Early Cultural Writings

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  1. Early Cultural Writings
  2. Part One - The Harmony of Virtue
  3. The Sole Motive of Man s Existence
  4. The Harmony of Virtue
  5. Book One - The Harmony of Virtue
  6. Book Two - The Harmony of Virtue
  7. Book Three - The Harmony of Virtue
  8. Beauty in the Real
  9. Stray Thoughts
  10. Part Two - On Literature
  11. Bankim Chandra Chatterji
  12. I - His Youth and College Life
  13. II -The Bengal He Lived In
  14. III - His Official Career
  15. IV - His Versatility
  16. V - His Literary History
  17. VI - What He Did for Bengal
  18. VII - Our Hope in the Future
  19. On Poetry and Literature
  20. Poetry
  21. Characteristics of Augustan Poetry
  22. Sketch of the Progress of Poetry from Thomson to Wordsworth
  23. Appendix Test Questions
  24. Marginalia On Madhusudan Dutt s Virangana Kavya
  25. Originality in National Literatures
  26. The Poetry of Kalidasa
  27. A Proposed Work on Kalidasa
  28. The Malavas
  29. The Age of Kalidasa
  30. The Historical Method
  31. The Seasons
  32. Hindu Drama
  33. Vikramorvasie - The Play
  34. Vikramorvasie - The Characters
  35. The Spirit of the Times
  36. On Translating Kalidasa
  37. Appendix Passages and Fragments
  38. On the Mahabharata
  39. Notes on the Mahabharata
  40. Part Three - On Education
  41. Address at the Baroda College Social Gathering
  42. Education
  43. The Brain of India
  44. I - The Brain of India
  45. II - The Brain of India
  46. III - The Brain of India
  47. IV - The Brain of India
  48. A System of National Education
  49. Publisher s Note to the 1924 Edition
  50. I - The Human Mind
  51. II - The Powers of the Mind
  52. III - The Moral Nature
  53. IV - Simultaneous and Successive Teaching
  54. V - The Training of the Senses
  55. VI - Sense-Improvement by Practice
  56. VII - The Training of the Mental Faculties
  57. VIII - The Training of the Logical Faculty
  58. Message for National Education Week 1918
  59. National Education
  60. A Preface on National Education
  61. 1 - A Preface on National Education
  62. 2 - A Preface on National Education
  63. Part Four - On Art
  64. The National Value of Art
  65. I - The National Value of Art
  66. II - The National Value of Art
  67. III - The National Value of Art
  68. IV - The National Value of Art
  69. V - The National Value of Art
  70. VI - The National Value of Art
  71. Two Pictures
  72. Indian Art and an Old Classic
  73. The Revival of Indian Art
  74. An Answer to a Critic
  75. Part Five - Conversations of the Dead
  76. I - Dinshah Perizade
  77. II - Turiu Uriu
  78. III - Mazzini Cavour Garibaldi
  79. IV - Shivaji Jaysingh
  80. V - Littleton Percival
  81. Part Six - The Chandernagore Manuscript
  82. Passing Thoughts 1
  83. Passing Thoughts 2
  84. Passing Thoughts 3
  85. Hathayoga
  86. Rajayoga
  87. Historical Impressions The French Revolution
  88. Historical Impressions Napoleon
  89. In the Society s Chambers
  90. At the Society s Chambers
  91. Things Seen in Symbols 1
  92. Things Seen in Symbols 2
  93. The Real Difficulty
  94. Art
  95. Part Seven - Epistles Letters From Abroad
  96. Epistles from Abroad
  97. Letters from Abroad
  98. Part Eight - Reviews
  99. Suprabhat
  100. Hymns to the Goddess
  101. South Indian Bronzes
  102. God the Invisible King
  103. Rupam
  104. About Astrology
  105. Sanskrit Research
  106. The Feast of Youth
  107. Shama a
  108. Part Nine - Bankim Tilak Dayananda
  109. Rishi Bankim Chandra
  110. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  111. A Great Mind a Great Will
  112. DayanandaThe Man and His Work
  113. Dayananda and the Veda
  114. The Men that Pass
  115. Appendix One Baroda Speeches and Reports
  116. Speeches Written for the Maharaja of Baroda
  117. Medical Department
  118. The Revival of Industry in India
  119. Report on Trade in the Baroda State
  120. General Suggestions
  121. Opinions Written as Acting Principal Baroda College
  122. Resolving a Problem of Seniority in the High School
  123. On a Proposed Examination for Teachers
  124. On a Head Assistant for the High School
  125. Appendix Two Premises of Astrology
  126. Chapter I - Elements
  127. Chapter II - The Signs
  128. Chapter III - The Planets
  129. Note on the Texts