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Facsimiles of National Manuscripts of IRELAND, selected and edited by J. T. GILBERT, and photozincographed by Sir HENRY JAMES, Part I, royal folio, illuminated title and 45 facsimiles, from the most ancient and valuable MSS. of Irish execution now in existence, half morocco, £2. 2s Southampton, Ordnance Survey, 1874

Such a remarkable series of plates, accompanied by a competent introduction from the pen of Mr. Gilbert, must arouse surprise in many minds and help to modify existing notions on the subject of old Irish history. Here are specimens from the Domnach Airgid, a MS. of the fifth century, which there is fair evidence to show belonged to St. Patrick; two from the Cathach Psalter of St. Columba, sixth century; one from an ancient Gospel-book of the fifth-sixth century; two from the Book of Durrow, sixth century; eleven from the Book of Kells, VI-IX century; four from MSS. of the 7th Century; eight from MSS. of the 9th; fifteen from MSS. of the 10th, 11th and 12th. Many of these are interesting, not only as early biblical texts of rare Latin versions, but as palæographical monuments of the highest value; others as exhibiting ancient specimens of Gaelic, written at a time when the appearance of vulgar languages in MSS. was of extraordinary occurrence; and several as the finest and oldest examples of a magnificent style of Decoration peculiar at first to Ireland, but which was carried soon afterwards by Irish missionaries to England and the Continent, to form a new School of Art.

Oriental Texts, royal 8vo. sewed

Arabic.

NASAFI. Umdatu 'l- Akidat Ahl is-Sunnat wal Jama' at: Pillar of the Creed of the Sunnites, &c. Arabic, by Cureton, 58 1843 A small but important Treatise of Scholastic Theology by a great jurist and doctor who lived in the latter part of the thirteenth century.

SHAHRASTANI (Abú 'l-Fath Muhammad). Kitabu Milal wa Nihal: Book of the Religious and Philosophical Sects, in Arabic, edited by Cureton, 2 vols. in 1, sd. 30s 1842-6

This great work, an exposition of the doctrines of many creeds, was composed A.H. 521, and is one of the most valuable productions of Arabic literature. Its high importance at the present time, when the study of old creeds and mythologies is so universal, may be estimated from an abridgment of the contents. It comprises an account of the Mussulmans and all their numerous sects; the Jews; Christians and their sects; Magi, Zoroastrians, Manichæans, and other claimants of revealed religion; Sabæans; the Hermetic philosophy; the Greek Philosophers and their schools, from Thales to Porphyry; the system of Muhammadan doctors, especially Avicenna; the pre-Islamite religion of Arabia; Brahminism, Buddhism, and the other religions of India, concluding with an account of Hindn philosophers.

Persian.

JAMI, Salámán u Absál, an Allegorical Romance, edited in Persian by Falconer, 1850 Tuhfat ul Ahrár, the Gift of the Noble, in Persian, edited by Falconer,

4to. 10s

4to. 10s

1848 Jami's name, as one of the great ornaments of Persian poetical literature, is enough to recommend the study of his poems.

MIRKHAND, History of the Atábeks of Syria and Persia, Persian, by Morley, plates of Coins, 128

1848 This is portion of the celebrated Rauzat us Safá, the greatest historical work in the Persian language,

NIZAMJ, Makhzanu 'l-Asrar: Treasury of Secrets, a Poem by Nizami, in Persian, edited by Bland, 10s 6d

1844 Nizami, a more ancient poet than Jami, is at least equally famous and eminent. There may be less embellishment in his language, but it is probably of greater philological interest.

Sanscrit.

MAHA VIRA CHARITA, History of Rama, a Sanscrit play by Bhatta Bhavabhuti, edited by Trithen, royal 8vo. 15s

1818

The first and only edition of one of the finest productions of the old Italian drama. SANHITA of the SAMA-VEDA, in Sanscrit, by Stevenson and H. H. Wilson, roy. 8vo. 12s

1843 Max Müller has published the Hymns of the Rig Veda, Weber those of the White Yajur : here are the Hymns of the Sama Veda (the Book of Psalms and Chanted Liturgy), which is not the least important of the great books that bear the name of Veda.

