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    <* Still pleased to praise , yet not afraid to blame . "—Pope .

    Akt . I- — Translation of an Abridgment of the Vedant , or Resolution of all the Veds ; the most celebrated mid revered work of Brahminical Theology ; establishing the Unity of the Supreme Being ; and that He Alone is the Object of Propitiation and Worship . By R » mniohuii Roy . 4 to . pp . il Calcutta . I 8 l 6 .

    Art . II . — The Same ; containing likewise a Translation of the Cena Ifpa&ishad , one of the Chapters of the Sama Veda ; according to the Gloss of the celebrated Shancarach arya 9 establishing the Unity and the Sole Omnipotence of the Supreme Being ; and that He A lone is the Object of Worship . By Ram mobun Roy . 4 fo . pp . 36 . London . Printed for T . and J . Hoitt , Upper Berkeley Street , Portman Square . 1 Q 17

    J . fj A § Art . III . —Translation of the Ishopanishad , one of the Chapters of the Yajur Veda : according to the Com rnentarif of the celebrated Shunhar A chary a , establishing the Unity and Incomprehensibility of the Supreme Being ; and that his Worship Alone can lead to Internal Beatitude . By Rammohun Hoy . 8 vo . pp . 38 .

    Calcutta . 1816 . Art . IV . —A Defence of Hindoo Thei $ m in Reply to the Attack of an Advocate for Idolatry , at Madras . By Rammohun Hoy . 8 vo . pp . 56 . Calcutta . 1817 . Art . V . —An Apology for the present System of Hindoo Worship . Written in the Kengalee Language * and accompanied by an * English Translation . 8 vo . pp . 52 . Calcutta . 1817 .

    OF RAMMOHUN ROY , the Hindoo Unitarian Reformer , some account is given in our last Volume , [ XHI . 299 and 512 , ] which we are happy in being able to enlarge by the tracts here enumerated , which have been put into our hands -by a friend . The notice that we shall j » ive of this enlightened and worthy man will include a relation of the Hindoo Unitarian controversy - > and iu using

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    these terms we cannot help congratulating our readers , that tfre impetus by which the human mind has been lately agitated in Europe has reached the remote realms of Hindoostan , and begins to excite free and rational inquiry amongst Heathens as well as Christians . The English Editor of the second Article on our list says of Rammohun Roy , 44 He is l > y birth a Brahmin , of very respeciable origin , in the Province of

    Ben-# a ) , about forty-three years of age . 64 His acquirements are considerable : to a thorough knowledge of the Sungscrit ( tbe language of the Brahminical Scriptures ) he has added Persian and Arabic ; and possessing * an acute understanding , he early conceived a contempt for tbe religious prejudices and absurd superstitions of bis caste . "At the ao-e ' of twenty-two , he commenced the study of tbe English language , ¦ which not pursuing * with application , he five years afterwards , when I . became

    acquainted with him , could merely speak it well enough to be understood upon the most common topics of discourse ; but could not write it with any degree of correctness . He was afterwards employed as Dewan , or principal native officer , in the collection of the revenues , in the district of which I was for five years collector in the East India Company ' s civil service . By perusing * ail my public correspondence with diligence and attention , as well as by corresponding and conversing * with European gentlemen , he acquired so correct . a 1 * I /* , 1 " ¦ " * I'll A i

    knowledge or me ^ ngiisri language , as i » be enabled to write and speak it with considerable accuracy . He was also in the constant habit of reading tbe Eng-liali newspapers , of which the continental politics chiefly inteiested him , and froiri thence he formed a high admiration of the talents and prowess of the late ruler © f Trance , and was so dazzled with the splendour of his achievements , as to become sceptical , as to the commission , if not blind

    to the atrocity , of his ci lines , and could not help deeply lamenting' his downfal , no » twithstanding the profound respect he ever professed for the English nation £ but when tbe first transports of his sorrow had subsided , he considered that part of his political conduct which led to hi * ' abdication , to have been so weak and so madly amhi-

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1819, page 561, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1776/page/37/