40 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Hebrew Book. — The Song of Solomon in Hebrew, Greek, 

 Latin, German, French, English and Spanish. Aguascalientes 

 (in Mexico) 1891. 8°. (Probably the first Hebrew Book 

 printed in Mexico or even South America.) 



Hebrew MS. — A Hebrew Eitual Work, commonly entitled 

 " Maharil." By Jacob Levi Molin. 1540. 



Japanese Cards. — An interesting collection of 502 Japanese 

 " Cards " commemorative of the annual festivals. Each 

 " Card " consists of a coloured engraving by an artist of note, 

 with congratulatory lines and phrases from celebrated writers. 

 The engravings are from drawings by artists of 16th-19th 

 centuries. 



Pali MSS. — 1. A handsome MS. in two volumes, each 

 enclosed in richly gilded boards, containing the Tika-pat- 

 thana, a Pali work belonging to the Southern Buddhist 

 Canon, and not yet edited. From the Royal Library at 

 Mandalay. A modern MS. in an antique form of Burmese 

 character. 



2. A silver plate, containing auspicious verses from the 

 Pali Scriptures. In Burmese character, with notes in 

 Burmese. 18th century. 



3. A rare Pali MS. containing the Sahassa-Vatthu, a collec- 

 tion of tales giving legends of persons and places, important 

 for the history of early Buddhism. 19th century. 



Persian MSS. — 1. The Divan of Jami ; dated A.H. 868 = 

 A.D. 1463, i.e., thirty years before the poet's death. Sm, fol. 



2. The Divan of Shams i Tabriz, with illuminated borders. 

 IGth century. Fol. 



3. Riyaz us-Siyahat, an extensive work on Eastern Geo- 

 graphy, with copious historical and biographical notices, by 

 Zain ul-'Abidin Shirvani ; A.H. 1242 (a.d. 1827). Fol. 



4. Makhzan ul-Gharaib, a Tazkirah, or Biographical 

 Dictionary of Persian poets, by Ahmad 'Ali Khan, the largest 

 work of the kind in existence ; A.H. 1218 (A.D. 1853). Fol. 



5. Riyaz ush-Shu'ara, a similar work, by 'Ali Kuli Khan 

 Daghistani. Fol. 



6. Another Tazkirah, by Tahir Naslrabadi; A.H. 1017 

 (A.D. 1686). Sm. fol. 



7. An account of the Inscriptions extant on the ancient 

 Monuments of Delhi, with facsimiles, by Hafiz ud-Din 

 Ahmad. Fol. 



8. Darab Namah, or the Romance of Darius, by Abu Tahir 

 al-Tarsusi ; with 155 miniatures. About A.D. 1630. 



Syriac 



