHLESS DITTIES. BY AtuL CHANDRA GHOSH. ' Bengalee—This is a nice booklet contain- ing the translations into English verse of the poems of Chandidas, Vidyapati, Boloram Das, Jnan Das,Nitai Das and other Vaishnav poets. The translator has also conveyed to the English reading public the beauties inherent in some of the well-known songs of Nidhu Babu, Ram Basu, Ray Sekbar, Laksmi Narain Chackerbutty and Kedar N ith Chowdhury. But he does not concern himself with old poets alone, The exquisite translations he gives of the songs of Bankim Chandra Chatt- erjee, Sanjib Chandra Chatterjee. Grish Che andra Ghose, Jyotirindra Nath Tagore and, ast but not least, of Rabindra nath Tagore, will be a source of perennial joy and inspira~ tion to the reader. We wish we had space to reproduce the translation of ‘Barde Mataram’, which is far and away the best translation of this immortal patriotic song, the ‘Marseillaise’ of India. The translator has succeeded in a zsemarkable measure in keeping up the spirit of the original, The luscious beauty, the capti- vating music, the longing yearnings, the sweet pathos of the Vaishnab poets have lost noth- ing in the process of translation. This stands greatly to the credit of Mr. Ghose who is a consummate master of the art of English versification. The ideals and inspiration and joy of the modern poets have also found glorious expression through the vehicle of his jingling verses, so charming to the ear and ‘the heart ofthe reader, ( Price Rupee One only )