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Book reviewed in this article: Zwischen dem Teofel and dem Roten Meer. Fahrten und Abenteuer in Westarabien. By Wolfgang von Weisl. pp. 318. Price 10M. F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig. The Arab Kingdom and Its Fall. Translated from Wellhausen's Das Arabische Reich und sein Sturz, by Margaret J. Weir, M. A. University of Calcutta, 1927. pp. 592. Mappae Arabicae—Arabische Welt‐ and Landerkarten des 9–13 Jahrhunderts: mit einleitenden Texten herausgegeben von Konrad Miller. Band I (5 parts), Band II (2 parts), Band III (2 parts) and Band VI (plates only). Stuttgart: Selbstverlag des Herausgebers, 1926–27. Beitrage zur Geschichte der Staatskandei im Islamischen Agypten. von Walther Björkman. Verlag de Gruyter. Hamburg, 1928. 8vo vii. 217 pp. En Asie Musulmane, L'Inquietude de l'Orient : par Maurice Pernot. 243 pp. 12.50 franc. Librairie Hachette, Paris. 1927. Vieil Orient, Orient Neuf. par Gustave Kahn. 223 pp. 12 francs. Bibliothèque‐Charpentier, Paris. L'Islam Et Les Missions Catholiques. Conférences données à l'Institut Catholique de Paris. 1926–1927. Bloud & Gay, Paris. Price frs. 14. Christian Voiras Around the World. Voices from the Near East. China her own interpreter. An Indian approach to India. Japan speaks for herself. Student Volunteer Movement, New York. Essal de Folklore Marocain. By Doctoresse Legey. Avec une Lettre‐Préface du Maréchal Lyautey. 17 Planches. Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner. Paris (óe) 1926. 235 pp.—75 francs. List of Chinese‐Moslem Terms. By Isaac Mason, F. R. G. S. Price 25 cents. pp. 19. Pub. by The Society of Friends of the Modems in China, Shanghai, 1928. Im nonen Anatollen. By Richard Hartmann. Pub. J. C. Hinrichs'schen Buchhandlung, Leipzig. 1928. pp. 148. Forschungen sur Islamischen Kunst. Von Friedrich Sarre. Verlag von Dietrich Reimer, Berlin. I. Archaeologische Reise im Euphrat und Tigris‐Gebiet, von F. Sarre und E. Herzfeld. 4 Bande gr. Fol. von 638 Seiten mit 399 Textbildern, 146 Lichtdrucktafeln und 2 Karten. Preis gebunden RM 200.—II. Die Ausgrabungen von Saraarra , Ernst Herzfeld. Die Malerelen von Samarrs. XII und III Seiten 24×32 cm. mit 83 Textbildern und 88 Lichtdrucktafeln, Wovon 32 in Feinstem Facsimile‐Farbenlichtdruck. In Leinen band RM 100.—III. E. Herzfeld Paikuli. Monument and Inscriptions of the Early History of the Sasanian Empire. In 2 Volumes 33×41 cm. Vol. I. 262 pages with 42 Figures and 2 Maps. Vol. II containing 228 plates. Preis gebunden RM 400.—IV. H. Spanner und S. Guyer, Rusafa, die Wallfahrtsstadt des Heiligen Sergios. 75 Seiten 24×32 cm. mit Textbildern und 38 Lichtdrucktafeln. In Leinenband RM 40. Turkische Badder. Dr. Ing. Karl Klinghardt Stuttgart. Verlag, Julius Hoffmann, 1927. Von Land und Leute in Ost‐Turkistan: Berichte nnd Abenteur der 4 deutschen Turfan expedition. Von Albert von Le Coq. Leipzig Hinrichssche Buchhandlung. pp. 183 with 5 Maps and 156 Plates. The Opium Question with Special Reference to Persia. By A. R. Neligan, M. D., John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, Ltd., 83–91, Great Titchfield Street, London, W. 1. 1927. pp. 84. 5 Shillings net. Contes Fasis and Nouveaux Contes Fasis. By Mohammed El Fasi and Emile Dermenghem. pp. 247. pp. 228. Pub. by Reider & Co. Paris. Indische Stroemungen in der Islamischen Mystik. II. Lexikon wichtigster Termini der islamischen Mystik von Dr. M. Horten, pp. 141. Price 10M. Heidelberg 1928. Cari Winter's Universitätsbuchhandlung. The Assassins. By Sir Henry Sharp, pp. 320. Price 7/6. Faber & Gwyer, London. Baghdad in Bygone Days. From the journals and correspondence of Claudius Rich, Traveller, Artist, Linguist, Antiquary, and British Resident at Baghdad. By Constance M. Alexander. 16 Shillings—pp. 334. Pub. John Murray, London. Spiritual Exercises and Their Results. An Essay in Psychology and Comparative Religion, by Aelfrida Tillyard. pp. 211. Macmillan Co., N. Y. Romantic Java, as It Was and Is. By H. S. Banner, B. A.—F. R. G. S. London, Seeley, Service & Co. Limited. 1027. pp. 282. The Marsh Arab: Haji Rikkan. By “Fulanin.” J. B. Uppincott Company, Philadelphia, 322 pp. 1028. Adventures in Arabi. By W. B. Seabrook. