The Journal of the National Indian Association in Aid of Social Progress and Education in India September 1884

389 skill in the use both of form and of colour unsurpassed and indeed rarely attained by the nations of the West they have not on the other hand shown sufficient energy and power of expansion to avail themselves of the favorable conditions which a long reign of peace has given to the nations of India. [...] The enthusiastic love of the beauties of Nature is ever apparent whether exulting in the grandeur of mountains the' loveliness of sylvan scenes the beauty of the flowers which in India glow in gorgeous tints on forest trees in the delight of gardens and the tranquil charms of waters adorned with the blue and crimson lotus &c. [...] Under the name Cesava he is thus addressed by the Sage VytIsa the reputed author of the poem who is supposed to have been his contemporary Thou art the beginning and the end of all things ; thou art the treasure of penitences the eternal sacrifice. [...] Now Kapila is the founder of one of the six great Hiudu systems of philosophy which were founded after the period of the compilation of the lnymns of the Vedas. [...] ( Continued from page 322.) (All rights in this translation remain with the author of the tale.) [For the assistance of the reader the names of the principal characters in the following chapters are subjoined.] Sasibhusan the elder brother.