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worthy son of so worthy a man. I wish he could have lived to have seen "Prathaba Mudaliar's in English (the 1st hundred pages of which are now printed.) But God had better things in store for him and we can only bow to His will. I should greatly like to have a photograph of him if you have one to spare, and I hope you will call on me if you come to Madras. I will say nomore now, but assuring you of my sincere sympathy and praying that God may comfort and bless you and all your sorrowing relatives.
Yours sincerely,
The Madras Mail, 11th July 1912.
Prathapa Mudaliar Charitram is also a reprint, by his son, a Tamil novel entitled "The life and Adventures of Prathapa Mudaliar," written by the late Mr. S. Veda- nayagam Pillai of Mayavaram. The value of this publi- cation lies in the fact that the author was the first to write a novel and to supply the want of good prose works in the Tamil Language.
A Tribute to Vedanayagam
Pillai
Sri VEDANAYASAM PILLAI was a great inspired poet. In Tamil he is called as Vara Kavi', ie. one who has been blessed with the divine inspiration to compose poems. This inspiration is not received by all. It is only
