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to consist in the fact that Soobramonia Iyer hasomitted a great deal of the prehistoric matter whichhas made Mi Sankoony Menon's otherwise valu-able History in English somewhat repugnant tomany a matter of fact reader. The composition ofthe manuscript in question is blotless and Soobra-monia Iyer deserves public support ingetting hisuseful production printed as soon as possible. Trevandrum. N.RAMAKURUP B. A 28th. January 1892. Head Malayalum Pandit. _________
I have with much pleasure gone through Mr.Soobramonia Iyen's sketch of the History of Trivan-core, and am glad to say that the book exhibits con- .siderable labour and thought It is written in goodidiomatic Malayalam. The author has very wiselyconfined himself to stating facts and wherever hehas ventured to give his opinion he has been carefulto avoid extremes. I have no doubt that the bookwill be appreciated by the Travancore public. Theauthor has my best wishes.
Trevandrum 2. 5th. June 1892 " P. THANOO PILLAY. I have gone through Mr. Soobramonia Iyer's"Manual of the History of Travancore" in Mala-yalam, and have much pleasure, in certifying thatthe author has, in this noble attempt rendered avery valuable service to the Malayalam readingPublic-especially to the students of the vernacularschools. It may be said to his credit that he has,to some extent succeeded in steering clear of myths
