Tales from the Hindu Dramatists

Late Officiating Head-Master, Metropolitan Institution, Bowbazar Branch, Calcutta;
Professor of English Literature, Bishop's College, and Central College, Calcutta; Late Principal, Doveton College, Calcutta; Hon. Fellow and Examiner, University of Calcutta .
Calcutta. B. BANERJEE & Co., 26, Cornwallis Street, and 54, College Street. 1912.
CALCUTTA, PRINTED BY K.C. DATTA AT THE VICTORIA PRINTING WORKS 203/2 CORNWALLIS STREET. PUBLISHED BY B. BANERJEE & Co., 25, Cornwallis Street, and 54, College Street.
To The Hon'ble Sir Justice
C.S.I., M.A., D.L., D.S.C., F.R.A.S., F.R.S.E.
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta.
as a sincere token of the esteem and admiration of the
for his eminent services to the cause of the
Transcriber's Note: There are some inconsistencies in spelling and punctuation which have been left as the original.
Many educationists think that our Indian boys should be encouraged to read the stories of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, the two great Epics of India and Tales from the Sanskrit Dramatists when they are recommended to read The Boy's Odyssey, Legends of Greece and Rome, Arabian Nights' Tales and Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare. It was perhaps from this view of the matter that the University of Calcutta recommended The Boy's Ramayana and Tales from the Hindu Dramatists for the Matriculation Examination. As no books were published in time, the University had to issue an amended notice omitting the books from the list. To supply the want, I have ventured to write the Boy's Ramayana and this humble book. I have tried my best to narrate briefly, in simple and idiomatic English, the stories on which the chief Sanskrit dramas are based. I hope that the University will be pleased to re-insert The Boy's Ramayana and this book in the list of books recommended for the Matriculation Examination.