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কৃষ্ণকুমারী নাটক । , 8br○ that work is also increasing daily. You must wait for an edition with notes. Let the text be settled first, I have already heard myself called both "Milton and Kalidas.' How far I deserve the compliment, I cannot say, but it is certainly flattering. I think if spared some years, yet, and allowed to go on my own way, I shall do better; for I want practice. See the difference in language and versification, if in nothing else, between Tilottama and Meghanad. But I suppose I must bid adieu to Heroic Poetry after Meghanad. A fresh attempt would be something like a repetition. But there is the wide field of Romantic and Lyric Poetry before mé, and I think I have a tendency in the Lyrical way. You allude to the untimely death of poor Issur Chandra. When shall we look upon his like again p Alas for the drama. But this is not the age for the drama to flourish. We want the public ear to be attuned to the melody of the Blank Verse. When you read Kissen Kumari you will probably think that practice would make the author tolerable in that department also. But encouragement is the food that Practice grows upon. But where is that encouragement However, I hope you will like the play, imperfect though it be for want of poetical numbers. I, a most hardhearted rascal, have cried over many scenes while correcting the proofs. It beats both Sarmistha and Padmavati. I must now conclude. You will be glad to hear that my law-suits are prospering I am at present living at Khiderpore, for the house in town is