APPENDIX IV (Page 237 footnote)
Earty CuaristiaAN Perrtiopicats (BENGALI) The Samachar Darpan and the Digdarsan were not properly speaking, missionary papers: for religious con- troversy was sedulously avoided. The first Christian period- ical was the Gospel Magazine (Svo. pp. 1-16), English and Bengali, commenced in 1819 by the Missionaries of the London Missionary Society and continued till 1823. Then came the Frangelist, edited by Rev. J. Robinson and started in 1843 by the Baptist Association: it was in existence for three years. ‘The Upadesaka was commenced in 1847 and edited by J. Wenger, continued till 1857, when the editor went home; it was recommenced in 1863 after his return and ultimately ceased in 1865. The Satyarnaba edited by the missionaries of the Church of England, was begun in 1849: five volumes appear to have been published. The Arwondaya, a fortnightly journal, was started in 1856 by the Calcutta Tract Society. The first editor was Rev. Lalbehari De. These are, in their chronological order, all the purely Christian periodicals, published during the first half of the century.
