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Dutch influence is the more apparent. At that time Javanese priyayi society was de veloping into a class of semi-westernized intellectuals. In the last decades of the century and during the first decades of the twentieth century this development was accelerated by the introduction of Dutch administration in the semi-independent prin cipalities of Central Java. Dutch schools for priyayi children, afterwards open to children of all classes, were instrumental in spreading western ideas. Knowledge of the Malay idiom as used in Dutch Government administration was spread at the same time. This was, in Central Java, the preparation for the rise of Bahasa Indonesia, which in the second half of the twentieth century be came a powerful rival of the native Javanese tongue. In the second half of the nineteenth cen tury Raqga Warsita was the outstanding representative of Surakarta Court literature. He was related to the Yasadipura family. Unlike his illustrious predecessors, who al ways wrote in verse, he wrote many books in prose, most of them on ancient history. In the other parts of the present Synopsis Ra^ga Warsita’s work in the field of history (28.400), Belles-Lettres (31.340) and law (47.490) have been registered. Under the present head only texts of a moralistic char acter are mentioned, most of them in prose. Manuscripts containing relevant texts have been registered in the General Index under the catchword Rar$ga Warsita. 18.210 Darma Sunya, didactic-moralistic texts, prose version in Rai3ga Warsita style of an Old Javanese kakawin: cod. 6419, 6479, 6606 (Nur Muhammad, compendium), CB 145 (1) C.

18.220 Didactic-moralistic prose treatise in Rat}ga Warsita style, on ascetic practice: cod. 3998 (compendium). 18.230 Hidayat Jati, didactic-moralistic les sons in prose, Rarjga Warsita style: cod. 6518. 18.240 Wéda Pramana, pralambai3 Darma Sunya, prose treatise in Rat)ga Warsita style: cod. 6429. 18.250 Kala Tida, moralistic poem by Rat}ga Warsita: cod. 6612. 18.400 Didactic poems of Prince M a 13 k u Nagara IV (still group F, 14.000). In the nineteenth century some members of the Royal family of Surakarta distinguished themselves as authors. King Paku Buwana IV wrote didactic-moralistic poems which were much appreciated at the time (see 17.660). Marjku Nagara IV was a Prince belonging to the Marjkunagaran House, which had been given semi-indepen- dant dominions in the Surakarta district in 1757. Maqku Nagara IV wrote poetry; most poems are either belletristic (see 31.360) or didactic-moralistic. Wéda Tama is a didactic speculative poem ascribed to him. There is, however, some doubt as to his exclusive authorship. He seems to have co-operated with Rat}ga Warsita and others. All poems by Maiqku Nagara IV were published in Surakarta. His collected works have been edited by the present author (1927—1934). Manuscripts containing relevant texts have been listed in the General Index under the catchword Mat$ku Nagara. 18.410 Wéda Tama, philosophical poem ascribed to Matjku Nagara IV: cod. 6486, CB 145 (1) B.