Mr. N. Subba Rao, B.A., Assistant COMMISSIONER, NANJANGU1). The “ Ideals of, Japan" which Vidwan Bidra Aswa. thanarayana Shastri has brought forth is one for which no amount of commendation is too much. Unlike other story books the book under notice contains stories taken from religious literature and of a type peculiarly interesting to the public and particulrly to the student class. The story is fraught with lessons of morality and is written in an elegant style. A book of this kind is sure to ser ve a useful purpose if it is made a text book for boys. The author has placed the Kanarese reading public under great obligations by this charming little book and he deserves every congratulation on this. 5. Sri Balasaraswati, Sanskrit Poet and Scholar. I have great pleasure in welcoming the book “ Dharina Samrajyam," "The Ideals of Japan" written in Kanada by Sriman Bidare Aswathanarayana Sastry. The central theme of this interesting and instructive work is the tragic story of a Hindu maiden named Comadayanti, taken from one of the Jata kas of the Buddhistic lore. The story relates to the Buddhistic period and as such ibrow's much light on the civilization of ancient India few centuries before the Christian era. As a picture of Hindu Society, during the tienes of which little is known, the book is invaluable. The different phases of ideal Dharma with which the book abounds, are drawn with boldness and vigour. Some aspects of the ideal Hindu home are vividly represented. The novel receives a special virtue by affording a clear insight into the spirit of the highest type of morality. In the treatment of the subject matter, the author's sole aim has been the elucidation of cardinal situation and character and he has realised it with great success. The book is written in the author's best. style, neither too simple or too technical. This indeed is a patriotic service, which, I daresay, every true son of India will greatly appreciate. The work appears to be one which has been very well written, and which contains matter that may be read with advantage by men and women of all classes and creeds.
