The _Baháristán_ is divided into eight "Gardens." The _First_ deals with the sayings and doings of the saintly, wise, and those "who occupy the chief seats in the pavilion of Excellency." The _Second_ with philosophical subtleties. The _Third_ with Justice, Equity, Government, and Administration, and in general "to show the wisdom of Sultáns." The _Fourth_ with Liberality and Generosity. The _Fifth_ with Love. The _Sixth_ with "Blowing of the zephyrs of wit, and the breezes of jocular sallies, which cause the buds of the lips to laugh and the flowers of the hearts; to bloom." The _Seventh_ with a selection from the work of Persian poets. The _Eighth_, and last, with animal stories. [Footnote 1: See Preface to _Lives of the Mystics_. By Nassan Lees. Calcutta, 1859.] [Footnote 2: _The Persian Mystics_: Jalálu'd-Dín Rúmí. "Wisdom of the East" Series.] [Footnote 3: See E. H. Whinfield's translation.] [Footnote 4: _Gulshan-i-Raz_. Translated by E. H. Whinfield.] [Footnote 5: Compare the miraculous speaking of the babe Jesus in a cave, mentioned in the New Testament Apocryphal Writings.] [Footnote 6: See the Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.] [Footnote 7: Compare Firdawsí's description of the horse Rakush in the _Shahnámá_. Also Kyrat, the wonderful steed of the bandit-poet, Kurroglou.] [Footnote 8: Compare Rama's attitude after the destruction of Lanka.] [Footnote 9: _Persia Past and Present. A Book of Travel and Research._] SELECTIONS FROM "SALÁMÁN AND ABSÁL" The guests have drunk the wine and are departed, Leaving their empty bowls behind--not one To carry on the revel, cup in hand! Up, Jámí, then! And whether lees or wine To offer--boldly offer it in thine! And yet, how long, Jámí, is this old house Stringing thy pearls upon a harp of song? Year after year striking up some new song, The breath of some old story? Life is gone, And yet the song is not the last; my soul Is spent--and still a story to be told! SALÁMÁN AND ABSÁL. "THOU MOVEST UNDER ALL THE FORMS OF TRUTH"