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Saktmtala. This has been a paragon of so many later imitations, which, as all imitations must be, have never attained to the perfectness of the original. Kalidasa executed this "not with the dullness of prosaic detail, but with the true poetic pencil, which by a few happy touches brings the subject of his description vividly before the mind's eye." The Syamala-•dandakam is a short prose pOem, very melodious and musical. It is a panegyric address to Sarasvati. Its popularity has made it the first work imparted to young students, just at the 'dawn of their studies. The Sringara-tilakam is a charming fiece of only twenty-three verses* Some of the ideas are highly original and imaginative. The Rakshasa-Ravya of barely twenty verses relates the descriptive address of a lover to his •beloved. The language is most artificial and a superficial observer would decline to argue for Kalidasa's authorship. The Pushpabanavtlasam is a short erotic piece of true poetic imagery and lofty sentiment. The JRitusamharam is without dispute the work of Kalidasa. The six chapters of thfe book are in due order devoted to the six conventional Indian seasons. u With glowing descriptions of the beauties of nature, in which erotic scenes are interspersed, the poet adroitly interweaves the expression of human emotions. Perhaps no dthet work of Kalidasa's manifests so strikingly th£ poet's deep sympathy with nature, his kfeen powers of observation and his skill in depleting the Indian landscape in vivid colors*" The Nalo&ay&, a poem in four cantos, describes the restoration of Nala to his lost throne, under the nominal authorship of Kalidasa. u The chief aim of the author is to show off his skill in the manipulation of the most varied and artificial metres, as well as ail the elaborate tricks of style exhibited in tb£ latest Kavyas. Rhyme even is introduced, and that, too, not only at the end of, but within metrical lines. Theart an4 im^naacts, describing the* f