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)