The Port Folio, Vol. 13

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Excerpt from The Port Folio, Vol. 13: From January to July, 1822Moa'r readers are acquainted with the elaborate View 0 the History, Literature, and Religion of the Hindoos, b W1 liam Ward, of Serampore. A residence of twenty years in t e east, a function which called him to the es cisl examination of the moral diseases of the peo le, his close a lianos with some of the most learned and able 0 the Eastern Missionaries, his cordial devotion to his employment, his thorough knowledge of the native lan guages, his culiar facilities, by means of his intimate acquaint ance with indoos converted from Hindooism to Christianity, for obtainin clear and accurate information, and thus arriving at the truth, al conspired to create high expectations from that impor tant ublication, and those expectations were not disappointed. His areweu Letters may be considered as, in part, a continuation of the preceding work, or rather as containing the practical infer ences to be deduced from it. They are replete with speculations of a sound and practical observer. They seem powerfully to con firm both the facts and the reasonin of the advocates for the em plo ment of all peaceful means for e further conversion of India.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.