Kalam-i Urdu

Revised. — Calcutta, 1918. — 238 p.Being selection for the Urdu proficiency examination. Translated into English (with copious Notes, Explanations, Derivations &Y.).The Jadld Kalam-i Urdu is a revised and enlarged edition of the Kalam-i Urdu, the text-book originally prescribed for the Proficiency Examination. In the new edition, the poetry portion has been considerably reduced, while the prose portion has been greatly increased. Of the prose selections the first half were all included in the former edition and consist of articles contributed by various writers to modern literary magazines. In these the influence of a Western education is discernible both as regards the subjects dealt with and also in respect of the manner of treatment. The second half of the prose portion is entirely new material.