The members of both groups alike recognised his great learning, his patient and conscientious habits of investigation and the large social spirit in which he treated the problems of his science
प्राचीन मराठी साहित्याचा अभ्यास आणि साहित्य संशोधन व साहित्य समीक्षा हे त्यांच्या अभ्यासाचे क्षेत्र राहिले.