10
to consist in the fact that soobramonia iyer has omitted 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 Malayalam 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 considerable labour and thought It is written in good idiomatic malayalam. The author has very wisely confined himself to stating facts and wherever he has ventured to give his opinion he has been careful to avoid extremes. I have no doubt that the book will be appreciated by the Travancore public. The author has my best wishes.
Trevandrum 5th. June 1892 " P. THANOO PILLAY. I have gone through Mr. Soobramonia Iyer's"Manual of the History of Travancore" in Malayalam, and have much pleasure, in certifying that the author has, in this noble attempt rendered avery valuable service to the Malayalam reading Public-especially to the students of the vernacular schools. It may be said to his credit that he has,to some extent succeeded in steering clear of myths
