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LITERATURE OP«BENGAL.
to a, certain extent ou,t of place and uncalled inasmuch as
the system is already nearly extinct in Bengal. Vidyasa-
gar's woxks ^W<r ^?tT, crster^fas^rfo, ^faMI, (Litztf-
JfS, 5fwfa*=fT, ^fSFI^TT ^f^t^, are mostly free translations
or compilations from English and Sanskrit works, but'
serve as admirable school books, and are among the best
specimens of Bengali prose which he has developed and
beautified to a very great extent.
0
Thus, next to Ram Mohun Rai, Akkhai Kumar Dat|a
and Iswara Chandra Vidyasagar are the two great writers
to whom the Bengali prose owes its formation.1 Neither
of these two writers has written any thing original or,
given any evidence of creative intellect or great power
of mind. All that they have written are compilations
and translations from English and Sanscrit, but yet Ben-
gal will not soon6 forget those who have enriched the
Bengali prose, striven for social reforms, and done more
than any other writers foivthe spread of knowledge all
over the country.
In the department of pof^y Iswar Chandra Gupta
took the lead, and for a time exerted as much influence in
his line as Akkhai Kumar did in prose. Born in 1809
A. D., he displayed very early a taste for versification,
and in 1830 A. D. started the Sangbdd Probhdkar news-
paper as a vehicle for his numerous prose and poetical
compositions, and a few years after he a\so started a
monthly Probhdkar for the same purpose. For a time
his influence knew no bounds; the Probli&lcar was eagerly
sought for everywhere, and Iswar Chandra's witty and
lowing verse was learnt by rote by a large class of
LITERATURE OP«BENGAL.
to a, certain extent ou,t of place and uncalled inasmuch as
the system is already nearly extinct in Bengal. Vidyasa-
gar's woxks ^W<r ^?tT, crster^fas^rfo, ^faMI, (Litztf-
JfS, 5fwfa*=fT, ^fSFI^TT ^f^t^, are mostly free translations
or compilations from English and Sanskrit works, but'
serve as admirable school books, and are among the best
specimens of Bengali prose which he has developed and
beautified to a very great extent.
0
Thus, next to Ram Mohun Rai, Akkhai Kumar Dat|a
and Iswara Chandra Vidyasagar are the two great writers
to whom the Bengali prose owes its formation.1 Neither
of these two writers has written any thing original or,
given any evidence of creative intellect or great power
of mind. All that they have written are compilations
and translations from English and Sanscrit, but yet Ben-
gal will not soon6 forget those who have enriched the
Bengali prose, striven for social reforms, and done more
than any other writers foivthe spread of knowledge all
over the country.
In the department of pof^y Iswar Chandra Gupta
took the lead, and for a time exerted as much influence in
his line as Akkhai Kumar did in prose. Born in 1809
A. D., he displayed very early a taste for versification,
and in 1830 A. D. started the Sangbdd Probhdkar news-
paper as a vehicle for his numerous prose and poetical
compositions, and a few years after he a\so started a
monthly Probhdkar for the same purpose. For a time
his influence knew no bounds; the Probli&lcar was eagerly
sought for everywhere, and Iswar Chandra's witty and
lowing verse was learnt by rote by a large class of