vi by a wonderful sorcerer, and his unselfishness, other minor imatters, and the moral tone intended to pervade from the beginning to the end: have all been treated of in their proper places. Here I stop leaving the public to form their own opinion about this performance. I have to thank my friends Messrs. K Lakshminaranaiya B.A., Sub Judge, Bangalore; R. Raghunatha Rao B.A., Dist. School Head Master (Retired); B. Basavaradhya B.A., B.L., Town Magistrate, Mysore; and M. Ramaswamayya B. A,Assistant, Office of the Inspector General. of Education, Bangalore; for kindly hearing the work read out to them. I shall not be doing my duty if I forget to thank publicly M. Shama Rao Esqr. M.A., Rao Bahadur 1 for all his earnest endeavours to further tha cause of Education and for the wholesome influence he has been exercising and the encouragement he has been giving to create a healthy literature in Kannada for the impiovement of the masses. Basavanagudi, ) BANGALORE. M. S, PUTTANNA. 31st January 1915)
