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NIRVANA-A Story of Buddhist
Psychology, by Dr. Paul Carus; illustrations by Kwasong Suzuki. Printed on fine India tint paper. pp. 93, bds. 6oc net.
The name of Dr. Paul Carus, an American writer who has done much to popularize the best teaching of Buddhism, is not unknown to the English public. Among the most successful of his efforts in this direction is a modest little brochure, very picturesquely illustrated by a Japanese artist, called Nirvana, a Story of Buddhist Psychology (Chicago, Open Court Publishing Company; London, Kegan Paul & Co.). *** This little book deserves translation into the languages of all countries where Buddhism is either believed in or studied, for it works on the lines laid down by the Pali originals, to which (with commendable clearness of reference) it owns its inspiration. In several places the literary form of the Sutras is reproduced in a graceful manner, e. g., where the writer gathers up the teaching of his chapters in concluding verses. The book may be read with ease and satisfaction by any thoughtful English reader, and we hope that many will be attracted by it to the study of the standard works cited in the notes, and to other literature of the kind.-The Athenaeum, London, Aug. 1st, 1903.
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