This is the book of the Masnavi. It contains the roots of the roots of the roots of the Faith, and treats of the mysteries of "Union" and "Certitude." Thus saith the feeble slave, in need of the mercy of God, whose name be praised, Muhammad, son of Muhammad, son of Husain, of Balkh, of whom may God accept it,--"I have exerted myself to enlarge this book of poetry in rhymed couplets, which contains strange and rare narratives, beautiful sayings and recondite indications; a path for the devout, and a garden for the pious; short in its expressions, but having numerous applications." The author goes on to state that he wrote his book at the instance of Shaikh Hasan, son of Muhammad, "a Chief of the Gnostics (_'Arif[=i]n_) and a leader of right direction and of sure knowledge;" and concludes with a prayer that it may prove "a blessing to those who are possessed of insight, the godly, the spiritual, and the heavenly-minded, the men of light who keep silence and observe, who are absent in spirit though present in the body, very kings though clothed in rags, true nobles among the people, endued with virtues, the lights of guidance." * * * * * Post 8vo, cloth, pp. xxxii.-336, price 10s. 6d. THE QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYÁM. The Persian Text with an English Verse Translation. BY E. H. WHINFIELD, M.A., Late of the Bengal Civil Service. EXTRACT FROM THE INTRODUCTION. Ghiás uddin Abul Fath Omar bin Ibrahim al Khayyám was a native of Nishapúr, one of the principal cities of Khorásan. According to the Preface of the Calcutta MS., he died in 517 A.D., during the reign of Sultan Sarjar. The date of his birth is nowhere mentioned, but he was contemporary with Nizám ul Mulk, the celebrated Wazir of the Seljuk kings, Alp Arslan and Malik Shah. This edition contains the Persian test of 500 quatrains based on a collation of eight authorities, together with English verse translations. * * * * * Second Edition, Revised. Post 8vo, cloth, pp. viii.-124, price 5s. THE QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYÁM. Translated into English verse, BY E. H. WHINFIELD, M.A., Late of the Bengal Civil Service. This edition contains 267 of the best quatrains in the larger edition, carefully revised. * * * * * Post 8vo, pp. vi.-368, cloth, price 14s. MODERN INDIA AND THE INDIANS. BEING A SERIES OF IMPRESSIONS, NOTES, AND ESSAYS. BY SIR MONIER WILLIAMS, D.C.L., Hon. LL.D. of the University of Calcutta, Hon. Member of the Bombay Asiatic Society, Boden Professor of Sanskrit in the University of Oxford. Fifth Edition, revised and augmented by considerable Additions, with Illustrations and a Map.