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VI
 
FOREWORD
 
force them into an English dress, and you
at once give them excessive prominence. The
reader is apt to ask what they are and why
they are there, but the answer in many cases
will be unconvincing. These and other
similar considerations must not be lost sight
of in appraising Mr. Sastri's performance.
After giving them full weight the critic, far
from caviling, will be ready to endorse
my appreciation.
 
V. S. SRINIVASA SASTRI.