Syriac.

ATHANASIUS, Festal Letters of, discovered in an ancient Syriac version, and edited by Cureton, facsimile, 108

1818 This publication excited considerable interest and discussion amongst the learned, but the final result has been to confirm the general estimate of Dr. Cureton's great learning. EUSEBIUS on the Theophania, or divine manifestation of Christ, Syriac, edited by Lee, 158 O. T. S. 1842

a SET of the above, 11 vols. royal 8vo. (pub. at £6. 14s 6d) instead of the separate prices of £2. 4s 6d Oriental Translation Fund; Publications of the,

Demy Paper Subscription copy, 70 distinct works, royal 4to. and royal 8vo. in all 89 vols. LARGE PAPER, with many maps and plates, clean in boards, (subscription price and original cost £152. 5s), £50. 1829-71

The articles to which no selling price is affixed are ONLY sold in complete sets. The following is a List of the works, and the prices at which they are supplied separately on SMALL PAPER; very few remain of the works on LARGE PAPER, and these are only sold separately when specially here advertised :

1. Ibn Batuta, the Travels of, translated, with Notes, by Lee, 4to. -1829 2. Jahangueir, Memoirs of the Emperor, by Major Price, 4to. 1829 3. Macarius, Patriarch of Antioch, TRAVELS of, written by his attendant Archdeacon, Paul of Aleppo, in Arabic, translated by F. C. Belfour, M.A., 2 vols 4to. £3. 3s 1829-37 4. Han Koong Tsew; or, The Sorrows of Han: a Chinese Tragedy, from the Original, with Notes, and specimen of the Chinese Text, by J. F. Davis, 4to. 158 1829

5. Neamet Ullah; History of the Afghans, translated from the Persian of Neamet Ullah, by Dorn, 4to. £1. 18 1829-37 6. Fortunate Union (The) a Romance, translated from the Chinese Original, with Notes and Illustrations; to which is added, a Chinese Tragedy, by J. F. Davis, F.R.S. 2 vols. 8vo. 158 1829 7. Yakkun Nattannawa, a Cingalese Poem, descriptive of the Ceylon System of Demonology, by J. Callaway, 8vo. 68 1829 8. Hatim Tai, the Adventures of, a Romance, translated from the Persian, by Duncan Forbes, M.A. 4to. 208 1830 9. Ali Hazin, the Life of Sheikh Mohammed Ali Hazin, written by himself, translated and illustrated with Notes explanatory of the

History, Poetry, Geography, etc., by F. C.
Belfour, M.A. 8vo. 88 6d

1830

10. Ali Hazin, the Life of Sheikh Mohammed Ali Hazin, written by himself, edited from two Persian MSS. and noted with their various Readings, by F. C. Belfour, 8vo. 8s 6d 1831 11. Memoirs of a Malayan Family, written by themselves, and translated from the Original, by W. Marsden, 8vo. 2s 1830 12. History of the War in Bosnia, during the years 1737, 38, and 39, translated from the Turkish, by C. Fraser, 8vo. 38 1830 13. Mulfuzat Timury; or, Autobiographical Memoirs of the Mogul Emperor Timur. Written in the Jagatai Turki Lan. guage; turned into Persian, by Abu Talib Hussaini; and translated into English, by Major C. Stuart, (map of Transoxania,) 4to. 10s 1830 14. History of Vartan, and of the Battles of the Armenians; by Elisæus, Bishop of the Amadunians, transated from the Armenian, by Neumann, 4to. 88 1830 15. The Life of Hafiz ul Mulk, Hafiz Rehmut Khan. Written by his Son Nuwab Must'ujab Khan Bahadar; and entitled Gulistan-i-Rehmut, from the Persian, by Elliott, 8vo. 4s 1834 16. Miscellaneous Translations from Oriental Languages, 2 vols. 8vo. 12s 1831-34

Oriental Translation Fund-continued.

