Stephen Collins' Pali Grammar

     I happened to notice today on the 'recent arrivals' shelf of a Chiangmai bookstore, "A Pali
Grammar for Students" by Stephen Collins.  This volume. published by Silkworm books in
Chiangmai, is listed on Amazon as due for release 9/30/2006, list price US$30.  The price in
Thailand is ThB695 ($17-18).
      I assume many of us know of the existence of this book, but perhaps some do not, or are
not aware of its salient characteristics.  It is 'a work of reference and not a primer' and is to
the author's knowledge as well as my own, 'the first to use both Western and Pail grammatical
categories'.  The contents are traditional, based on Saddanitî, with copious examples taken
mostly 'from the Canonical texts.'  It appears to me a valuabe addition to the existing
grammatical literature.

George Bedell