In Translations by
Captain F. E. JOHNSON, R.A., and GEORGE SALE, Esq., with Re-
visions and Explanatory Essay by SHEIK FAIZ-ULLAH-BHAI, Head
Master of the Schools of Anjuman-i-Islam.

With a Brief Bibliography by

CHARLES C. TORREY, D.D.,
Professor of Semitic Languages at Yale University.

With an Historical Survey and Descriptions by
PROF. CHARLES F. HORNE, Ph.D.

PARKE, AUSTIN, AND LIPSCOMB, Inc.
NEW YORK

LONDON

There never was a false god, nor was there ever really a false religion, unless you call a child a false man.”—Max MÜLLER.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME V

ANCIENT ARABIA

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INTRODUCTION—The Last Semitic Conquerors, the

Arabs: The Sudden Blossoming of their Litera-

ture

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I.--THE GENIUS OF ARABIC LITERATURE, by Sheik

Faiz-ullah-bhai

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THE HANGED POEMS

II.—THE POEM OF IMRU-UL-QUAIS (530 A.D.?)

III.-THE POEM OF ANTAR (580 A.D.?).

IV.—THE POEM OF ZUHAIR (590 A.D.?)

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