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to approach the subject of the moral teachings of the Jaina scripture but the shortness of the time, and the circumstances that I am on my travels and that I have not the necessary auxiliary material by me prevent me, to my great regret, from send. ing the desired article. On the other hand I am happy to be able to comply with your other request and to send you with this letter my portrait. I shall regard it as an honour if it finds a place in your esteemed journal. Believe me, dear sir,
yours faithfully,
Julius Laber
(2)
Coln (Germany) Domstrasse 43 July 15th 1912.
Dear sir;
I have pleasure of sending you herewith the 100 Prakrit verses. I preferred to send a sanskrit chāyā instead of an english translation, which my insufficient knowledge of this language might have shown too many mistakes. I think I might assume that the readers of your esteemed paper, as far as they do not understand the Prakrit, will by means of the sanskrit easily comprehend the meaning of the verses, seeing that with you, the sanskrit is, like the Latin with us, a language which every educated man can, if not speak, yet understand.
Thanking you once more for your great readiness to be willing to publish my articie, I am, dear sir,
Yours faithfully,
JULIUS LABER www.umaragyanbhandar.com
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
