FOREWORD. By B. Rama Rav, M. A., L. L. B., (Senior Translator to the Gurer ment of Madras and Chairman of the Board of Studies in Kanarese, Unirersity of Nulrav, ) I write these few lines at the request of the author, more with a view to give a brief history of the origin of this dramatic piece than to introduce to the Kannada reading public, my learned friend, already a familiar figure in the field of Kannada Literature. This excellent play is the outcome of a keen desire on the part of the Kannada members of the Suguna Vilasa Sabha, Madras, who wished to stage a short Kannada drama, specially written for the occasion, on the “Kannada Members' Day" during the annual Dasara celebrations of the Sabha in 1917: Short as it was, the play attract. ed wide attention and elicited favourable comment when staged, and the author, at the request of some of us, has, after considerable revision and amplification, brought it out in book form. The Kanarese section of the Suguna Vilasa Sabha will, it need hardly be doubted, take the earliest opportunity to put the same on the boards, as a public performance, and regale the Madras Kannada public with a bit of what would remind them of their own "Home, Sweet Home" in this land of their 'exile'. It is rather strange that, in spite of the fact that the Kannada people have exhibited high histrionic talents,
