Vilāsa—the Satire—The high price of the printed books—The excellence of the Hindu method in arithmetic, 912-931.
IV. (a) Decadance of the high speritual ideal in Hindu Society and the advent of Raja Rama Mohana Roy, 931—Vain ostentations in religion—Severe codes for petty offences—Leanings towards Christianity—Rājā Rāmamohanā Roy, 931-936.
(b) A comprehensive review of his life and work, 936—The European admirers of the Rājā 936-943—Evidence before the select committee—Broad Sympathy and cosmopolitan views—Respect for Hindu Philosophy. Auto-biographical sketch 943-950 Popular Hinduism—Hindu Stewart and other Europeans admirers of Hinduism 950-956—The Success of the Rājā's mission—The Rājā's work in Bengali Prose 956—Extracts from his writings—His Bengali Grammar—The Suttee movement—The father of the Modern Bengali Prose, 943-989.
(c) The Writers that followed Raja Ramamohana Roy—Devendra Nath Tagore—Aksaya Kumar Dutta and others, 936—Renewed activities of the missionaries. Devendra Nātha Tagore—Extracts from his auto-biography—Akṣaya Kumara Dutta—An Extract from his writings—other writers 989-1002.
Supplementary notes to Chapter VII. 1002-12.
- Three early centres of vernacular writings, 1003-1012.
- The patronage accorded to vernacular writers, 1909-1912.
- Peace and her boon, 1912.
