The National Magazine New Series. April 1905

There amidst the lamentations of the old Maharaja the royal pair and prince Lakhsman attired in the dress bfitting forest life left the palace ; and the citizen of Ayodhya mustered strong to follow their dear prince Ram to the forest to turn Oudh to a deserted city for Bharat and his wicked mother to lord it over and to denounce the ignoble tactics of the o'd and henpecked Maharaja of pleas [...] During the course of the war the younger brother of the cannibal king—a pious prince having failed to persuade his royal brother to restore the lawfully wedded wife of Ram to her husband and having been sincerely pained at the degradation to which the Government and the King of Lanka had stooped indignantly took the side of Ram. [...] There (.he Queen of the mighty empire of Oudh was housed in the cottage of an anchorite and was s( on brought to bed of twin sons—the successors of the throne of Ram Chander There amongst the children of the pious sages and amidst the profoundly captivating and serene nature the princes were born and brought'up not in the lap of luxury but in the cradle of want. [...] He says that the doctors (meaning the astronomers) ascend to the top of the building and therefrom "by means of a large telescope contemplate the seven heavens and twelve signs of the Zodiac and investigate the influences of the 4" A celebrated Chinese sculptor. [...] Our author has given us accurate descriptions of the agriculture and horticulture the mode of travelling and the inns the adminstration the army and navy the law and administration of justice the c:ocational system the food the sports and pastimes the hospitals and orphanages and the personal characteristics of the Eng I iFh.