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contain the essence of all Tagore's poetry and philosophy, revealed by
many aphorisms, epigrams and sayings.

Here is the kernel of the wisdom and insight of the great Hindu seer in
the form of short extracts. These sayings are the essence of his Eastern
message to the Western world. The frontispiece and decorations by Willy
Pogany are beautiful in themselves, and enhance the spiritual
significance of this extraordinary book.

"Each reflects some aspect of beauty, in thought or in nature, or some
of the many-sided philosophical reflections of the author. In one sense
these stray birds are tiny prose poems, a fact which makes the
dedication of the volume to 'T. Hara, of Yokohama,' peculiarly
appropriate, for they all suggest the delicacy and minuteness of
Japanese poetry as it is known to us in translation." _Philadelphia
Public Ledger_.

"Pleasing and inspiring." _Boston Daily Advertiser_.

"His utterances have something of the elusive delicacy of memories of
moral experiences out of a remote past." _Nation_.

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=Chitra=

=A PLAY IN ONE ACT=

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"The play is told with the simplicity and wonder of imagery always
characteristic of Rabindranath Tagore." _Cleveland Plain Dealer_.

"All the poetry of Tagore is here." ... _Poetry Journal_.

"Beautiful and marked by skilful rhythm." _Newark Evening News_.

"A clear portrayal of the dual nature of womankind." _Graphic_.

"The play is finely idyllic." _Chicago Daily Tribune_.

"A pretty situation, prettily worked out. And there is something piquant
in the combination of the old Hindu metaphorical style, half mystical in
allusion, with what is really a plea for the emancipation of women."
_The Nation_.

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=Fruit Gathering=

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"A shining pathway up which we can confidently travel to those regions
of wisdom and experience which consciously or unconsciously we strive to
reach." _Boston Transcript_.

"Quaintly lovely fragments." _Chicago Herald_.

"Exquisitely conceived and with all the distinctive grace which marked
'Song Offerings.'" _San Francisco Chronicl