Ceylon.

Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1889. Vol. xi., No. 88. 8vo. Pp. 150. Colombo. 1891. [Presented by the Society.]

For this issue of the Society's Proceedings an interesting paper on the early history of Ceylon has been translated from the Dutch, and revised page 122 by Mr. F. H. de Vos. It is entitled "A short History of the Principal Events that occurred in the Island of Ceylon since the arrival of the First Netherlander in the year 1602, and, afterwards, from the establishment of the 'Honourablo Company' in the same Island till the year 1757." This history was originally compiled in the year 1760 from printed papers and manuscripts in the care of the Political Secretary at Colombo, and was sent to the Fatherland in 1762. The manuscript was found among the papers of the former Dutch East India Company in the State Archives at the Hague. The original spelling of names has been retained by the translator.