Bengali Prose And Style 1800 1857 1919 1920 PDF Download

Excerpt from Bengali Prose Style, 1800-1857: Ramtanu Lahiri Fellowship Lectures for the Year 1919-1920 This book was written under exceedingly trying circumstance. The author had a severe attack of influenza in November last and passed through a great crisis, his life having been despaired of for a time. On recovering a little, but while still bed-ridden, he dictated these lectures from his sick-bed to one of his sons - as a means of driving away the feelings of despair and the gloomy thoughts natural to one suffering from such a serious illness. The readers will, it is hoped, excuse the defects and shortcomings that may have arisen under such circumstances. The proofs could not be revised by him with care. It is, however, his duty to acknowledge with thanks file friendly help he received from Mr. C. S. Paterson, M.Sc.; who revised some proofs of the first portion of the book. But as he left the city, shortly after the work had been sent to the press, the author could not avail him self of his kind and disinterested help for long. The author has taken great pains in the preparation of these lectures. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.