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This  was  the  first  general  Biographical  Dictionary  in  the  Arabic  language  , 
and  it  remains  a  wonderful  testimony  to  the  learning,  genius,  and  industry  o 
the  author.     The  biographies  arc  arranged  in  alphabetical  order  of  names,  and 
comprise  distinguished  individuals  of  every  sect  and  nation  in  Islam,  down  to 
the  thirteenth  century,  when  Ibn  Kballikan  flourished.     Moslem  cnt.es  have 
blamed  him  for  enlarging  on  the  lives  of  poets  and  historical  wnters,  at  the 
expense  of  the  learned  doctors  of  law;   but  that  very  circumstance  renders 
his  book  all  the  more  valuable  to  the  European  reader.     Even  the  poetical  and 
elegant  selections  which  fill  these  biographical  notices,  are  so  extent  that  an 
Vntholo^v  was  culled  from  them  by  an  ancient  Arabic  writer.     The  editor  has 
added  in  his  notes  all  fresh  information  that  could  be  acquired  regarding  each 
name  mentioned  in  the  text.     The  work  is  consequently  indispensable  to  every 
student  of  Muhammadaii  history  and  literature;    aud  its  great  importance  m 
that  respect  has  recently  received  a  remarkable  attestation  in  the  following  cir- 
cumstance, which  deserves  to  be  recorded  :-Portion  of  the  stock  having,  at  a 
oreat  expense,  come  into  the  hands  of  the  learned  Dr.  Eli.txh  Hoole,  ot  too 
Wmlkta*  MiasiOK.heat  once,  with  wise  and  far-seeing  liberality,  presented 
a  complete  copy  to  every  Library  of  the  Mission,  at  home  and  abroad  as  we  1 
..to  some  of  "the  public  libraries.     The  study  of  Ibn  Khall.kan  will  furnish 
the  young  Missionaries,  and  all  who  mean  to  sojourn  in  the  East,  with  such  an 
ample  and  familiar  knowledge  of  the  literature,  history,  and  modes  of  thought, 
of  Muhummadan  countries,  as  cannot   fail   to  secure  lasting  advantages  for 
Christianity  and  western  civilization. 
