obscure, and leaves a good deal to be implied or understood. I have translated such passages as correctly as I could. I hope the work may be useful to those studying the Bostán in the original, and to English-reading Mohamedans ; and interesting to readers who may care, with the exercise of a little forbearance, to get a glimpse of the state of Mohamedan Theology and Ethics in the days of Sádi. I am indebted to the Rev. John Milne, M.A., Chaplain to the Forces, for useful suggestions. In writing the following brief sketch of the life of Sádi, I have consulted Adalat Khan's introduction to his translation of the 'Ikd-I-Manzum, and my acknowledgments are due to the worthy Munshi. DUBLIN, March 15th, 1882. Story on Practising Delay in Punishment Story: Satan Appears to a Man in a Dream ... : : 41 Story on the Happy Times of the Contented Poor Story on the Transitoriness of Greatness : Story of the Tyrannical King and the Villager Story of Mamun and his Slave The Fakir and the King Story of a Hard-up Pugilist Story of an Oppressor Remarks on the Selection of Troops and Leaders On Cherishing the Army ... ... On being always Prepared for an Enemy On Aiming at Peace while Engaged in War ... On the Comforting of People till they arrive among the Pious Story of the Man and his Lost Son Story of the Prince's Crown Jewel Story of a Miserly Father and his Prodigal Son Story on a True Searcher Persevering under Oppression Story of the Sage and his Son ... On Men of God viewing Themselves with Contempt Story of the Humility of Bayazīd On Pride and its Result, and Sadness and its Blessing Story of Jesus-on Him be safety !—and the Pharisee Story of the Poor Theologian and the Proud Căzi Story of a Beneficent Master and his Stubborn Slave Story of Maruf-Karkhi and the Sick Traveller Story on the Meanness of the Worthless and the Forbearance of On the Impudence of Dervishes and the Clemency of Kings |