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Book reviewed in this article: Orthodox Christians and Muslims .* Edited by N.M. Vaporis. Brookline, Massachusetts: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1986. ix plus 203 pp. $10.00. Christianity/Islam: Essays on Esoteric Ecumenism . By Frithjof Schuon. Translated by Gustavo Polit. Bloomington, Indiana: World Wisdom Books, 1985. vii plus 270 pp. n.p. (First published in 1981 by Archè Milano as Christianisme/Islam.) A Muslim Theologian's Response to Christianity: Ibn Taymiyya's al-Jawb al-a$ . Edited and translated by Thomas F. Michel. Delma, New York: Caravan Books, 1984. ix plus 465 pp. Bibliography. Glosary. Index. n.p. The Maronites in History . By Matti Moosa. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1986. 352 pp. Index. $35.00, cloth. Islamic Spirituality: Foundations . Edited by Seyyed Hossein Nasr. [Vol. 19 of World Spirituality: An Encyclopedic History of the Religious Quest]. New York: Crossroad, 1987. 450 pp. Illustrations. $49.50, hardcover. The Islamic Concept of God . By Mohammed Zia Ullah. London, Boston and Melbourne: Kegan Paul International, 1984. xi plus 115 pp. Index. $26.95. The Islamic Way of Life . By Sayyid Abul Ala Mawdudi, edited and translated by Khurshid Ahmad and Khurram Murad. Leicester: The Islamic Foundation, 1986. 80 pp. Index of Quranic verses cited. n.p. Islamic Technology: An Illustrated History . By Ahmad V. al-Hassan and Donald Hill. Cambridge and Paris: Cambridge University Press and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1986. xiv plus 304 pp. Photographs. Illustrations. Selected Bibliography. Index. $39.50. From Muhammad to the Age of Reforms . By Mircea Eliade. [ A History of Religious Ideas , Vol. 3.] Translated by Alf Hiltebeitel and Diane Apostolos-Cappadona. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1985. xii plus 360 pp. Bibliography. Index. $27.50. Early Muslim Dogma: A Source-critical Study . By Michael Cook. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1981. xi plus 242 pp. $49.50. Islam in a World of Nation-States . By James P. Piscatori. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986. viii plus 193 pp. Illustrations; Chronology of the Muslim World; Glossary; Notes; Index. $39.50. Islam and Politics . By John L. Esposito. Foreword by Hermann Frederick Eilts. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 1984. xiv plus 273 pp. n.p. Israeli Arabism: The Latest Incarnation of Orientalism . By Shukri Abed with an introduction by Eli Zureik. [Occasional Paper No. 6; Series Editors: Fouad Moughrabi and Elia Zureik]. Washington, D.C.: Near East Cultural and Educational Foundation of Canada and the International Center for Research and Public Policy, 1986. n.p. n.p. The Palestinians in Israeli Social Science Writings . By Aziz Haidar. [Occasional Paper No. 9; Series Editors: Fouad Moughrabi and Elia Zureik]. Washington, D.C.: Near East Cultural and Educational Foundation of Canada and the International Center for Research and Public Policy, 1986. n.p. n.p. Sand in the Snow: Images of the Middle East in Canadian English-Language Literature and Commentary . By Mordecai Briemberg. [Occasional Paper No. 8; Series Editors: Fouad Moughrabi and Elia Zureik]. Washington, D.C.: Near East Cultural and Educational Foundation of Canada and the International Center for Research and Public Policy, 1986, n.p. n.p. Palestinian Rights: Affirmation and Denial . Edited by Ibrahim Abu Lughod. Wilmette, Illinois: Medina Press, 1982. 225 pp. $17.95, cloth; $7.95, paper. Hatumere: Islamic Design in West Africa . By Labelle Prussin. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986. xxiii plus 306 pp. Figures. Plates. Maps. Index. $75.00. The Qashqai of Iran . By Lois Beck. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986. xvi plus 384 pp. Photographs. Maps. Bibliography. Index. $30.00. Islam under the Double Eagle: The Muslims of Bosnia and Hercegovina, 1878-1914 . By Robert J. Donia. [East European Monographs No. LXXVIII.] Boulder: East European Monographs, 1981. xix plus 237 pp. $17.50. The Contemporary Muslim Movement in the Philippines . By Cesar Adib Majul. Berkeley: Mizan Press, 1985. 162 pp. Appendixes. Bibliography. Maps. $5.95. The Remaking of Istanbul: Portrait of an Ottoman City in the Nineteenth Century . By Zeynep $CLelik. [Publications on the Near East 2. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1987. 202 pp. 103 Illustration; 17 Maps; Bibliography; Index. $25.00. Bureaucrat and Intellectural in the Ottoman Empire. The Historian Mustafa Ali (1541-1600) . By Cornell H. Fleischer. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1986. Glossary; Bibliography; Index. 363 pp. Muslims of the Soviet Empire. A Guide . By Alexandre Bennigsen and S. Enders Wimbush. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1986. xvi plus 294 pp. Maps. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. $29.95. A History of the Sikhs , Volume I: 1469-1839 , Volume II: 1839-1964 , reprint ed. By Khushwant Singh. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1984 (orig. ed., 1963-1966). Vol. I: xiii plus 419 pp.; Vol. II: xi plus 395 pp. Illustrations. Maps. Appendices. Bibliography. Indices. n.p.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Regards chrétiens sur Pislam . By Louis Gardet. Paris: Desclée de Brouwer, 1986. 219 pp. Indices. 96 F. Traditional Islam in the Modern World . By Seyyed Hossein Nasr. London and New York: KPI Ltd., 1987. x plus 335 pp. n.p. Knowing One Another: Shaping an Islamic Anthropology. By Merryl Wyn Davies. London and New York: Mansell Publishing Limited, 1988. x plus 189 pp. Index. $52.50, hardcover. Beyond the Written Word: Oral Aspects of Scripture in the History of Religion. William A. Graham. Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987. 306 pp. Bibliography. Indices. $32.50. Medieval Persian Court Poetry . By Julie Scott Meisami. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987. xiii plus 345 pp. $45.00. Textual Sources for the Study of Islam. Edited and translated by Andrew Rippin and Jan Knappert. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1986. xii plus 209 pp. Map. Glossary. Index. £6.75. In Quest of an Islamic Humanism: Arabic and Islamic Studies in Memory of Mohamed al-Nowaihi. Edited by A. H. Green. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 1984. xxiv plus 217 pp. n.p. Philosophy of Islam. Ayatullah Dr. Muhammad Hosayni Behishti and Hujjat al-Islam Dr. Javad Bahonar. Salt Lake City: Islamic Publications, n.d. 580 pp. n.p. Knowing the Unknowable God: Ibn-Sina, Maimonides, Aquinas. By David B. Burrell. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 1986. x plus 130 pp. $15.95, hardcover; $8.95, paper. Averroes’ De Substantia Orbis: Critical Edition of the Hebrew Text with English Translation and Commentary. By Arthur Hyman. [Corpus Philosophorum Medii Aevi: Averroes Hebraicus, Medieval Academy Books No. 96.] Cambridge, Massachusetts and Jerusalem: Medieval Academy of America, 1986. 156 plus 74 pp. in Hebrew numerals. Two Critical Apparatus. Hebrew-Latin Glossary. Bibliography. Two Indices. $30.00. Eighteenth-Century Renewal And Reform In Islam. Edited by Nehemiah Levtzion and John O. Voll. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1987. Preface plus 200 pp. Glossary. Index. $24.95, Cloth. Zwischen Faktum and Fiktion: Eine Studie zum Umayyadenkalifen Sulaiman b. Abdalmalik and seinem Bild in den Quellen. By Reinhard Eisener. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1987. ix plus 296 pp. Appendix. Index. DM 68. Studies on the First Century of Islamic Society. Edited by G.H.A. Juynboll. [Papers on Islamic History; v.5.] Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1982. ix plus 292 pp. $20.00. Islam Assembled: The Advent of the Muslim Congresses. By Martin Kramer. New York: Columbia University Press, 1986. xi plus 250 pps. Index. $30.00. Philosophy and Science in the Islamic World. By C.A. Qadir. North Ryde, New South Wales: Croom Helm, 1988. viii plus 218 pages. Index. $67.50, cloth; Canada $94.50. Urdu Letters of irz Asadu'llh n lib. Translated and annotated by Daud Rahbar. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1987. xlv plus 628 pp. n.p. Imam Ali: Source of Light, Wisdom and Might. By Sulaymn Kattn, translated by I. K. Howard. London: Muhammadi Trust and New York: Methuen, 1986. x plus 148 pp. $25.00. Egypt, Islam, and the Arabs: The Search for Egyptian Nationhood, 1900–1930. By Israel Gershoni and James P. Jankowski. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986. xviii plus 346 pp. $39.95. Tchad 1900-1902, une guerre franco-libyenne oublie? Une confrrie musulmane, la Sansiyya, face la France. By Jean-Louis Triaud. [Racines du présent series.] Paris: L'Harmattan, 1988. 203 plus xxxii pp. Photoreproductions of 38 archival letters in handwritten Arabic (with 105 pp. French translation). 3 maps. Bibliography. Index. n.p. Amal and the Shia: Struggle for the Soul of Lebanon. By Augustus Richard Norton. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1987. xxii plus 238 pp. $25.00, hardcover; $10.95, paperback. Passeé Turco-Tatar, Présent Sovietique: Études offertes Alexandre Bennigsen/Turco-Tatar Past Soviet Present: Studies presented to Alexandre Bennigsen. Edited by Ch. Lemercier-Quelquejay, G. Veinstein, and S.E. Wimbush. [Éditions Peeters, Louvain-Paris, la Collection TLrcica, VI: Éditions de l'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, la collection Civilisations et Sociétés, 74.] Louvain-Paris: Éditions Peeters and Éditions de l'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, 1986. ix plus 563 pp. Photograph. n.p. Islam and Resistance in Afghanistan. By Olivier Roy. London and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986. vi plus 253 pp. $24.95. Khoumani, Islamic Fundamentalists and the Contributions of Islamic Sciences to Modern Civilization. By Antoine J. Abraham. [Anthroscience Monograph Series.] Notre Dame, Indiana: Foundations Press of Notre Dame, 1983. 39 pp. n.p. The Gulf Cooperation Council: Moderation and Stability in an Interdependent World. Edited by John A. Sandwick. Foreword by George McGovern. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press and Washington, D.C.: American-Arab Affairs Council, 1987. x plus 289 pp. Tables. Charts. Texts of documents. Bibliography. $15.95. The Powers in the Middle East: The Ultimate Strategic Arena. Edited by Bernard Reich. New York: Praeger, 1987. 351 pp. $45.00.     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Quranic Art of Calligraphy and Illumination .* By Martin Lings. New York: Interlink Books, 1987 (orig. ed. London, 1976). 242 pp. Illustrations. Indices. $49.95, hardcover. The Rising of al-Husayn: Its Impact on the Consciousness of Muslim Society . By Shaykh Muhammad Mahd Shams al-Dn. Translated from the Arabic by I.K.A. Howard. New York: Methuen, 1986. xxi plus 218 pp. $15.95, paper. Remembrance and Prayer: The Way of the Prophet Muhammad . By Muhammad al-Ghazl. Translated by Yusuf Talal De Lorenzo. Leicester, England: The Islamic Foundation, 1986/1406 A.H. 232 pp. Arabic text of prayers. Index. 10.-, hardcover; 4.95, paperback. The Bounteous Koran . A translation of meaning and commentary by M.M. Khatib. Authorized by Al-Azhar, 1984. London: Macmillan Press, 1986. xlvii plus 827 pp. plus 14 pp. of addenda. Preface. Introduction. Arabic index of srahs. $36.00, hardcover. Les Mille et une nuits d'Antoine Galland ou le chef-d'oeuvre invisible . By Georges May. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1986. 247 pp. in French. 135 francs. Rethinking Islam Today . By Mohammed Arkoun. [Occasional Papers Series.] Washington, D.C.: Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, 1987. 25 pp. n.p. Al-Fnrabi's Commentary and Short Treatise on Aristotle's “De Interpretntione.” Translated with an Introduction and Notes by F. W. Zimmermann. [The British Academy, Classical and Medieval Logic Texts]. London: Oxford University Press, 1981. clii plus 287 pages. $145.00. The Path of God's Bondsmen from Origin Return. (Mersd al-ebd men al-mabd el-ma-d): A Sufi Compendium by Najm al-Dn Rzi known as Dya . By ‘Abd Allh ibn Muhammad Najm al-Dn Rz Translated from the Persian with introduction and annotation by Hamid Algar. [Persian Heritage Series, No. 35.] Delmar, NY: Caravan Books, 1982. 