CONTENTS. ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND, AND RESIDENCE IN LONDON,-p. $3. Interview with W. Roscoe, p. 69. Arrival in London, p. 78. Reception at the Unitarian Association Meeting, p. 80. Efforts for the Elevation of Women, p. 88. Papers given to the Select Committee of the House of Commons on India, p. 95. TRIBUTES TO THE RAJAH'S MEMORY,-P. 161. Testimony of M. Hare's Family, p. 164. Miss Aikin's Letter, p. 167. Dr. Boott's Letter, p. 169. Dr. Tuckerman's Letter, p. 174. Poetical Tributes, p. 175. Tributes from his Country- FUNERAL SERMONS FOR THE RAJAH,—p. 185. Dr. Carpenter's Sermon, p. 186. Mr. Aspland's Sermon, p. 204. DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER FOR THE ENGRAVINGS. : Frontispiece,-Portrait,--to face Title.. Fac simile of Autograph to face p. 114. View of Stapleton Grove to face p. 125. Fac simile of Funeral Document to face p. 148. NOTICE It THE following brief Memoir of the Rajah RAMMOHUN Roy was prepared by Dr. CARPENTER from authentic sources of informa tion chiefly found in the "Monthly Repository of Theology and General Literature," Vols. XIII. to XX.; from the Memoir prefixed to the "Precepts of Jesus," by Rev. Dr. T. REES; from communications received from the family with whom the Rajah resided in London, and from the Rajah personally by the writer was inserted, after the Rajah's lamented death, in the Bristol Gazette and Bristol Mercury, and thence copied into other papers. It was afterwards inserted, with some additions in the "Review of the Labours, Opinions, and Character of Rajah RAMMOHUN Roy," by Dr. CARPENTER, from which copious extracts are made in this volume. As this work is now out of print it is here given in full, up to the Rajah's arrival in England, as an introduction to the work. : BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. RAMMOHUN ROY was the son of RAM KHANT ROY. His grandfather resided at Moorshedabad, and filled some important offices under the Moguls; but being ill-treated by them towards the end of his life, the son took up his abode in the district of Bordouan, where he had landed property. There RAMMOHUN ROY was born, most probably about 1774. Under his father's roof he received the elements of native education, and also acquired the Persian language. He was afterwards sent to Patna to learn Arabic;. and lastly to Benares to obtain a knowledge of the Sanscrit, the sacred language of the Hindoos. His masters at Patna set him to study Arabic translations of some of the writings of Aristotle and Euclid; and it is probable that the training thus given his mind in acuteness and close reasoning, and the knowledge which he acquired of the Mahommedan religion from Musselmen whom he esteemed, contributed to cause that searching examination of the faith in which he was educated, which led him eventually to the important efforts he made to restore it to its early simplicity. B |