The following course of reading—drawn up for Secretaries of the Y.M.C.A. in the East by Dr. J. N. Farquhar and the writer—is recommended to those whose leisure is scant:

First Year. General: Rhys Davids, Buddhism, Life and Teachings of Gautama, the Buddha (London: S.P.C.K. 3s. 6d.); V. Smith, Asoka (Oxford: Clarendon Press. 4s. New edition, 1920).

Special: The Dhammapada. Sacred Books of the East, vol. x (out of print); The Mahaparinibbana. S.B.E., vol. xi (12s. 6d. See Introduction).

Additional: Oldenberg, Buddha (see Introduction); or Rhys Davids, Dialogues of the Buddha (London: Milford. 12s. 6d. 3rd volume, 1921).

Second Year. General: Copleston, Buddhism Primitive and Present (London: Longmans. 10s. 6d. Out of print); Hackmann, Buddhism as a Religion (see Introduction).

Special: Warren, Buddhism in Translations. Chaps. i and iv (see
Introduction).

Additional: Rhys Davids, Buddhist India (London: Fisher Unwin. 7s. 6d.); The Questions of King Milinda, S.B.E., vols. xxxv, xxxvi. (42s. for two. See Introduction.)