Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 773 pages of information about Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2.

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 773 pages of information about Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2.

The Arabian nights (by Richard Gottheil)
   From ‘The Story of the City of Brass’ (Lane’s Translation)
   From ’The History of King Omar Ben Ennuman, and His
   Sons Sherkan and Zoulmekan’ (Payne’s Translation)
   From ‘Sindbad the Seaman and Sindbad the Landsman’
     (Burton’s Translation)
   Conclusion of ‘The Thousand Nights and a Night’ (Burton’s
     Translation)

Arabic literature (by Richard Gottheil)
   Imr-al-Kais:  Description of a Mountain Storm
   Zuheir:  Lament for the Destruction of his Former Home
   Tarafah ibn al-’Abd:  Rebuke to a Mischief-Maker
   Labid:  Lament for the Afflictions of his Tribe
   Antar:  A Fair Lady
   Duraid, son of as-Simmah:  The Death of ’Abdallah
   Ash-Shanfara of Azd:  A Picture of Womanhood
   ’Umar ibn Rabi’a:  Zeynab at the Ka’bah
   ’Umar ibn Rabi’a:  The Unveiled Maid
   Al-Nabighah:  Eulogy of the Men of Ghassan
   Nusaib:  The Slave-Mother Sold
   Al-Find:  Vengeance
   Ibrahim, Son of Kunaif:  Patience
   Abu Sakhr:  A Lost Love
   Abu l’Ata of Sind:  An Address to the Beloved
   Ja’far ibn ’Ulbah:  A Foray
   Katari ibn al-Fuja’ah:  Fatality
   Al-Fadi ibn al-Abbas:  Implacability
   Hittan ibn al-Mu’alla:  Parental Affection
   Sa’d, son of Malik:  A Tribesman’s Valor
   From Sale’s Koran:—­Chapter xxxv.:  “The Creator”;
     Chapter lv.:  “The Merciful”; Chapter lxxxiv.:  “The
     Rending in Sunder”
   Al-Hariri:  His Prayer
   Al-Hariri:  The Words of Hareth ibn Hammam
   The Caliph Omar Bin Abd Al-Aziz and the Poets (From
     ‘Supplemental Nights’:  Burton’s Translation)

Dominique Francois Arago (by Edward S. Holden) 1786-1853
   Laplace

John Arbuthnot 1667-1735
   The True Characters of John Bull, Nic.  Frog, and Hocus
     (’The History of John Bull’)
   Reconciliation of John and his Sister Peg (same)
   Of the Rudiments of Martin’s Learning (’Memoirs of
     Martinus Scriblerus’)

The ARGONAUTIC legend
   The Victory of Orpheus (’The Life and Death of Jason’)

Ludovico ariosto (by L. Oscar Kuhns) 1474-1533
   The Friendship of Medoro and Cloridane (’Orlando Furioso’)
   The Saving of Medoro (same)
   The Madness of Orlando (same)

Aristophanes (by Paul Shorey) B.C. 448-390? 
   Origin of the Peloponnesian War (’The Acharnians’)
   The Poet’s Apology (same)
   Appeal of the Chorus (’The Knights’)
   Cloud Chorus (’The Clouds’)
   A Rainy Day on the Farm (’The Peace’)
   The Harvest (same)
   Grand Chorus of Birds (’The Birds’)
   Call to the Nightingale (same)
   The Building of Cloud-Cuckoo-Town (same)
   Chorus of Women (’Thesmophoriazusae’)
   Chorus of Mystae in Hades (’The Frogs’)
   A Parody of Euripides’ Lyric Verse (’The Frogs’)
   The Prologues of Euripides (same)

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