_ADDITIONAL NOTES:_
'Wamik and Asra'
Another Famous Arabian Lover
APOCRYPHAL LIFE OF ESOP.
_ADDITIONAL NOTE:_
Drinking the Sea Dry
IGNORANCE OF THE CLERGY IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
THE BEARDS OF OUR FATHERS.
INDEX.
FLOWERS FROM A PERSIAN GARDEN.
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SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THE PERSIAN POET SAADI--CHARACTER OF HIS
WRITINGS--THE "GULISTAN"--PREFACES TO BOOKS--PREFACE TO THE
"GULISTAN"--EASTERN POETS IN PRAISE OF SPRINGTIDE.
It is remarkable how very little the average general reader knows
regarding the great Persian poet Saadi and his writings. His name is
perhaps more or less familiar to casual readers from its being appended
to one or two of his aphorisms which are sometimes reproduced in odd
corners of popular periodicals; but who he was, when he lived, and what
he wrote, are questions which would probably puzzle not a few, even of
those who consider themselves as "well read," to answer without first
recurring to some encyclopaedia. Yet Saadi was assuredly one of the most
gifted men of genius the world has ever known: a man of large and
comprehensive intellect; an original and profound thinker; an acute
observer of men and manners; and his works remain the imperishable
monument of his genius, learning, and industry.
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