17. Haji Khalifeh's History of the Maritime Wars of the Turks, translated from the Turkish, by J. Mitchell. Part I. 4to. 5s 6d 1831 18. Translations from the Chinese and Armenian, by C. F. Neumann, 8vo. 10s 1831 19. Algebra of Mohammed Ben Musa; Arabic and English, edited and 1831 translated by F. Rosen, 8vo. 88 20. Firdusi. Shah Nameh of the Persian Poet Firdasi, translated and abridged in Prose and Verse, with Notes and Illustrations, by Atkinson, 8vo. 1832 21. Sadik Isfahani, Geographical Works of; Arabic and Persian, trans. by J. C., from Original Persian MSS. in the Collection of Sir W. Ouseley, the Editor, 8vo. 8s 1832 22. Tezkereh el Vakiat; or. Private Memoirs of the Moghul Emperor Humayun. Written in Persian by Jouher. Translated by Major C. Stewart, Ito 88

1832

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24. Hoei Lan Ki; or, l'Histoire du Cercle de Craie. Drame en Prose et en Vers; traduit du Chinois, et accompagné de Notes. Par Stanislas Julien, 8vo. 1832

25. San Kokf Tsou Ran To Sets; ou. Aperçu Général des Trois Royaumes, traduit de l'Original Japonais-Chinois, par Klaproth, (5 Maps) 8vo. and 4to. 128. 1832

COREA. To the Editor of the TimesSir,-In the current number of the Edinburgh Review there is an article on "Corea," in which I find it stated (p. 300) that "with the exception of some scanty notices collected by the earlier Jesuit missionaries in China, and by writers such as Kampfer and Siebold in Japan, no published accounts of the geography or constitution of the Corean kingdom are in existence." I have met with similar statements elsewhere. I should be obliged, therefore, if you would permit me to call attention through your columns to a work written by a Japanese author. Rinsifee, in 1786, called San Kokf Tsou Ran To Sets, or "A History of the Three Kingdoms," viz., Corea, Yezo, and Loochoo. This work has been translated into French by Klaproth, and is to be found among the publications of the Oriental Translation Fund.

In 1856, after visiting Corea, I found Rinsifec's book of great use in drawing up a paper on the subject, which I read before the Hongkong branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. I am, Sir, yours, &c., Southsea, Nov. 2, 1873. S. BEAL, M.R.A.S. 26. Annals of the Turkish Empire, from A.D. 1591 to 1659, translated from the Turkish, by C. Fraser, Vol. I. 4to. 158 1832

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31. Alfiya; ou, La Quintessence de la Grammaire Arabe: Ouvrage de Djemal-eddin Mohammed, connu sous le nom d'Ebn Malec. Publié en Arabe, avec un Commentaire, par Silvestre de Sacy, 8vo. 6s 6d Paris, 1834 32. Evliya, Travels in Europe, Asia, and AFRICA, in the Seventeenth Century, translated from the Turkish by J. von Ham1834-56 mer. 2 vols. 4to. in 1, £1. 48

33. Description of the Burmese Em pire; compiled chiefly from Native Documents, by the Rev. Father Sangermano; and translated from his MS. by W. Tandy, 4to. 128 6d 1834

34. Annales des Empereurs du Japon, traduites par M. Isaac TITSINGH. Ouvrage revu, complété et corrigé, sur l'Original Japonais Chinois, accompagné de Notes et précédé d'un Aperçu de la Histoire Mythologique des Japonais, par Klaproth, 4to. 208

1835

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Oriental Translation Fund-continued. 41. HAJI KHALFÆ Lexicon Encyclopædicum et Bibliographicum, edidit G. FLUEGEL, 7 vols. impl. 4to. LARGE PAPER, cloth, £5. 58 1835-54

This work is, without comparison, the most useful of all the Fund publications. It stands in the same relation to Oriental Literature as Watt's Bibliotheca and Graesse's Tresor do to that of the Western World. The arrangement is alphabetic, according to the names of the works, (an Index of Authors being added at the end), and comprises descriptions of above 15,000 books in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish; with statements of the date when the writers flourished, and many other useful particulars. 42. Chronique de Mohammed Tabari, par L. Dubeux, Vol. I. 4to. 30s 1836 43. Laili and Majnun, a Poem, from the Persian of Nazámi, by Atkinson, 8vo. pp. viii and 127, cloth, 78 6d

