BOOK REVIEWS

Book Review in this Articles al-wādi al-Muqaddas. By M. Kāmil Husayn. al-Kindi: The Philosopher of The Arabs. By George N. Atiyeh. Ta'llm al-Lugh. al-'Arabiyya fi Nigeria. (Teaching the Arabic Language In Nigeria). By Salim Le Réformisme musulman en Alagérie de 1925 à 1940: Essal d'histoire reli-gieuse et sociale. By Ali Merad. Islamic Modernism in India and Pakistan, 1857–1964. By Aziz Ahmad. Islam in China. By Yang I-fan. Afghanistan, 1900–1923: A Diplomatic History. By Ludwig Adamac Liqā' 'ind Bawwãbat Mandelbaum (Meeting at Mandelbaum Gate). By Ahmad Fawzi ^CAbd al-Jabbãr. Paintings From Islamic Lands. Edited by R. Pinder-Wilson. Ten Muslims Meet Christ. By William McElwee Miller.     

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Book Reviews in This Article: Al-Quran Rendered into English. By Syed Abdul Latif. The Message of the Qur'an Presented in Perspective. By Hashim Amir-Ali. Ibn Kammn?a's Examination of the Three Faiths: A Thirteenth-Century Essay in the Comparative Study of Religion. Translated from the Arabic, with an Introduction and Notes, by Moshe Perlman. Arab Civilization to A.D. 1500. By D. M. Dunlop. The Baha'i Faith: Its History and Teachings. By William McElwee Miller. Jeunesse, Famille et Développement: Essai sur le changement socio-culturel dans un pays du Tiers Monde (Tunisie). By Carmel Camilleri. Jabal al-Akhdar, Cyrenaica: An Historical Geography of Settlement and Livelihood. By Douglas L. Johnson. Is Western Civilization Universal? By Maryam Jameelah. Syria under the Ba'th, 1963-1966: The Army-Party Symbiosis. By Itamar Rabinovich. Politics and Change in Al-Karak, Jordan. By Peter Gubser. Man, State, and Society in the Contemporary Middle East. Edited by Jacob M. Landau.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Iran Between Two Revolutions , By Ervand Abrahamian Mollā Sadrā Sh?rāz?: Le Livre des pénétrations métaphysiques (Kitāb al-Mashāir). Translated from the Arabic, with an Introduction and Notes, by Henry Corbin Le livre du licite et de l'illicite (Kitāb al-halāl wa-l-harām , Book XIV of Al-Gazāl?'s Ihyā Ulūm ad-D?n). Introduction, translation and notes by Régis Morelon Society, State, and Urbanism: Ibn Khaldun's Sociological Thought. By Fuad Baali Shari'at and Ambiguity in South Asian Islam. Edited by Katherine P. Ewing The Making of the Last Prophet: A Reconstruction of the Earliest Biography of Muhammad. By Gordon Darnell Newby Muslim Hausa Women in Nigeria: Tradition and Change. by Barbara J. Callaway Neopatriarchy: A Theory of Distorted Change in Arab Society. By Hisham Sharabi The Islamic Impulse. Edited by Barbara Freyer Stowasser Christians and Muslims Together: An Exploration by Presbyterians. Edited by Byron L Ägypten unter Mubarak: Identität und nationales Interesse. by Gudrun Krämer Towards Understanding the Qur⁾ān. Vol. 1, Sura 1–3. English version of Sayyid Abul A⁽la Mawdudi's Tafhim al-Qur⁽ān, translated and edited by Zafar Ishaq Ansari Middle East Contemporary Survey. Vol. IX. Edited by Itamar Rabinovich and Haim Shaked. The Sufi Path of Knowledge : Ibn al-⁽Arab?'s Metaphysics of Imagination. By William C. Chittick Colonising Egypt. By Timothy Mitchell Past-Revolutionary Iran. Edited by Hooshang Amirahmadi and Manouchehr Parvin Sacred Performances: Islam, Sexuality, and Sacrifice. By M. E. Combs-Schilling Islam: The Straight Path. By John L. Esposito Islam, Politics, and Social Movements. Edited by Edmund Burke, III, and Ira M. Lapidus Veiled Sentiments: Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin Society. By Lila Abu-Lughod     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Modern Arabic Drama Egypt. By M. M. Badawi
Sher Shah Sur, "Ustad-i Badshahan" Humayun, alias Sher Shah Suri. By Hussain Khan
Revolt in Palestine in the Eighteenth Century: the Era of Shaykh zahir al-⁽Umar. By Ahmad Hasan Joudah
Authority in Islam: from the rise of Muhammad to the establishment of the Umayyads. By Hamid Dabashi
The Middle East In Crime Fiction: Mysteries, Spy Novels and Thrillers from 1916 to the 1980's. By Reeva S. Simon
Early Arabic Drama. By M. M. Badawi
Discovering Islam: Making Sense of Muslim History and Society. By Akbar S. Ahmed
Language and change in the Arab Middle East: The Evolution of Modern Arabic Political Discourse. By Ami Ayalon     