537 pages. n.p. Islamic Coins. By Michael Bates . [ANS Handbook 2]. New York: The American Numismatic Society, 1982. Deluxe edition includes 36 color slides. 52 pp. $8.00. Dadda ‘Atta and His Forty Grandsons; The Socio-political Organization of the Ait ‘Atta of Southern Morocco . By David Hart. [MENAS Socio-Economic Studies.] Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1983. xix plus 260 pp. $30.00. The Lebanese Crisis (1975-1985): A Bibliography . Compiled by Georges T. Labaki. College Park: Center for International Development and Conflict Management, University of Maryland, 1986. 134 pp. n.p. Arab Resources: The Transformation of a Society . Edited by Ibrahim Ibrahim. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies; London: Croom Helm, 1983, 304 pp. Tables. n.p. From Trucial States to United Arab Emirates: A Society in Transition . By Frauke Heard-Bey. London and New York: Longman, 1982. xxvi plus 522 pages. Maps. Abbreviations. Bibliography. Appendix. Glossary. Index. $45.00, cloth. Saudi Arabia: Rush to Development. Profile of an Energy Economy and Investment . By Ragaei El Mallakh. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1982. 472 pages. Illustrations. Appendix. Bibliography. $32.50. The Changing Bedouin . Edited by Emanuel Marx and Avshalom Shmueli. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books, 1984. xi plus 197 pp. $29.95. Religious Strife in Egypt: Crisis and Ideological Conflict in the Seventies . By Nadia Ramses Farah. New York: Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, 1986. xiii plus 135 pp. Bibliography. Chapter notes. $42.00, hardcover. Egypt: Politics and Society, 1945-1981 . By Derek Hopwood. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1982. x plus 194 pp. $10.95; $28.50, cloth. Middle East Mission: The Story of a Major Bid for Peace in the Time of Nasser and Ben-Gurion By Elmore Jackson. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1983. 124 pp. Chronology; Appendix; Index. $12.95. Protest Movements and Religious Movements in Egypt: Past and Present . By Afaf Lutfi al-Sayyid Marsot. [Occasional Paper Series]. Washington, D.C.: Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, 1984. 10 pp. $3.75. Religion and Political Development: Some Comparative Ideas on Ibn Khaldun and Machiavelli . By Barbarara Freyer Stowasser. [Occasional Paper Series]. Washington, D.C.: Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, 1983. 28 pp. n.p. American Christianity, the Jewish State, and the Arab-Israeli Conflict . By Thomas Wiley. [Occasional Paper Series]. Washington, D.C.: Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, 1983. 32 pp. n.p. Readings on Islam in Southeast Asia . Compiled by Ahmad Ibrahim, Sharon Siddique, and Yasmin Hussain. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1985. xv plus 407 pp. Bibliography. n.p. The Two Yemens . By Robin Bidwell. London: Longman; Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1983. xvii plus 350 pp. Maps; List of Abbreviations; Glossary; Bibliography; Index. $26.00. Jewish Life under Islam: Jerusalem in the Sixteenth Century . By Ammon Cohen. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1984. xiii plus 267 pp. Map; Tables; Index. $30.00. Modernization in the Sudan: Essays in Honor of Richard Hill . Edited by M.W. Daly. New York: Lilian Barber Press, 1985. 177 pp. Index. $29.50, hardcover. Islam in India: Studies and Commentaries . Vol III: The Islamic Experience in Contemporary Thought. By Syed Vahiduddin. Edited by Christian W. Troll. Delhi: Chanakya Publications, 1986. xi plus 292 pp. Photograph. Glossary. Indices. n.p. Atatürk and the Modernization of Turkey . Edited by Jacob M. Landau. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1984. xiii plus 268 pp. Index. $20.00.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Islam: A Christian Perspective. By Michael Nazir-Ali. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1983. 185 pp. $11.95. A Guide to the Contents of the Qur'an. By Faruq Sherif. London: Ithaca Press, 1985. 165 pp. £15.00. The shorter Chapters of The Qur'an. Translated by Thomas B. Irving. Kuala Lumpur: M.A.J. Beg, 1986. 95 pp. n.p. Creation and the Teaching of the Qur'an. By Thomas J. O'Shaughnessy. [Biblica et Orientalia, 40.] Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1985. vii plus 100 pp. $6.00, paper. Islamic Concept of God. By Mohammad Zia Ullah. London: Kegan Paul International, 1984. xi plus 115 pp. Index. $26.95. Eight Lives: A Study of the Hindu-Muslim Encounter. By Rajmohan Gandhi. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1986. x plus 359 pp. Bibliography. References and Notes. Index. $12.95, paper; $39.50, cloth. Journey to the Lord of Power: A Sufi Manual on Retreat. By Ibn ‘Arabi. Translated from the Arabic by Rabia Harris. New York: Inner Traditions International, 1981. Illustrations. 144 pp. $8.95, paper. The Unveiling of Love: Sufism and the Remembrance of God. By Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak al-Jerrahi al-Halveti. Translated from the Turkish by Muhtar Holland. New York: Inner Traditions International, 1981. 201 pp. $10.95. Sh'ism and Social Protest. Edited by R.I. Cole and Nikki R. Keddie. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986. x plus 325 pp. $40.00, cloth; $12.95, paper. Muslim Women. Edited by Freda Hussain. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984. 228 pp. $22.50. Woman in Islam. By Wiebke Walther. Montclair: Abner Schram, 1981. 204 pp. Photographs. Charts. $35.00. Marriage and Sexuality in Islam: A Translation of al-Ghazl's Book on the Etiquette of Marriage from the Iy. By Madelain Farah. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1984. xii plus 126 pp. Indices. $20.00. Däs Ärztebankett. Aus arabischen Handschriften übersetzt und mit einer Einleitung sowie Anmerkungen versehen von Felix Klein-Franke. By Abu l-asan al-Muhtr al-asan ibn ‘Abdn. Stuttgart: Hippokrates Verlag, 1984. 323 pp. DM 49.80. Egypt in the Reign of Muhammad Ali. By Afaf Lutfi Al-Sayyid Marsot. [Cambridge Middle East Library]. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984. x plus 300 pp. Bibliography; Index. $49.50. Les Ordres mystiques dans l'Islam Cheminements et situation actuelle. Edited by A. Popovic & G. Veinstein. [Recherches d'histoire et de sciences sociales, 13.] Paris: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, 1986. 324 pp. Index. 190F, paper. Shh Abd al-Azz: Puritanism, Sectarian Polemics and Jihd. By Saiyid Athar Abbas Rizvi. Canberra: Ma'rifat Publishing House, 1982. xii plus 609 pp. A $38. The Arab Predicament, Arab Political Thought and Practice Since 1967. By Fouad Ajami. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981. xvi plus 220 pp. n.p. The Emergence of Pan-Arabism in Egypt. By Israel Gershoni. Tel Aviv: The Shiloah Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University, 1981. 142 pp. n.p. Towns and townsmen of Ottoman Anatolia: Trade, crafts and food production in an urban setting, 1520-1650. By Suraiya Faroqhi. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984. xiv plus 425 pp. Photographs. Maps. Graphs. Tables. Glossary. Bibliography. Indices. $59.50. The West Bank: History, Politics, Society, and Economy. By Don Peretz. [Westview Special Studies on the Middle East.] Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1986. xi plus 173 pp. Index. $22.00, softbound. A Legend of Alexander and The Merchant and the Parrot. By Herbert Mason. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 1986. 119 pages, n.p. Modern Arabic Literature and the West. By M.M. Badawi. London: Ithaca Press, 1985, ii plus 236 pp. 18.00. Hikayat Sultan Ibrahim ibn Adham: An Edition of an Anonymous Malay Text with translation and notes. Edited and translated by Russell Jones. Berkeley: University of California, Center for South and Southeast Asia Studies, and Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1985. ix plus 332 pp. Bibliography. Index. $14.50, paper; $27.25, hardcover. The author's response to “Leaman's Introduction to Medieval Islamic Philosophy: A Review Article,” by Michael E. Marmura, MW, LXXVI (1986), 43-45.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Logos Islamikos: Studia Islamica in Honorem Georgii Michaelis Wickens. Edited by Roger M. Savory and Dionisius A. Aguis. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, 1984. vii plus 351 pp. Bibliography. Index. $32.00. Actes du premier congrès international d'études arabes chrétiennes. Edited by Khalil Samir. [Orientalia Christiana Analecta 218]. Rome; Pont. Institutum Studiorum Orientalium, 1982. 312 pp. 21.000 Lire it. Palast, Moschee und Wüstenschloss Das Werden der islamischen Kunst 7.-9. Jahrhundert. By Heinrich Gerhard Franz. Graz, Austria: Akademische Druck-u. Verlagsanstalt, 1984. 166 pp. 72 Text Figures. 166 Photographs in 64 Plates. DM 54.-. A Wife For My Son. By Ali Ghalem. Chicago: Banner Press, 1984 (orig. ed., 1979, in French). 211 pp. $5.95. Islam, Christianity, and African Identity. By Sulayman S. Nyang. Brattleboro, Vermont: Amana Books, 1984. 106 pp. $6.95. The Economic Functions of the Early Islamic State. By S.M. Hasan-uz-Zaman. Karachi, Pakistan: International Islamic Publishers, 1981. xvi plus 370 pp. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Paperback, n.p. Man Is a Cause: Political Consciousness and the Fiction of Ghassan Kanafani. By Muhammad Siddiq. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1984. 108 pp. Chronology. Bibliography. $9.95, paperback. Islam and Revolution in Africa. By Aziz A. Batran. Brattleboro, VT: Amana Books, 1984. 51 pp. $4.95. A Clarification of Questions: An Unabridged Translation of Risaleh Tawzih al-Masael. By Ayatollah Sayyed Ruhollah Mousavi Khomeini. Translated by J. Borujerdi with a foreword by Michael M.J. Fischer and Mehdi Abedi. Boulder and London: Westview Press, 1984. xxxiv plus 432 pp. Indices. Appendices, n.p. The State and Revolution in Iran. By Hossein Bashiriyeh. London: Croom Helm and New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984. 203 pp. Bibliography, Index. $27.50. Oceidentosis: A Plague From the West. By Jalal Al-I Ahmad. Translated by R. Campbell. Annotations and Introduction by Hamid Algar. Berkeley: Mizan Press, 1984. 137 pp. Notes and Index. $5.95. A Calendar of Documents on Indo-Persian Relations (1500-1750) [Volumes I & II]. By Riazul Islam. Karachi: Iranian Culture Foundation, Tehran, and Institute of Central and West Asian Studies, Karachi, 1979, 1982. Vol. I, xxviii plus 511 pp. Vol. II, xxv plus 489 pp. $30.00 for each volume. The Bahr Ul-Asrār, Travelogue of South Asia. By Mahmūd b. Am?r Wal? Balkh?. Edited by Riazul Islam. Karachi: Institute of Central and West Asian Studies, University of Karachi, 1980. 55 plus 106 pp. $5.00. The Majma' Al-Shur'arā' I-Jahāng?r Shāh?. By Mullā Qāti?- Heraw?. Edited by Muhammad Saleem Akhtar. Karachi: Institute of Central and West Asian Studies, University of Karachi, 1979. xvii & 42 plus 402 pp. $12.00. Islamic Thought and Culture. Edited by Ismā'?l R. al-Fārūq?. Washington, D.C.: International Institute of Islamic Thought, 1402/1982. 121 pp. n.p. Essays in Islamic and Comparative Studies. Edited by Ismā'?l R. al-Fārūq?. Washington, D.C.: International Institute of Islamic Thought, 1402/1982. 120 pp. n.p. Muslims in the West, the Message and Mission. By Syed Abdul Hassan Ali Nadwi. London: The Islamic Foundation, 1983. 191 pp. n.p. The Middle East Political Dictionary. By Lawrence Ziring. Santa Barbara, California and Oxford, England: ABC-CLIO Information Services, 1984. xviii plus 452 pp. Maps. Tables. Bibliography. Index, n.p. The Writing of History in Nineteenth-Century Egypt: A Study in National Transformation. By Jack A. Crabbs, Jr. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, and Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 1984. 227 pp. $22.50, paper.     

