Excerpt from The New School of Urdu Literature In conclusion I have to express a hope that this attempt will lead to further efforts in the direction of original and independent criticism of our literature from pens abler than myself and to state that if I find any appreciation of these sketches, I may try to prepare a similar collection of critical essays on the great masters of the Urdu language of the old school, including the two living poets, Dag and Amir, who, though born in this age, belong essen tially to the generation that has passed away, in thoughts embodied in their writings. 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.