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duction to the other and to it are appended numerous explanatory- 

 notes and references. This translation cannot fail to be highly appre- 

 ciated by all who take an interest in metaphysical and ethical studies. 



M Among the works in the course of printing by the Fund may be 

 mentioned the 1 Vishnu Purana,' translated by our Director, a member 

 of the Oriental Translation Committee, whose well known attainments 

 in Sanscrit are a sufficient guarantee for saying that the task could not 

 have fallen into hands more competent to do justice to this curious 

 mythological work of the Hindus. 



" The History of Mohammedan Djmasties in Spain, translated from 

 the Arabic of Ahmed Ibn Muhammad Al-makari, by Senor P. de 

 Gayangoz, is also in the press. 



" A complete history of the Muhammedan empire in Spain has long 

 been a desideratum in our historical literature, which will now be 

 supplied. The work under notice comprises a narrative of events 

 during a period of nine centuries, that is, from the time of the invasion 

 ofSpainin/iQ of our era, to the final expulsion of the Moriscoes in 

 1610, and contains ample details of ihe manners, customs, and literature 

 of the Western Arabs. 



" Of the works in the course of preparation for the press we may- 

 notice an interesting History of the Ghaznavides, and of the Conquests 

 of Sultau Mahmud of Ghazna, translated by the Rev. James Reynolds, 

 from the Arabic work called ' Kitab-al-Yannni, by Abu Nasar Muham- 

 mad Ibn Al-Jabbar Al-Uibi;' also a translation by Professor Julien, of 

 the ' Li-ki,' a celebrated and standard Chinese work on morals. 



" The Committee have recently received a proposal from Baron Mac 

 Guckin de Slane, of Paris, to translate into English Ibn Khallikan's 

 Lives of Illustrious Men of Islamism, the text of which has recently 

 appeared under the editorship of the Baron. — Dr. Sprenger has pro- 

 posed a translation of Ali-Souithi's History of the Khalifs. The list 

 of manuscripts announced for translation under the auspices of the 

 Committee contains many other desirable works. 



" The Council are also aware that the Committee have received seve- 

 ral other proposals from eminent scholars of translations of valuable 

 works, which they are precluded from accepting only because of their 

 being already engaged in printing to the full amount of the funds at 

 their disposal. It deserves remark that the list of books published by 

 the Committee no* comprises fifty-three works, most of which, it is 

 probable could never have been presented to the public but for the 

 institution of this Fund." 



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