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Arabic and Islamic Garland: Historical, Educational and Literary Papers. Adel Awa, Issa Boullata, Syed Nadvi (honorary eds.). Presented to AbdulLatif Tibawi. London: The Islamic Cultural Centre, 1977. 239 pp.
Forty Poems from the Divan. By Nasir-i Khusraw. Translated with introductions by Peter Lamborn Wilson and Gholam-Reza Aavani. General Editor: Seyyed Hossein Nasr. Tehran: Imperial lranian Academy of Philosophy, 1977. x plus 144 pp. $10.00.
The Islamic Jesus: An Annotated Bibliography of Sources in English and French. By Don Wismer. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1977. xix plus 305 pp. $ 29.00.
Hagarism: The Making of the Islamic World. By Patricia Crone and Michael Cook. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1977. ix plus 268 pp. $ 18.50.
American Diplomatic Relations with the Middle East, 1784–1975: A Survey. By Thomas A. Bryson. Metuchen, N. J., The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1977. xiii plus 431 pp. Bibliography, Index. $17.50.
Sir Eldon Gorst: The Overshadowed Proconsul. By Peter Mellini. Hoover Colonial Studies. Stanford, Cal.: Hoover Institution Press, 1977. xxv plus 315 pp. $10.95.
Studies in Eighteenth Century Islamic History. Edited by Thomas Naff and Roger Owen. Papers on Islamic History, 4. Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois Press; London and Amsterdam: Feffer & Sirnons, Inc., 1977. xii plus 450 pp. $12.50.
The 'Disciplina Clericalis' of Petrus Alfonsi. Trans. from Latin and ed. by Eber-hard Hermes. Trans. from Latin and German into English by P. R. Quarrie. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977. x plus 203 pp. $12.50.
A History of the Crusades. Volume IV: The Art and Architecture of the Crusader States. Edited by Harry W. Hazard. (General editor: Kenneth M. Setton) Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1977. xxvii plus 414 plus 10 pp. Addenda & Corrigenda.     

