Turkish Literature; Comprising Fables, Belles-lettres, and Sacred Traditions

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SPECIAL INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS

TURKISH FABLES

THE MAGISTRATES

OTTOMAN POEMS

THE ASCENSION OF MAHOMET

THE ROSE AND THE NIGHTINGALE (Gul and Bulbul)

HISTORY OF THE FORTY VEZIRS INTRODUCTION

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Editors

L I B R A R Y   C O M M I T T E E

JUSTIN McCARTHY, M.P.
Historian and Journalist

TIMOTHY DWIGHT, D.D., LL.D.
Ex-President Yale University

RICHARD HENRY STODDARD
Author and Critic

PAUL VAN DYKE, D.D.
Princeton University

ALBERT ELLERY BERGH
Managing Editor


A D V I S O R Y   C O M M I T T E E

JOHN T. MORGAN
United States Senate

FREDERIC R. COUDERT, LL.D.
New York Bar

EDWARD EVERETT HALE
Author and Editor

MAURICE FRANCIS EGAN, LL.D.
Catholic University of America

JULIAN HAWTHORNE
Literary Editor

Sword Dance in a CafÉ Photogravure from the original painting by Jean LÉon GÉrÔme, exhibited in the Paris Salon, 1888 This fine picture is a thoroughly characteristic specimen of the work of the most popular of modern French artists. Oriental subjects especially attracted him, as he had an eye for striking figures and brilliant colors. He died January 10, 1904.

Sword Dance in a CafÉ

Photogravure from the original painting by Jean LÉon GÉrÔme, exhibited in the Paris Salon, 1888

THIS fine picture is a thoroughly characteristic specimen of the work of the most popular of modern French artists. Oriental subjects especially attracted him, as he had an eye for striking figures and brilliant colors. He died January 10, 1904.

TURKISH LITERATURE

COMPRISING
FABLES, BELLES-LETTRES, AND SACRED TRADITIONS

TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME

WITH A SPECIAL INTRODUCTION BY
EPIPHANIUS WILSON, A.M.

REVISED EDITION



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