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him because he wanted it for his work. He will return the books, as soon as he has done with them. I wish, manuscripts of these works could be found.
I got your telegram last night and after making enquiries about Gurudev's return, I wired back this morning to say that the Poet is expected to return to Santiniketan on the 12th of this month. He will certainly be here on the 14th as the Gover nor's visit is expected on the 16th.
The last volume of my History of Indian Literature ( German ) bas just appeared. The preface to this volume ends with the following words which I may translate for you into English.
“ In Sadness I remember my ever helpful friend the Shastravishararada Jainacharya Vijayadharmasuri, who has helped me in my work in many ways by sending me some rare and not easily accessible Indian publications. In his last letter of 21st July from Shivpuri, Gwalior State, where he spent the rainy season, he wrote to me that he had been ill, but felt better and hoped to recover his health soon again. He was looking for ward, he wrote, to my visit, which I had promised him for the autum. I, too, had been looking forward to the visit which I intended to pay to him after my arrival in India, in order to thank him personally for all his kindness. Now, just while I I am writing this preface, the sad news reaches me
of the decease of the noble Jain priest who died Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