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Reason and Tradition in Islamic Ethics. By George F. Hourani. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985. xv plus 282 pp. $39.50, hard cover. Book reviewed in this article: Muslim Political Thought and Administration. By Haroon Khan Sherwani. New Delhi: Munshiram Manaharlal Publishers, 1981, first pub. 1942. xi plus 215 pp., Appendices. Index. Rs. 65. Islam: The Religious and Political Life of a World Community. Edited by Marjorie Kelly. New York: Praeger, 1984. xii plus 321 pp. Maps. Charts. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. $12.95. paper. Studien zum Islamischen Recht. By Noel J. Coulson and Abdelwadoud Yehia [Veröffentlichungen der (Commission für Europarecht, Internationales und Auslàndisches Privatrecht, nr. 2]. Wien, Austria: Verlag der Österreichischen, 1983. 37 pp. 6s. 70.—. Theodicy in Islamic Thought. The Dispute Over Al-Ghaz's “Best of All Possible Worlds. ” By Eric L. Ormsby. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1984. xv plus 309 pp. $30.00. Die Wiederentdeckung des Propheten Muhammad: Eine Kritik am “christlichen” Abendland. By Günter Lüling. Erlangen: Hannelore Lülung, 1981. 423 pp. n.p. The Qur'an. The first American version. Translation and commentary by T.B. Irving (Al-Hajj Taim li). Brattleboro, Vermont: Amana Books, 1985. xliii plus 401 pp. n.p. The Jew As Ally of the Muslim, Medieval Roots of Anti-Semitism. By Allan Harris Cutler and Helen Elmquist Cutler. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1986. x plus 577 pp. $50.00, hardcover. Knowledge and Power in Morocco: The Education of a Twentieth-Century Notable. By Dale F. Eickelman. [Princeton Studies on the Near East.] Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1985. xviii plus 202 pp. Photos. Tables. Maps. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. $32.50. Algeria: The Revolution Institutionalized. By John P. Entelis. Boulder: Westview Press, 1986. xi plus 239 pp. Index. Maps. Illustrations. $30.00, hardcover. Syria: Modern State in an Ancient Land. By John F. Devlin. [Nations of the Contemporary Middle East.] Boulder and London: Westview Press and Croom Helm, 1983. 152 pp. $16.50. Error and Betrayal in Lebanon: An Analysis of Israel's Invasion of Lebanon and Implications for U.S.-Israeli Relations. By George W. Ball. Washington, D.C.: Foundation for Middle East Peace, 1984. 152 pp. n.p.     

