Title: The Progressive Bengali Reader Part I or Sachitra Barna-Bibodh Part I

Author: Nabin Chandra Dutta

Publisher: Published by The author

Printer: Printed by Behari Lall Bannerjee at Messrs. J. G. Chatterjee & Co.’s Press, 115 Amherst Street, Calcutta.

Date & edition: 1876

Price: 1 anna

About the book: An alphabet and a spelling book, the primer also includes some easy verses for children. The book, meant for beginners, eschews the use of words with compound letters (jukta barna/ juktakkhar).

Illustrations: Neatly designed and illustrated with woodcuts.

Note: The book is part of Dutt’s Primary Series

Pages: 28

Genre: Alphabet book. Primer

Source: The British Library, London.

Shelfmark.: VT1993

Pages featured:
1. Title Page
2. Page 1