“THE BIBLE FOR THE PANDITS." [SPECIMEN FASCICULUS. ] THE FIRST THREE CHAPTERS OF GENESIS DIFFUSELY AND UNRESERVEDLY COMMENTED, IN SANSKRIT AND ENGLISH, BY JAMES R. BALLANTYNE LL. D. PROFESSOR OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY, AND PRINCIPAL OF THE GOVERNMENT COLLEGE BENARES. I SPEAK AS, UNTO WISE MEN; JUDGE YE WHAT I SAY." 1 COB. X. 15. "At longe majora a pusillanimitate, et pensorum, quae humana industria sibi pro- PUBLISHED BY JAMES MADDEN, 3 LEADENHALL STREET LONDON, AND 1860. ΤΟ THE REV. WILLIAM KAY, D. D., PRINCIPAL OF BISHOP'S COLLEGE, THIS TENTATIVE SAMPLE Of a Sanskrit Commentary on Scripture, AS A CONTRIBUTORY MITE TOWARDS THE EVANGELIZATION OF INDIA, IS, WITH RESPECTFUL AND GRATEFUL REGARD, COMMENDED AND DEDICATED BY JAMES R. BALLANTYNE. ADVERTISEMENT. This specimen-fasciculus having been printed at the expense and the pecuniary risk of the Benares printer and publisher, who will reap the profits if there be any, of the sale of it, I am moved by no personally pecuniary interest in mentioning to the professing friends of missions in India, that they ought to (as they will, if "worth their salt",-) purchase this gift of mine (Acts III, 6) and "sow it broadcast" among the missionaries, for the edification of these and the indemnification of the printing office. J. R. B. |