1836

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The story of the Frantic Lover and the Night-Black Beauty, is one of the favourite fictions of the East. Many poems have been written to celebrate it, but the best and most famous of them all is the work of Abu Muhammad Nizam ud-Din of Gandja, called Nizami, who died A. H. 599. There is hardly one greater name than his in the poetical Fasti of Persia, "and Hafiz thus speaks of him :'Not all the treasured store of ancient days Can boast the sweetness of Nizami's lays.'" The manner in which the translation is executed, in graceful English verse somewhat in the style of Lalla Rookh, bears out the high reputation of Mr. Atkinson as an elegant English writer and an accomplished Persian scholar. 44. Oupanichats extraits des Vedas, traduits du sanscrit en français, 4to. 40 pp. 8d. 28 6d 1836 45. Sankhya Karika; or, Memorial Verses on the Sankya Philosophy; translated from the Sanscrit, by H. T. Colebrooke, Esq. Also, The Bábshya; or Commentary of Gaurapáda ; translated and illustrated by an original Comment, by H. H. Wilson, 4to. £1. 18 1837 46. MAKRIZI, Histoire des Sultans Mamlouks de l'Egypte. Ecrite en Arabe par Taki-eddin-ahmed-Makrizi. Traduite en Francais, par Quatremere, 2 vols. 4to. complete, £2. 28 1837

47. Rig Veda Sanhita, Sanskritè et Latinè. Edidit Rosen, 4to. £1. 18 1837

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52. Kalidsa, the Megha Duta, or, Cloud Messenger, in English prose, by Col. Ouvry, post 8vo. s. 5s 53. El-Mas'udis Historical Encyclopædia, entitled "Meadows of Gold and Mines of Gems," from the Arabic by Dr. A. Sprenger, Vol. I. 8vo. 16s

1841

1841 54. Sama Veda. Translation of the Sanhitá of the Sama Veda, by the Rev. J. Stevenson, 8vo. LARGE PAPER, cloth, 78 55. Popular Poetry of Persia, as found in the Adventures and Improvisations of Kurroglou, the Bandit-Minstrel of Northern Persia; and in the Songs of the People inhabiting the Shores of the Caspian Sea. Orally collected and translated by A. Chodzko, 8vo. 12s 6d 1842 56. IBN KHALLIKAN'S Biographical Dictionary. Translated from the Arabic by Baron Mac Guckin de SLANE, now completed in 4 vols. 4to. sd. £4.48 1842-71

the same, LARGE PAPER, 4 vols. roy. 4to. sd. £5. 5s 1842-71 The THIRD and the FOURTH volumes of either state are sold separately.

This was the first general Biographical Dictionary in the Arabic language; and it remains a wonderful testimony to the learning, genius, and industry of the author. The biographics are arranged in alphabetical order of names, and comprise distinguished individuals of every sect and nation in Islam, down to the thirteenth century, when Ibn Khallikan flourished.

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Oriental Translation Fund-continued. nexion with Max Müller's philosophic history, as an illustrative work superior to whatever else has yet been achieved. We possess the Vaidik Hymns translated in literal fashion by Wilson, Langlois, Max Müller; the admirable fragments from the Mahábhárata and the Rámáyana by Dean Milman; the Sacontala by Sir William Jones, and some versions from the pen of Professor Wilson. But most of those productions are rather scholarly labours than spirited poetical transcripts; and the reader who wishes to gain some knowledge of the riches of Sanscrit Poesy, in its whole extent, must peruse Mr. Griffith's work. Its selections are made with taste, and in chronological order; the translations are at once faithful and vigorous; and the poetic beauty of the originals is worthily transfused into English metre and rhyme. There are three translations from the Vedic hymns, three from the Manava-dharma-sastra, one from the Rámáyana, five from the Mahábhárata, two from Calidasa's dramas, one from his poem on Sumreer, one from the Nalodaya, and one from the Gita Govinda; followed by an Essay on the Figures of Indian Poetical Rhetoric.

