ABSTRACT
(The Vernacular Literature Society of Calcutta desirous of encouraging original composition, offered standing prizes of Rupees 200 for any new original works in Bengali, approved by the Society, of not less than 100 printed pages 12mo. when printed, on any of the following subjects, Natural History and Science, Topography and Geography, Commerce and Political Ecomony, Popular and Practical Science, The Industrial Arts, Education, Biography, Didactic fiction. Out of 10 MSS. submitted for prizes, only two obtained it viz.:—The Shushil-upakhyián by Madhu Sudan Mookerjea, a moral tale pointing out the defects and requisites for native girls and the Padmini-upakyean by Ranga Lal Banerjee, a tale of Rajputana in verse—both are admirable models.)
