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Books WRITTEN. `2፧ñ8 Presidency College, Calcutta. 11th March, 191 (). lDFAIR SI I GooRoo l)As. I am very glad that I met you yesterday but the little acknowledgment I was able to make of your gift to no does not adequately dischargo the pleasant debt which your kindness has laid me under, nor will I be denicul the pleasure of expressing my sense of it in writing. I feel it in two ways, through the intrinsic value of your book, which is, so far as I know unique in being a complete discourse on Foducation by a cultured Hindu, who all his life has been foremost in working to extend and deepen the desire for education in this country and has laboured to uphold high conceptions of what true (ducation is. The book is and will remain a classic'. rejoice greatly that the demand for a second edition proves that it is so regarded by a wide public. Theu also and this touches me more personally there is the kindness of your special thought of me; that you should wish me to have a copy of your book inscribed in your own handwriting as the gift of the author. No books which onc possesses are so valuable as these. They have double value; their own value as books, and their value as a testimony of kindness and esteem. I put a high value on this gift of yours for both reasons. Very Sincerely Yours. . R. JAMEs.