RAJ NARAIN BOSE. (1896.)
Of his many portraits given in this volume, the one facing p. 64 probably taken in 1889) is the most expressive. The deep pensive eyebrows and steady gaze are no doubt brooding over man's infirmities, looking straight into the hearts of things, and tearing off the masks of hypocrites. But there are just a twinkle lurking in the eye, a curve in the majestic sweep of the nose, an elevation of the nostrils, which indicate that the judge has infinite humour and will not be hard upon us, for he knows all and has pity for all. The broad massive forehead marks out the stern champion of truth and opponent of sham; but the waving hair and wealth of beard and moustache framing the face betoken the patriarch standing on an ethereal height whence he is looking graciously down on frail men engaged in Such was Raj their puppet-show of life. Narain Bose, the Grand Old man of Baidyanath, with the record of a well-spent life behind him and serenely facing the prospect of eternity.