62. Cureton's Vindiciae Ignatianae, or the genuine writings of St. Ignatius, as exhibited in the Ancient Syriac version, vindicated from the charge of Heresy, 8vo. cloth, 28 6d 1846 63. Kalpa Sutra, and Nava Tatva. Two works illustrative of the Jain Religion and Philosophy, by Stevenson, 8vo. 258 1848 64. Corpus Ignatianum, a complete Collection of the Ignatian Epistles, in Syriac,

Greek, and Latin, and an English translation of the Syrian text, copious Notes, and introduction by W. Cureton, royal 8vo. 258 1849 65. Makamat; or Rhetorical Anecdotes of Abu'l Kasem al Hariri, of Basra, translated into English Verse and Prose; and illustrated with Annotations, by Preston, 8vo. cloth, 208 1850

66. Avesta, the Religious Books of the Parsees, from Professor Spiegel's German translation of the original MSS. by Bleeck, 3 vols. in 1, 8vo. cloth, £1. 5s

1864

67. Japanese Lyrical Odes; Translations of the Hyak Nin Is 'Shiu, by a Century of Poets, into English Verse with Explanatory Notes, the text in Japanese and also in Roman letter, with a full Index, by Dickens, 8vo. cloth, 10s

1866

68. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia, rendered into Eng. verse, sq. 8vo. third edition, with additions. XXIV and 36 pp. hf. mor. 78 6d 1872

The translation is a faithful reproduction of Omar's Poems, so remarkable for their boldness of thought and freedom of expression. Omar is entirely free from the shackles which wake Oriental poems so monotonous.

69. Kitab-i-Yamini; Historical Memoirs of Early Conquerors of Hindustan, and Founders of the Ghaznavide Dynasty, transl. from the Persian, by the Rev. J. Reynolds,8vo. 12s 1858 70. Browne (Rev. G. A. Suckling) Mosaic Cosmogony: a literal translation of the First Chapter of Genesis, with annotations and rationalia, 8vo. 140 pp. cloth, 28 6d

1864

Oriental and other Grammatical Works, a series of

13 volumes, SOLD A BARGAIN, separately for £2. 148; together for a short time only, 248

1866

African. CLARKE (John) Specimens of Dialects; short Vocabularies of Languages; and notes of countries and Customs in Africa, 8vo. 104 pp. sd. 2s 6d Berwick, 1849 Introduction to the Fernandian tongue, 2 parts in 1, 8vo. 58 pp. d. 78 6d 1848 Arabic. FARIS' Arabic Grammar, by Williams, 2nd edition, 12mo. cloth, 58 Assyrian. CULLIMORE'S Table showing the relative Antiquity of Brick Almanacks found in the Ruins of Babylon, 1832Four Examples of Ninevite Bricks, and Essays on the Arrow-headed characters of Nineveh and Babylon-On the origin of the primitive sphere of the Greeks; price 6d Chinese. SUMMER'S Chinese Grammar, Dialogues, Exercises and Vocabulary, 12mo. cloth, 58 Makassar Alphabet: Millies' Makassaarsche en Boeginesche Letters en Zamenstellingen, one leaf, 6d Utrecht, 1860 AND ENGLISH

Russian : RUSSIAN

1864

PHRASE BOOK, especially adapted for the use of travellers, traders and teachers, by

28 5d

Agapius Honcharenko, 100 pp. sm. 8vo. San Francisco, 1868 Persian. BLEEK'S Persian Grammar, Dialogues and Reading Lessons, 12mo. cloth, 1857

58

TUCKER'S Dictionary of English and Persian, 8vo. with the English pronunciation (pub, at 78 6d) cloth, 58 1850 Persian. Akhlák-i Muhsiní, or the Morals of the Beneficent, literally translated from the Persian of HUSAIN VáIZ KáSHIFí, by the Rov. H. G. Keene, 8vo. bds. 28 6d

1865

Hertford, 1850 Sanscrit. Ballantyne's First Lessons in Sanscrit Grammar; together with an Introduction to the Hitopadesa, 8vo. third edition viii and 113 pp. cloth, 58 Spanish Grammar: Alonzo's Elementary Grammar and Guide to Conversation for the Use of Travellers in Spain, 12mo. 176 pp. cloth, 28 6d 1867 Turkish.

Dialogues in English and Turkish, by MAHMOUD EFFENDI, Minin, Engineer, 18mo. cloth, 23 6d

1859

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