A Dictionary of Kashmiri Proverbs & Sayings : Explained and Illustrated from the rich and interesting Folklore of the valley

About The Book : A Dictionary of Kashmiri Proverbs and Sayings : Explained and Illustrated From the Rich and Interesting Folklore of the Valley; That moment when an author dots the last period to his manuscript, and then rises up from the study-chair to shake its many and bulky pages together is almost as exciting an occasion as when he takes a quire or so of foolscap and sits down to write the first line of it. Many and mingled feelings pervade his mind, and hope and fear vie with one another and alternately overcome one another, until at length the author finds some slight relief for his feelings and a kind of excuse for his book, by writing a preface, in which he states briefly the nature and character of the work.