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Book reviewed in this article: AI-Qur'n: A Contemporary Translation . By Ahmed Ali. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1988. 572 pp. Indexes. $9.95. Dictionary of Qur'nic Terms and Concepts. By Mustansir Mir. New York: Garland Publishing, 1978. xiv plus 244 pp. Index. $40.00. The Second Message of Islam . By Mahmoud Mohamed Taha. Translation and introduction by Abdallahi Ahmed An-Na'im. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1987. 178 pp. $29.95. The Politics of Islamic Revivialism: Diversity and Unity . Edited by Shireen T. Hunter. [Indiana Series in Arab and Islamic Studies in association with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.] Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1988. xv plus 303 pages. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. $35.00, cloth; $12.95, paperback. Words of Ecstasy in Sufism . By Carl W. Ernst. [SUNY Series in Islam. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Editor.] Albany: State University of New York Press, 1985. viii plus 184 pp. Appendix. Indices. $34.95. Mahsin al-Majlis: The attractions of mystical sessions. Ibn al-'Arif . Translated by William Elliot and Adnan K. Abdulla. Avebury, England: n.p., 1980. 121 pp. n.p. The Arab Gulf States: Steps Toward Political Participation. By J.E. Peterson. Foreword by Majid Khadduri. [The Washington Papers/131.] New York: Praeger, published with The Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C., 1988. xii plus 155 pp. Three tables; Notes; Index. $33.95, hardcover; $10.95, paper. Warriors at Suez; Eisenhower Takes America into the Middle East . By Donald Neff. New York: The Linden Press/Simon and Schuster, 1981. 477 pp. $8.25. Muslim Endowments and Society in British India . By Gregory C. Kozlowksi. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985. plus 211 pp. $42.50. Agrarian Relations in the Ottoman Empire in the 15th and 16th Centuries . Translated from the Bulgarian. Vera P. Moutafchieva. [East European Monographs, 251.] Boulder: East European Monographs (distributed by Columbia University Press), 1988 (Bulgarian ed., 1962). xiii plus 245 pp. Tables $25.00. Understanding Arabs: A Guide for Westerners . By Margaret K. Nydell. Yarmouth, Maine: Intercultural Press, 1987. x plus 164 pp. $16.00, paper. Moroccan Dialogues: Anthropology in Question . By Kevin Dwyer. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1982. xxvii plus 297 pp. Notes; Bibliography; Indexes. Voilà ce qui est arrivé: Plaidoyer pour une guerre Sainte en Afrique de I'Ouest au XIXe siècle . By AI-Hjj ‘Umar al-Ft. Edited and translated by Sidi Mohamed Mahibou and Jean-Louis Triaud (Original title: Bayn m Waqa'a). [Fontes Historiae Africanae, series Arabica, VIII.] Paris: Editions du Centre National de al Recherche Scientifique, 1983. 261 plus (Arabic) 58 pp. Map. Indices. 205 Frs. Islam and Urban Labor in Northern Nigeria. The Making of a Muslim Working Class . By Paul M. Lubeck. [African Studies Series 52.] New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986. x plus 362 pp. Maps; Tables. $49.50. Horn and Crescent. Cultural change and Traditional Islam on the East African Coast, 800–1900 . By Randall L. Pouwels. [African Studies Series 53.] New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987. xiv plus 273 pp. Illustrations; Maps; Glossary. n.p. Roman, provincial and Islamic law: the origins of the Islamic patronate . By Patricia Crone. [Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization.] Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. 178 pp. $39.50. Economic Concepts of Ibn Taimiyah . By Abdul Azim Salehi. Leicester: The Islamic Foundation, 1988. 286 pp. 12, hardcover; 5.50, paper. A Fabian in Egypt: Salamah Musa and the Rise of the Professional Classes in Egypt, 1909–1939 . By Vernon Egger. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1986. xvi plus 234 pp. Biblipgraphy. Index. n.p. God's Caliph. Religious Authority in the First Centuries of Islam . By Patricia Crone and Martin Hinds. Cambridge University Press, 1986. 155 plus 2 pp. n.p. The Art of Bad'az-Zamn al-Hamadhn as Picaresque Narrative . By James T. Monroe. Beirut: American University of Beirut, 1983. 175 pp. n.p., paper.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this article:
Islamic and Christian Spain in the Early Middle Ages. By Thomas F. Glick. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1979. xi plus 376 pp. $22.50.
Literature and Violence in North Arabia. By Michael E. Meeker. [Cambridge Studies in Cultural Systems.] New York: Cambridge University Press, 1979. xvi plus 272 pp. $25.00, hard cover; $10.95, paper.
The Tales of the Prophets of al-Kisā'ī. Translated from the Arabic with an introduction and notes by W. M. Thackston, Jr. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1978. xxxiv plus 378. $25.00.
The Rose and the Rock: Mystical and Rational Elements in the Intellectual History of South Asian Islam. Edited by Bruce B. Lawrence. Durham, NC: Program in Comparative Studies on Southern Asia, Duke University, 1979. n. p. n. p.
The First Crusade. By Steven Runciman. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1980 (abridged ed.; original ed. 1951). 240 pp. Illustrations. $19.95.
Honneur et Baraka: Ies structures sociales dnns le Rif. By Raymond Jamous. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1981. 303 pp. $49.50.
Islam and the Medieval West: Aspects of Intercultural Relations. Edited by Khalil I. Semaan. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1980. xi plus 172 pp. $34.00, cloth; $12.95, paper.
Shi'ism and Constitutionalism in Iran. By Abdul-Hadi Hairi. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1977. xii plus 274 pp. Bibliography, index. $19.50.
The Qur'an: Basic Teachings. By Thomas Ballatine Irving, Khurshid Ahmad and Muhammad Manazir Ahsan. Leicester, England: The Islamic Foundation, 1979. 278 pp. n. p.
Oman: The Reborn Land. By F. A. Clements. London and New York: Longmans, 1980. 182 pp. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. $25.00.
The Crisis in the Lebanese System: Confessionalism and Chaos. By Enver M. Koury. Washington, D. C.: American Enterprise Institute, 1976. 92 pp. $3.00.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books Reviewed in this article: al-Isbtiqāq. By Fu’ād Hannā Tarazi. No. 50 of Silsilat al-‘Ulūm al-Sharqiyya, in the Publications of the College of Arts and Sciences at the American University of Beirut. Beirut: Dār al-Kutub Press, 1968. xii + 390 pp. The La?ā'if al-Ma‘ārif of Tha ‘lib?. Translated with introduction and notes by C. E. Bosworth. Edinburgh: The University Press, 1968. xiii + 164 pp. £310s. The Kitāb al-Maghāz? of al-Wāqid?. Edited by Marsden Jones. London: Oxford University Press, 1966. Printed by Dar al-Maaref, Cairo, 1964 and 1966. Three Vols., xiii + 46 + 1130 PP. + Indexes. $20.20. History of Egypt. An Extract from Abu L-Mahasin b. Taghri Birdi's Chronicle entitled Hawadith ad-Duhur fi Madi l-Ayyam Wash-Shuhur (845–854 A.H., A.D. 1441–1450). Translated by William Popper and edited by Walter J. Fischel. New Haven: American Oriental Society, Essay No. 5. 1967. 60 pp. Political and Social Change in Modern Egypt. Edited by P. M. Holt. London: Oxford University Press, 1968. xx plus 400 pp.£3.10s. Educational Problems in Turkey: 1920–1940. By Ilhan Basgöz and Howard E. Wilson. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Publications, 1968. (Uralic and Altaic Series, Vol. 86), pp. 268, bibliography, index. $7. Turkey and Greece: Closer Unity-Now ! By Reverend Campbell McKinnon. New York: Vantage Press, 1968. 64 pp. $2.95. Women of Algeria; An Essay on Change. By David C. Gordon. Harvard Middle Eastern Monographs XIX. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, Massachusetts, 1968. 98 pp. Britain and the Persian Gulf, 1894–1914. By Briton Cooper Busch. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1967. pp. xiv plus 432. $8.75. The Middle East Conflict. By Malcolm H. Kerr. New York: The Foreign Policy Association, Headline Series No. 191, October 1968. 63 pp. $0.85. Poetry of Resistance in Occupied Palestine. Translated by Sulāfa Hijjāw?. Baghdad: Directorate of General Culture, Ministry of Culture and Guidance. 1968. 47 pp.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
The Collection of the Qurr'ān. By John Burton. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1977; first paperback, 1979. vii plus 273 pp. $17.95, hard cover; $10.95, paperback.
The Jewels of the Qura'ān: Al-Ghazali's Theory. A translation, with introduction and annotation, of al-Ghazālī's Kitāb Jawāhir al-Qur'ān . By Muhammad Abul Quasem. Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia: Published by the author, printed by the University of Malaya Press, 1977. 2.44 pp. Bibliography. Indices. US $5.95 paper: US $12.00 hard cover.
Islam According to the Qurr'ān, Vol. II of Topical and Chronological Qur' an. By P. Mohamed Ali. Cochin, India: Published by the author, 1978. 46 pp. (paper). Rs. 15 ($2; £l).
Divine Word and Prophetic Word in Early Isbun: A Reconsideration of the Sources, with Special Reference to the Divine Saying or Hadith Qudsi. By William A. Graham. Religion and Society, 7. The Hague: Mouton, 1977. ix Plus 266 pp. DM 68.—
The Man of Light in Iranian Sufism. By Henry Corbin. Trans. from the French by Nancy Pearson. Boulder, Colorado: Shambhala Publications, 1978. 174 pp. $6.95.
Western Civilisation Through Muslim Eyes. By Sayid Mujtaba Rukni Musawi Lari. Trans. by F. J. Goulding. Guildford. England: F. J. Goulding, 1977. xii + 146 pp. £1.
Introduction to Palladii's Chinese Literature of the Muslims. By Ludmilla Panskaya in collaboration with Donald Daniel Leslie. Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1977. 106 pp. $6.95.
Muslims and Mongols: Essays on Medieval Asia. By J. J. Saunders. Edited by G. W. Rice. Christchurch, N. Z., Whitcoulls Ltd. for the University of Canterbury, 1977. 143 pp. NZR $7.95.     

