10 INTRODUCTION good to the individual or to the state. This is another great lesson that we, the modern day lethargic Indians have to learn from this good Story. 10. This, on the whole, serves as an " Excellent moral class book" and I can strongly recommend its being adopted as a " Text Book" in all our Kannada Schools. The story is also written in a manner that it can be easily brought on the stage. If this is done surely the toneand the sentiment of our “Popular Dramas ” will be considerably improved and the public greatly beanifitted. The author deserves to be congratulated on the excellent book he has written and I only hope he will succeed in digging out many more such popular, national and healthy stories from the great mine of ancient Buddhistic literature. I also strongly recommend this little book to the general public who are sure to find amusement combined with instruction in it and I hope the ready and extensive sale it may command would prove a further incentive to the author in bringing out many more books of this nature, Camp Mysore, Karpur Shrinivasa Rao. 2nd September 1913.) harpur anrinivasa Ra0.
