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tolerant spirit. May suggest to Mr. Motichand, if it is not too late to prefix a short biographical sketch of the author Munimahārāj Nyāyavijayji, as that will add greatly to the interest of the book. The modest author, in the concluding shloka, claims to be possessed of no more than a smattering of knowlege. But the success which has attended his efforts in presenting so difficult and abstruse a subject in graceful and easy flowing Sanskrit verse, shows not only the author's great proficiency in Sanskrit but also his long and close intimacy with the subject.
The English translation is well and accurately done and the exhaustive explanatory English and Gujarati notes, sketched with apt illustrations add distinctly to the value of the book which deserves to be widely read not only by Jains but also other students of religion and philosophy.
Vithaldas Khimji Patel, Esquire; M. A..
This book is well-written and marked by conscientious study. It takes a general wide survey of the field of Ethics, Religion and Philosophy especially from the Jains' stand point Its object, as it is stated in the Introduction is to inquire carefully into necessary requisites which would equip a man to manfully fight the fierce battle of life in which Good and Evil try, each, to make him its own, and ultimately would lead him to Final Beatitude.
English notes are written with great care, lucidity and sympathy. The field which they traverse is so rich, extensive, instructive and interesting that they are calculated to impart much sound moral and religious philosophy of a kind and in a form that will be appreciated by a large number of English knowing readers. I notice as of special value the illustrations which are unusually numerous and evidently selected with