“Swarming the Church”

Vision Narratives of Women in Prison. By Carol Burke. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 1993. 192pp. Notes. Appendices. Glossary. Bibliography. ISBN 0 87049 727 8. $26.95. Reviewed by Gillian Bennett.

Navajo Folk Tales. By Franc Johnson Newcomb. 2nd edn. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1990. 203pp. ISBN 0 8263 1231 4. Reviewed by Donald Tayler.

Sons of Scotia, Raise Your Voice: Early 19th Century Broadsides from a Collection in Edinburgh University Library. Selected and edited by Peter B. Freshwater. Edinburgh: Friends of Edinburgh University Library, 1991. 142pp. ISBN 0 905152 04 2. Reviewed by Steve Roud.

My Life with Punch. By Joe Beeby. Compiled and edited by G. Felix. London: G. Felix, 1993. 65pp. Illus. Obtainable from G. Felix, 111 Raglan Court, Empire Way, Wembley Park, Middlesex HA9 0RG. £6.49 inclusive of postage and packing. ISBN 0 9521371 0 0. Reviewed by Roy Judge.

Das Huhn mit dem Gipsbein: Neueste sagnhafte Geschichten von Heute. By Rolf Wilhelm Brednich. Beck'sche Reihe 1001. Munchen: Beck, 1993. 186pp. DM9.80. Reviewed by W.F.H. Nicolaisen.

The Evil Eye: A Casebook. Edited by Alan Dundes. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1992. 318pp. ISBN 0 299 13334 6. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

Tarot the Complete Guide. By Cynthia Giles. London: Robert Hale, 1992. 234pp. Illus. £10.99. ISBN 0 7090 5095 X. Reviewed by Juliette Wood.

Chronicles of King Arthur. By Andrea Hopkins. London: Collins and Brown, 1993. £19.99. ISBN 1 85585 172 5. Reviewed by Juliette Wood.

From Ritual to Romance. By Jessie L. Weston. MYTHOS: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1993. ISBN 0 691 02107 4. Reviewed by Juliette Wood.

Indexes Motifs Narratifs dans les Romans Arthurian Français en Vers (XIIe-XIIIe Siècles). By Anita Guerreau-Jalabert. Publications Romanes et Françaises, no. 202. Genève: Librairie Droz S.A., 1992. 501pp. Reviewed by Juliette Wood.

Culhwch and Olwen: An Edition and Study of the Oldest Arthurian Tale. Edited by Rachel Bromwich and D. Simon Evans. University of Wales Press, 1992. ISBN 0 7083 1127 X. £25.00. Reviewed by Juliette Wood.

Aspects of British Calendar Customs. Edited by Theresa Buckland and Juliette Wood. The Folklore Society Mistletoe Series, no. 22. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993. 108pp. Illus. ISBN 1 85075 243 5. £11.95. Reviewed by W.F.H. Nicolaisen.

Boundaries and Thresholds: Papers from a Colloquium of the Katharine Briggs Club. Edited by Hilda Ellis Davidson. Stroud, Glos.: The Thimble Press, 1993. 104pp. £12.00. Reviewed by W.F.H. Nicolaisen.

Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. By Lawrence Shick. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1991. 448pp. ISBN 0 87975 693 5. £10.95. Reviewed by Juliette Wood.

Gothick Guides, Aylesbury, Bucks: Shire Publications Ltd, 1989, 1992. Gothick Cornwall. By Jennifer Westwood. 70pp. £3.95. Gothick Norfolk. By Jennifer Westwood. 48pp. £2.50. Gothick Hertfordshire. By Jennifer Westwood. 52pp. £3.95. Gothick Northamptonshire. By Jack Gould. 64pp. £3.95. Reviewed by Juliette Wood.

Contemporary Legend: A Folklore Bibliography. Gillian Bennett and Paul Smith. New York and London: Garland Publishing, 1993. 340pp. ISBN 0 8240 6103 9. Reviewed by Jacqueline Simpson.

Telling Reality: Folklore Studies in Memory of Bengt Holbek. Edited by Michael Chesnutt. Copenhagen Folklore Studies 1/NIF Publications, no. 26. Copenhagen and Turku, 1993. 294 pp. Reviewed by W.F.H. Nicolaisen.

Proverbs are Never out of Season: Popular Wisdom in the Modern Age. By Wolfgang Meider. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. xviii + 284pp. Bibliography. Index. Illus. £25.00 hb. Reviewed by W.F.H. Nicolaisen.

