BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this article The Origin of Islam in its Christian Environment. The Gunning Lectures: Edinburgh University, 1925. By Richard Bell, M.A., B.D., Lecturer in Arabic, Edinburgh University. Macmillan & Co., London, 1926. Pp. viii, 224. Through Inner Deserts to Medina. Philip Allan and Co., London. Pp. 187. Price: 10/6. Mirat‐Al‐Haramain by Ibrahim Rifa'at Pasha; 2 volumes, illustrated Arabic text with maps and index; pp. 514 and 495; £1; Cairo, 1925. Bedouin Justice , by Austin Kennett; Cambridge University Press, Cambridge; pp. 158; 7/6. Bedouin Justice , by Austin Kennett; Cambridge University Press, Cambridge; pp. 158; 7/6. La Questione di Giarabub by Francesco Meriano; Nicola Zanichelli, Bologna.; pp. 202. Arabian Medicine and its Influence on the Middle Ages, by Donald Campbell; 2 Vols.; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., London; pp. 208 (Vol. I) and pp. 235 (Vol. II); 21s. The Conference of the Birds , a Sufi Allegory, being an abridged version of Farid‐ud‐Din Attar's Mantiq‐ut‐Tayr , by R. P. Masani; London, Oxford University Press; pp. 128; 6/‐. Islamica , Editor A. Fischer, Vol. I. A Journal devoted to the study of the languages, arts and civilizations of the Islamic peoples. Verlag der Asia Major , Leipzig. The Everlasting Man , by G. K. Chesterton; London, Hodder and Stoughton; pp. 316: 12/6. The Origins of the Islamic State , being a translation from the Arabic accompanied with annotations, geographic and historic notes of the Kitab Futuh al‐Buldan of al‐lmam abu‐l‐'Abbas Ahmad ibn‐Jabir al‐Baldhuri , by Francis Clark Murgotten, Ph.D.; London, P. S. King & Son, Ltd.; (New York, Columbia University, Selling Agents); pp. 297; 12/. The Music of India , by Atiya Begum Fyzee‐Rahamin. Luzac & Co., London, 1925, pp. 95. Price 12s. 6d. Garabed und Djurdji , Vater und Sohn, Lebens‐ und Sittenbilder aus dem christlichen Mesopotamien, by Jacob Kunzler, six illustrations; Der Tempel‐verlag, Potsdam; pp. 125. Gemensam Gaming , Nordiska Missionskonferensen in Stockholm, 1925; Svenska Kyrkans Diakonistyrelses Bokforlag, Stockholm; pp. 176. The Peril of the White , by Sir Leo Chiozza Money; London, W. Collins Sons & Co.; pp. 207; 10/6. In the Heart of Asia , by Lieut.‐Col. P. T. Etherton (Indian Army); Constable and Co., London; pp. 305; 16/‐. Die Ohnmacht‐Theorie im Leben Jesu Christi by A. R. Dard; Berlin; pp. 15. The Task of the Christian Church , A World Survey, edited by Thomas Cochrane; World Dominion Press; London; pp. 142; 7/6. Osman Pasha. A Play in Four Acts. By William Jourdan Rapp. With an Introduction by Charles V. Vickrey. Pp. 145. The Century Company, New York and London. 1925. Samuel AH Hussein ; Aus meinem Leben, Wiesbaden. Sudanpioniermission Publishers. 135 pp. Anfange Einer Deutschen Mohammedanermission. Rückblick auf die ersten 25 Jahre der Sudanpioniermission 1900–1925. 87 pp. By Missions‐inspektor Held, Wiesbaden. Publisher Sudanpioniermission, Wiesbaden Emserstr. 12. Samuel Ali Hussein ; Aus meinem Leben, Wiesbaden. Sudanpioniermission Publishers. 135 pp. Anfange Einer Deutschen Mohammedanermission. Rükkblick auf die ersten 25 Jahre der Sudanpioniermission 1900–1925. 87 pp. By Missionsinspektor Held, Wiesbaden. Publisher Sudanpioniermission, Wiesbaden Emserstr. 12. German‐Arabic Pocket Dictionary , E. Harder. Heidelberg, 1919. Julius Groos, Publishers. Arabic‐German Pocket Dictionary , by E. Harder. Heidelberg, 1925, Julius Groos, Publishers. Bulgarien unter der Tuerkenherrschaft by Alois Hajek. 330 pp. M 13. Publisher: Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart, Berlin, Leipzig. 1925. Afrika , by Prof. Dr. Fr. Jäger. Vol. I, Physische Erdkunde (135 pp.). Vol. II, Geographie des Menschen und seine Kultur (137 pp.). Berlin & Leipzig, W. de Gruyter & Co. 1925. Revue du Monde Musulman. Premiére Section, volume LVII. Ernest Leroux, Paris. Pp. 260. Price 45 fr. Al Fark bayn al Firak (Abridged) Al‐Baghdadi. New edition of the manuscript at present in the Zahirayya Library in Damascus. Dr. Philip Hitti, Al Hilal Press, Cairo. Pp. 200. Gospel Romance in the Huts of the Punjab. Glimpses of Missionary Activity in the Villages of Northwest India. By Howard E. Anderson. Fleming H. Revell Company. New York. 1925. pp. 133. With an Introduction by Charles R. Erdman, D.D., LL.D. The Great Betrayal. A survey of the Near East Problem. By Edward Hale Bierstadt. Hutchinson, London. Price 15/‐. Turkey in Travail. The Birth of a New Nation. By Harold Armstrong. With illustrations and maps. The Bodley Head, London. Price 8/6. The Prophetship, and the Caliphate, being a Translation of al Nubuwwatwa‐al‐Khilafat by His Holiness Shams‐ul‐Ulama Maulana Syed Najmul Hasan Saheb, Mujtahid, Lucknow. Translated by L. A. Haidari. Published by the Darul Tasaneef Muwayyed‐ul‐Ulum Association. Lucknow, 1924. 43 pp. Price 12 Annas. Islam in the Light of Shiaism, being a Translation of the Shariatul Islam (Part I) by the late Moulana Syed Mohammed Sahib. Translated with supplementary notes by A. F. Badshah Husain, B. A. Lucknow (at the same press as the above). 1924. 77 + xiv pp. Price Re. 1. From Red Sea to Blue Nile. By Rosita Forbes; Cassel and Co., London. Pp. 368; price 25/. La Parure des Cavaliers et l'Insigne des Preux , traduction Francaise, by Louis Mercier; Paul Geuthner, Paris. Pp. 502. Picturesque North Africa. Tripoli, Tunis, Algeria, Morocco. Architecture, Landscape. The Life of the People. Jarrolds Publishers, London. Pp. 240; Price 25/. Tu Trahiras. By Lucien Forgan. Edition Bossard, Paris. Pp. 229. Price 7 fr. 50. Islam och Evangeliet. By L. E. Högberg; Svenska Missions Förbundets Forlag. Pp. 272. Stockholm, 1925. Kr. 3.75.