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 347 pp. 1927. $3.00. Desert Winds. by Hafsa. pp. 386. The Century Company, New York. 1927. Price, $3.50. Evangelische Missionskunde. By Prof. Dr. Julius Richter. Vol. I. Evangelische Missionsgeschichte. Bd. I. pp. 294. RM. 13. Vol. II. Evangelische Missionslehre nnd Apologetik. Bd. II. pp. 237. RM. H.50 II. Aufl., Leipzig, A. Deichertsche Buchhandlung. 1927. Die Krisis des Islam. Hartmann, pp. 37. (Morgenland‐Darstellungen der Geschichte und Kultur des Ostens., Heft 15). Price, RM.1.50. Leipzig J. C. Hinrichs Buchhandlung. 1028. Moslem Mentality. A Discussion of the Presentation of Christianity to Moslems. By L. Levonian, BA., M.R.A.S., Dean of the School of Religion at Athens and Fellow of Woodbrooke. George Allen & Unwin Ltd., London. pp. 241. Price 5/—net Armenia and the Near East. By Dr. Fridtjof Nansen. George Allen & Unwin Ltd., London. pp. 324. Price 15/—net. As‐Suynti's Who's Who in the Fifteenth Century, Nazm ul‐I'qyan fi A'yan‐il‐A'yan. Being a biographical dictionary of notable men and women in Egypt, Syria and the Moslem world, based on two manuscripts, one in Cairo and the other in Leiden. Edited by Philip K. Hitti, Ph. D., Princeton University. 1027, Syrian American Press, New York. pp. 180. La Caravane Aux Eperons Verte (Mission Alger‐Niger) by Pierre Deloncle. 8th edition. Librairie Pion. Paris. pp. 242. Price 12 fr. The Kharijites under the Flrst Omayyads. Translated from Brunnow's Die Charidschiten unter den ersten Omayyaden, by S. Khuda Bukhsh, M. A. pp. 14, 19. Geschichte der Nationalen Bewegang Im Orient. By Hans Kohn. pp. 377. Price, 24 Mks. Kurt Vowinckel Verlag, Berlin‐Grunewald, 1928. Sur les Routes de le Syrie Après Neuf Ans de Mandat. Par le Comte R. de Gontaut‐Biron. Paris, Plon, 1928. L'Evolution Politique de la Syrie Sons Mandat. Par E. Rabbath. Préface de l'Emir Chekib Arslan. Paris, Rivière, 1928. 280 pp. Le Maroc Economique. Rapport à M. le Ministre du Commerce et de l'Industrie sur ma mission économique au Maroc (Avril 1927). Par le Docteur Lucien‐Graux. Contenant 2 cartes du Maroc économique, de nombreuses annexes très documentées, de décrets, dahirs, etc. Paris, Champion, 1028. 608 pp. 28½ cm. The Purdah System and tta Effect on Motherhood. (Osteomalacia caused by Absence of Light in India). By Kathleen Olga Vaughan, M. D. pp. 48. Price 2/6d net. W. Heffer & Sons, Ltd. The Expansion of Islam. By W. Wtlson Cash, D. S. O., O. B. E. Edinburgh House Press, London. 3/6. 300 pp. L'Islamismo (Sintesi Storico‐Critica). By Silvio Sotero. Pub. Ulrico Hoepli, Milan, 1028. pp. 261. lire 16. Mai Idris of Bornu, 1571–1588. History of the first twelve years of the reign of Mai Idris Alooma of Bornu. By his Imam, Ahmed ibn Fartua together with the “Diwan of the Sultans of Bornu” and “Girgam” of the Magumi. Translated from the Arabic with Introduction and Notes by H. R. Palmer, sometimes Resident of Bornu Province. Printed by the Government Primer, Lagos, 1926. pp. 121. Luzac & Co., Londpn. Price 7/6. The Occupation of Hansaland 1900–1904. Being a translation of Arabic letters found in the house of the Wazir of Sokoto, Bohari, in 1903. Edited with an introduction by H. F. Backwell, of the Nigerian Administrative Service. Printed by the Government Printer, Lagos, 1927. pp. 80. Price 7/6. Luzac & Co., London. Histoire D'Algerie. By S. Gsell—G. Marcais—G. Yver. pp. 327. 16 plates. Boivin & Cie, Editeurs, Paris, 1927. 18 francs. Algeria From Within , by R. V. C. Bodley. The Bobbs‐Merrill Company, Indianapolis, Publishers. The Early Heroes of Islam. By S. A. Salik, B. A. Bengal Civil Service. Published by The University of Calcutta, 1926. Measiah Or Bastard: Which? By Herbert W. Magoun, Pk D. Published by Hamilton Brothers, Boston, 1938. The Middle Euphrates and Palmyrens . A Topographical Itinerary. By Alois Musil, Professor of Oriental Studies, Charles University, Prague. Being Vols. III and IV of the American Geographical Society's Oriental Explorations and Studies. Published under the Patronage of the CZECH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS and of CHARLES R. CRANE. New York. 1928. pp. 426 and pp. 369.