Vampire: The Encyclopedia. By Matthew Bunson. London: Thames and Hudson, 1993. 303pp. Index. Bibliography. Appendices. £9.95. ISBN 0 500 27748 6. Reviewed by Juliette Wood.

African Folktales in the New World. Edited by William Bascom. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993.243pp. £28.50 hb, £12.99 p b (distributed in UK and Eire by the Open University Press). Reviewed by Teri Brewer.

The Red Swan: Myths and Tales of the American Indians. Edited by John Bierhorst. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1992. 386pp. Reviewed by Teri Brewer.

American Indian's Kitchen Table Stories. By Keith Cunningham. Little Rock, Arkansas: August House, 1992. 240pp. $25.95 US hb, $14.95 US pb. Reviewed by Teri Brewer.

Public Folklore. Edited by R. Baron and N. Spitzer. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992. £34.95 hb, £14.95 pb. Reviewed by Teri Brewer.

Der Rattenhund: Sagen der Gegenwart. By Helmut Fischer. Beitrage zur rheinischen Volkskunde, no. 6. Cologne: Rheinland-Verlag, 1991. 184pp. Notes. Bibliography. List of key terms. Reviewed by W.F.H. Nicolaisen.

Old Oraibi: A Study of the Hopi Indians of Third Mesa. By Mischa Titiev. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1992. 277pp. Reviewed by Teri Brewer.

Ácoma: Pueblo in the Sky. By Ward Alan Minge. 2nd edn. Published for Pueblo of Ácoma by University of New Mexico Press, 1991. 245pp. Reviewed by Teri Brewer.

The Ballad and Oral Literature. Edited by Joseph Harris. Harvard English Studies, no. 17. Cambridge (Mass.) and London: Harvard University Press, 1991. viii+317 pp. £25.95 hb, £11.95 pb. Reviewed by W.F.H. Nicolaisen.

Contemporary Irish Traditional Narrative: The English Language Tradition. By Clodagh Brennan Harvey. University of California Publications: Folklore and Mythology Studies, no. 35. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1992. viii+130 pp. Map. Notes. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Reviewed by W.F.H. Nicolaisen.

The Folklore of American Holidays: A Compilation of More Than 500 Beliefs, Legends, Superstitions, Proverbs, Riddles, Poems, Songs, Dances, Games, Plays, Pageants, Fairs, Foods, and Processions Associated with Over 120 American Calendar Customs and Festivals. 2nd edn. Edited by Henning Cohen and Tristam Potter Coffin. Detroit and London: Gale Research Inc., 1991. $85.00. ISBN 0 8103 7602 4. Reviewed by Philip Hiscock.

The Tsymbaly Maker and His Craft The Ukrainian Hammered Dulcimer in Alberta. By Mark Jaroslav Bandera. Canadian Series in Ukrainian Ethnology, no. 1. Edmonton: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press, 1991. 62pp. 23 figs. 4 b/w photographs. Reviewed by George Monger.     

Annual Report and Accounts for the Year 1983

ENZYKLOPÄDIE DES MÄRCHENS. Edited by KURT RANKE. Volume 5. Issues 1-3. Berlin (Walter de Gruyter) 1985/86. cols 1-864. Issue 1: ISBN 3 11 010590X. Price: DM 73.00. Issues 2/3 ISBN 3 11 010591 8. Price: DM 152.- Reviewed by Sandy Hobbs.

OEDIPUS: A FOLKLORE CASEBOOK. Edited by LOWELL EDMUNDS and ALAN DUNDES. Garland Publishing, Inc. New York and London. 1983. xv 266 pages. ISBN 0.8240.9242.2 Reviewed by Sandy Hobbs.

OEDIPUS: THE ANCIENT LEGEND AND ITS LATER ANALOGUES. By LOWELL EDMUNDS. The Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore and London, 1985. xxii, 242 pages. List of Analogues. Bibliographies. Index of Sources. Index of Names and Subjects. ISBN 0.8018.2490.7 Reviewed by Sandy Hobbs.

COUNTRY VOICES: LIFE &; LORE DM FARM &; VILLAGE. By CHARLES KIGHTLY. London: Thames &; Hudson, 1984. £8.95. pp. 239; Illus.,; Glossary; Index. Reviewed by Georgina Boyes.

DER ALTERSVERS DES WECHSELBALGES UND DIE ÜBRIGEN ALTERSVERSE. (FF Communications No. 235). By ROBERT WILDHABER. Academia Scientiarum Fennica, Helsinki, 1985, Paperback, pp. 116 Reviewed by Jon Erickson.

THE HONEY TREE SONG: POEMS AND CHANTS OF SARAWAK DAYAKS—by CAROL RUBENSTEIN. Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio 1985. ISBN 0-8214-0413-X. Reviewed by Jan Knappert.

BELLE GUNNESS: THE LADY BLUEBEARD by JANET L. LANGLOIS. University of Indiana Press, 1985, xi, 174pp, hardback. No price. Reviewed by Brian McConnell.

THE BANSHEE: THE IRISH SUPERNATURAL DEATH MESSENGER by PATRICIA LYSAGHT. Dublin, The Glendale Press, 1986, 433 pp., maps and bibliography, ISBN 0-907606-29-6. Reviewed by Gillian Bennett.

MABON AND THE MYSTERIES OF BRITAIN. By CAITLIN MATTHEWS. Arkana, London and New York, 1986. £5.95. pp. 205. Index. Bibliography. Illustrated. ISBN 1-85063-052-6 Reviewed by Juliette Wood.

GERMAN VOLKSKUNDE: A Decade of Theoretical Confrontation, Debate and Reorientation (1967–1977) (Folklore Studies in Translation), edited and translated by JAMES R. DOW and HANNJOST LIXFELD. Indiana University Press. Bloomington, Indiana, 1986. 343 pp. $35.00 Cloth. 0-253-32577-3 Reviewed by Craig Fees.

LOUDER THAN WORDS: AN INTRODUCTION TO NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION. By Marjorie Fink Vargas. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press. $19.95. pp. 182 Illus. ISBN 0-8138-1113-9 Reviewed by P. G. Daniels.

EVOLUTION IN TEXTILE DESIGN FROM THE HIGHLANDS OF GUATAMALA. By MARGOT BLUM SCHEVILL. University of Washington Press, P.O. Box 50096, U.S.A., $12.95, direct from Publisher. 84 pp, 87 illustrations, maps, appendices, glossary notes and bibliography. ISBN 0-963127-01-5, LC 86-2858 Reviewed by Wanda Stanley.

KATALOG ZUR VOLKSERZÄHLUNG, HANS-JÖRG UTHER. K. G. Saur, München, New York, London, Oxford, Paris 1987. 2 vols. pp. 1135 £165.00 Reviewed by RMJ.

THE EVIDENCE FOR PHANTOM HITCH-HIKERS. By MICHAEL GOSS. THE AQUARIAN PRESS, WELLINGBOROUGH, 1984. PP 160, 13 ILUST. ISBN 0-85030-376-1. £2.95 Reviewed by Angelika Schmetzke.

A LYCANTHROPY READER: WEREWOLVES IN WESTERN CULTURE, by CHARLOTTE F. OTTEN. Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, New York. 1986. Cloth $32.50. Paper $14.95, Pp. 360. Index. Selected bibliography. ISBN 0 8156 2383 6 and 0 8156 2384 4 (pbk). Reviewed by Caroline Oates.

