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PRINTED BY T. COMBE, E. PICKARD HALL, AND H. LATHAM,

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PREFACE.

THE following pages contain the substance of a public lecture delivered by me at Oxford on the 9th of May, 1862. They also embody much of the information on the subject of Indian Epic Poetry, which I have conveyed to my classes in a more familiar manner during the past year.

The Rámáyana and Mahá-bhárata, unlike the Iliad and the Odyssey, are closely connected with the present religious faith of millions; and these millions, be it remembered, acknowledge British sway, and have a right to expect the British public to take an interest in works which are the time-honoured repository of their legendary history and mythology, of their ancient customs and observances, as well as of their most cherished gems of

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