THE BAITÂL PACHCHISI
Or, The Twenty-Five Tales Of a Sprite
By John Platts
Translated From The Hindi Text of Dr. Duncan Forbes
(One of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools in the Central Provinces of India)
London: Wm. H. Allen & Co.
1871
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TRANSLATORS PREFACE.
The English translation of these tales has been made by special request, to meet repeated demands for a translation of the text as edited by the late Dr. Duncan Forbes. The aim of the Translator has been to produce a work which would enable the student to study the original with facility and accuracy. It being considered that few save students who are compelled to study the Hindi original would be likely to peruse the work, the transl
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