THE APPROACH TO BAGHDAD.

LITERATURE OF THE EAST

VOLUME VIII

MEDIEVAL PERSIA

In Translations by

E. H. WHINFIELD, M.A., of the Royal Asiatic Society; E. G.
BROWNE, F.R.C.P., Professor of Arabic, Cambridge University;
LOUISA STUART Costello; REYNOLD NICHOLSON, LL.D., Professor
of Persian, University College, London; HErman Bicknell, M.D.,
the Oriental explorer; CAPTAIN H. WILBERFORCE CLARKE, R.E.;
and other authorities on Persian literature.

With a Brief Bibliography by

PROF. A. V. WILLIAMS JACKSON, LL.D.

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.