10, Sir Mungaldass Nattoobhoy KNIGHT, G S I Bc &c MY DEAR SIR, The privilege I have enjoyed of your close acquaintance for over ten years, and the opportunities it has given me foi a due appreciation of your character make it my most pleasant duty to associate your name with this compilation. Your appreciation of learning and of men of letters, your lofty benevolence and your wonted liberality, the very exalted position to which you have attained i in the community which che- 11shes with affectionate pride the choicest selections of genus con- tained in these pages, your warni support to the cause of true ieformi, social and religious, your uniemitting zeal, indefatigable exertions and incessant sympathy, for over three decades, in the promotion of Indian Political progress, above all, the rare combi- nation in you of Lakshmi, Vidya and Audôrya-these enjoin me to dedicate to you, this Second Volume of the Gems of Gurjara Poetry. Fombay 8th April 1887 With respect and esteem, Ever yours, ITCHARAM S. DESAI.
