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Excerpt from Essay Analytical, Critical and Philological, Vol. 2 of 3: On Subjects Connected With Sanskrit Literature It is not only with respect to themselves, however, that the fictions of the Hindus are calculated to add to our stock of knowledge: and the inuence, which they have exercised on the state of manners in Europe, will only be duly appreciated, when we shall be better acquainted with the extent of the Obligations we owe them. By whatever channel they may have been Con veyed to the West, the Oriental origin of most Of the tales, which first roused the inventive faculties of our ancestors, is universally admitted; but the advocates of the Gothic or Arabic origin of romance agree in referring its birth-place to the East. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.