SAGA, LEGEND, TALE, NOVELLA, FABLE: NARRATIVE FORMS IN OLD TESTAMENT LITERATURE. Edited by GEORGE W. COATS. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, Supplement Series 35. Department of Biblical Studies, the University of Sheffield. 1985. £15.95; pbk £6.50. pp. 157. Indeces of Biblical passages and of authors quoted. ISBN 0-905774-84-1 and 0-905774-85-x Pbk. Reviewed by W. F. H. Nicolaisen.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
The Qu'ānic Sufism. By Dr. Mir Valiuddin. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1977. Second Revised Edition, vi plus 216 pp. Rs. 45
Sufi Essays. By Seyyed Hossein Nasr. New York: Schocken Books, 1977. 184 pp., Index. $3.75. pa.
Al-Qā     ī Abn Yal'ā Ibn al-Farrā', Kitāb al-Mu'amad fī u     ūl al-īn. Par Wadī'     addād. Beyrouth: DS El-Machreq éd., 1974. Coll. "Recherches" No. 8, Nouvelle série, A. Langue arabe et pensée islamologique. Intr. anglaise 28 pp.; Intr. arabe 16 pp.; 4 facsimilés de manuscrits; texte arabe pp. 19–301.
Études d'Islamologie. By Robert Brunschvig. Paris: Éditions G.-P. Maisonneuve et Larose, 1976. 2 vols. Vol. I: xv plus 398 pp. 65 F. pa. Vol. II: 406 pp. 65 F. pa.
The Doctrine of Ijmā' in Islam. By Ahmad Hasan. Islamabad, Pakistan: Islamic Research Institute, n. d. vi + 274 pp. Rs. 65.00.
Social Justice in Islam. By H. Mintjes. Amsterdam: Institute for the Study of Religion, Free University, 1977. 92 pp. n. p. paper.
Middle Turkic Glosses of the Rylmds Interlinear Koran Translation. By János Eckmann. Bibliotheca Orientalis Hungarica XXI. Budapest: Akadémjiaa Kiadó, 1976. 359 pp. $25.00.
The British in India, A Study in Imperialism. By K. K. Aziz. Historical Studies (Muslim India) Series, 1. Islamabad: National Commission on Historical and Cultural Research, 1976. xi plus 389 pp. Appendices, Notes, Bibliography, Index. Rs. 100. US $15.00.
Law Reform in the Muslim World. By Norman Anderson. University of London Legal Series, 11. London: The Athlone Press, 1976. xi plus 235 pp. $13.50.
The Ba'th Party: A History from Its Origins to 1966. By John T. Devlin. Stanford, Calif.: The Hoover Institution Publications, 1976. 372 pp. $11.95.     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
'Observations, Rules and Orders of the House of Commons': An Early Procedural Collection. Edited by W. R. McKay.
Clerks in the House of Commons 1363–1989: A Biographical List. By W. R. McKay.
English Politics in the Thirteenth Century. By Michael Prestwich.
The Governance of Late Medieval England, 1272–1461. By A. L. Brown.
Mary Tudor: A Life. By David Loades.
Elizabeth I. By Christopher Haigh.
The Writings of William Walwyn. Edited by Jack R. McMichael and Barbara Taft.
The Cavalier Parliament and the Reconstruction of the Old Regime, 1661–1667. By Paul Seaward.
Letters of George Lockhart of Carnwath, 1698–1732 . Edited by Daniel Szechi.
An Economic History of the English Poor Law, 1750. By George R. Boyer.
Government and Expertise: Specialists, Administrators and Professionals, 1860–1919. Edited by Roy MacLeod.
Katharine Atholl 1874–1960: Against the Tide . By S. J. Hetherington.
The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy. By David Cannadine.     

'The Return of Ulysses': Gladstone, Liberalism and Late Victorian Politics

Gladstone, Whiggery and the Liberal Party, 1874–1886 . By T. A.Jenkins. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1988. vi, 328 pp. £32.50.
The Gladstonian Turn of Mind: Essays Presented to J. B. Conacher . Edited by Bruce L. Kinzer. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 1985. xv, 294 pp. £35.00.
Gladstone, Home Rule and the Ulster Question, 1882–93 . By James Loughlin. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan. 1986. 369 pp. No price given.
Parliamentary Politics and the Home Rule Crisis: The British House of Commons in 1886 . By W. C. Lubenow. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1988. vii, 389 pp. £37.50.
The Gladstone Diaries with Cabinet Minutes and Prime Ministerial Correspondence, Volume IX, January 1875-December 1880 . Edited by H. C. G. Matthew. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1986. xcvii, 714 pp. £55.00.
Parnell and the First Home Rule Episode, 1884–87 . By Alan O'Day. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan. 1986. x, 314 pp. £25.00.     

Matthew's Gladstone

The Gladstone Diaries. Vol. XII. 1887–1891. Edited by H.C.G. Matthew. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1994. Ixxxvii, 535 pp. ℒ65.00. ISBN 0198204639.
The Gladstone Diaries. Vol. XIII. 1892–1896. Edited by H.C.G. Matthew. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1994. ix, 486 pp. ℒ65.00. ISBN 0198204647.
The Gladstone Diaries. Vol. XIV. Index. Edited by H.C.G. Matthew. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1994. xv, 862, pp. ℒ65.00. ISBN 0198204655.
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Al-IslāTm wa’ I-Mashya. By MustafāT Hasan al-Bikr. Maktabat DāTr Nashr al-ThaqāTfa, Alexandria, 1966. Baal Christ, and Mohammed: religion and revolution in North Africa. By John K. Cooley, John Murray, London, 1967. pp. xv plus 368. Egyptian Guilds in Modern Times. By Gabriel Baer. The Israel Oriental Society (Oriental Notes and Studies, No. 8), Jerusalem, 1964 pp. xviii plus 192. $ 4.50. The Trucia States: A Brief Economic Survey (Middle East Economic and Social Monographs, No. I). By K. G. Fenelon. Khayats, Beirut, 1967. pp. 94 The Province of Damascus 1723–1783. By Abdul-Grim Rafeq. Khayats, Beirut, 1966. pp. XV plus 370. Muslim Communities in Gujrat. By M. C. Misra. Asia Publishing House, New York, 1964. pp. xi plus 187. Bibliography and Index. Price not indicated.     

Building a better world: Ethics and anthropology

Elvin Hatch. Culture and Morality: The Relativity of Values in Anthropology. New York: Columbia University Press, 1983. 163 pp. Bibliography, index. $27.00 cloth; $12.50 paper.

Raoul Naroll. The Moral Order: An Introduction to the Human Situation. Beverly Hills, Calif.: Sage Publications, 1983, 498 pp. Tables, appendices, notes, glossary, bibliography. $29.95 cloth; $14.95 paper.     

The Rise and Fall of the Post-War Settlement

The People's Peace: British History, 1945–1989. By Kenneth O. Morgan.
Power, Competition and the State : Vol. 2, Threats to the Postwar Settlement: Britain, 1961–74. By Keith Middlemas.
Power, Competition and the State: Vol. 3, The End of the Postwar Era. By Keith Middlemas.
Selecting the Party Leader: Britain in Comparative Perspective. By R. M. Punnett.
British Politics Since 1945: The Rise and Fall of Consensus. By David Dutton.
UK Political Parties Since 1945. Edited by Anthony Seldon.
British History, 1945–1987: An Annotated Bibliography. By Peter Catterall.