| Page. | Prefatory Note. | i | Introduction. | iii | I. The Hindoo Household | 1 | II. The Birth of a Hindoo | 22 | III. The Hindoo School-boy | 30 | IV. Vows of Hindoo Girls | 35 | V. Marriage Ceremonies | 41 | VI. The Brother Festival | 90 | VII. The Son-in-law Festival | 92 | VIII. The Doorga Poojah Festival | 93 | IX. The Kali Poojah Festival | 136 | X. The Saraswati Poojah | 151 | XI. The Festival of Cakes | 155 | XII. The Holi Festival | 159 | XIII. Caste | 165 | XIV. A Brahmin | 180 | XV. The Bengalee Baboo | 191 | XVI. The Kobiraj, or Native Physician | 209 | XVII. Hindoo Females | 216 | XVIII. Polygamy | 227 | XIX. Hindoo Widows | 237 | XX. Sickness, Death, and Shrad or Funeral Ceremonies | 246 | XXI. Suttee, or the Immolation of Hindoo Widows | 272 | XXII. The Admired Story of Sabitri Brata, or the | Wonderful Triumph of Exalted Chastity | 280 | Appendix | 293 | ERRATA. _________ Page 49, line 4, for "Butterfly," read, "PrajÁpati—the (Lord.)"
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