BOOK REVIEWS

Studies in a Masque (1883, 1893). By S. Lane-Poole. Reprint, Beirut: Khayats, 1966. Sad b. MansāTgr ibn KammāTna's Examination of (the Inquiries into the Three Faitha Edited by Moshe Perlmann. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1967. pp. xii plus 119. $ 4.00. Islamic Shiite Encyclopedia, Volume I. By Hassan Al-Amin. London: Luzac & Co., Ltd, 1967. 271 pp. 3.00. L'Egypte Moderne, by Nada Tomiche. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1966 (No. 569 in Series entitled, “Que Sais-Je?” Le Point des Connaissances ActuelleS). The Mgarian Insurrection: 1954–1962. By Edgar O'Ballance. Hamden, Conn, Archon Books, 1967. pp. 231. $ 7.00. English-Arabic Dictionary of Political, Diplomatic and Conference Terms. By M. Mansoor. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York, 1961. pp. 352. Al-LisāTn al-^CArabi: Majallah dawryah lil-abhāTth al-lughawiyah wa-nashāTt al-tarjamah wa-al-ta rib al-alam al-^carabi. Published by Al-Maktab al-dāTim li-tansq al-ta^Crib, al-tāTbi^C li-jāTmi^cat al-duwal al^carabiyah. Rabat, Morocco, Vol. iv, for Rabi^c al-thāTn, 1386 (August, 1966). pp. 389. The Contribution of Arabic Language to Ancient Civilization. By Abdul-Hak Fadil (^CAbd al-Haqq FāTdil). Rabat: The Permanent Bureau of Arabisation in the Arab Counties, n.d. pp. 13.     

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Books reviewed in this article: Trialogue of the Abrahamic Faiths. Edited by Isma'il R. Al-Faruqi. The Tarjuman al-Qur'an: a critical analysis of Maulana Abu'l-Kalam Azad's approach to the understanding of the Qur'an. By I. H. Azad Faruqi. Major Themes of the Qur'ān. By Fazlur Rahman. Arabic Literature to the End of the Umayyad Period. Edited by A. F. L. Beeston, T. M. Johnstone, R. B. Serjeant and G. R. Smith. Man's Religious Quest: Units 20–21: Islam and the Muslim. By Kenneth Cragg. Muhammad and the Jews. By Barakat Ahmad. Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Empire: The Functioning of a Plural Society. Vol. I: The Central Lands; Vol. II: The Arabic-Speaking Lands. Edited by Benjamin Braude and Bernard Lewis. Minderheit, Millet, Nation?: Die Juden in Ägypten 1914–1952. (Studien zum Minderheiten-problem im Islam). By Gudrun Krämer. Reislamisierung und Entwicklungspolitik [Forschungsberichte des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit, Band 30]. By D. Khalid. The Middle East Annual: Issues and Events [Volume 1–1981]. Edited by David H.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book Review in this Articles Kanz al-mulūk fi kaifiyyat as-sulūk (The Treasure of Princes on the Fashion of Behaviour) ascribed to Sibt ibn al-Djauzi. Edited by Gosta Vitestam Structural Continuity in Poetry, A Linguistic Study in Five Pre-Islamic Arabic Odes. By Mary Catherine A Lover from Palestine and Other Poems. Edited by Abdul Wahab Al-Messeri. Arabic and Persian Poems in English. By Omar S. Poud. The Arab-Israeli Conformation of June 1967: An Arab Perspective. Edited by Ibrahim Abu-Lughod. Palestine: A Search for Truth. Edited by Alan R. Taylor and Richard N. Tetile. L'Expansion Musulmane (VII^e-XI^e, Siécles) [Vol. 20 of Nouvelle Clio, L'Hisorie et see Problétnes]. By Robert Mantran. A Brief History of Islam, a Christian Interpretation. By Harry Boer. The Authority of the Past: A Study of These Muslim Modernists. By Sheila McDonough. Arab Intellectuals and the West: The Formative Years, 1825-1914. By Hisham Sharabi. Les Universités dans le monde Arabe Actuel. By Jean-Jacques The Land To Those Who Work it: Algeria's Experiment in Workers' Management. By thomas L. Blair. Layatey in Morocco: Protectorate Administration 1912-1925. Alan Scham. The Emergence of Modern Afganistan: Politics of Reform and Modernization, 1880-1946. By Vartan Gregorian.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books Reviewed in this article: al-Masih fi‘l-Qur'ān wa‘l-Tawrāt wa‘l-Injil. By ‘Abd al-Karim al-Kha?ib. ¹ Cairo: Dār al-Kutub al-?adltha, 1966. 584 pp., L. E. 1,000. Islamic History of the Middle East. By Wilson B. Bishai. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. Inc., 1968. pp. 399. The Arab Cold War, 1958–1967 (Second Edition). By Malcolm Kerr. London: Oxford University Press, 1967. 169 pp. The Origins of Communism in Turkey. By George S. Harris. Stanford, California: Stanford University, The Hoover Institution, 1967. 215 pp. 12 photographs, map, end notes, appendices, bibliography, index. The Middle East: A Social Geography. By Stephen H. Longrigg. Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company. First published 1963; paperback issued 1967. 288 pp. 4 maps. 69 photographs.     

Folktales

ZEUS : A STUDY IN ANCIENT RELIGION. By ARTHUR BERNARD COOK. Vol. II. Zeus God of the Dark Sky (Thunder and Lightning). Part I, Text and Notes. Pages xliii + 858; xlvii Pl. + 795 text figs. Part II, Appendices and Index. Pp. 859–1397; Figs. 796–1026. Cambridge: University Press, 1925. £8 8s. Reviewed by H. J. Rose.

LES SARACATSANS. UNE TRIBU NOMADE GRECQUE. By CARSTEN HOEG. Tom. I. Etude Linguistique précédée d'un Notice Ethnographique. Pp. xx + 312. Tom. II. Textes, (Contes et Chansons). Vocabulaire Technique. Index Verborum. Pp. 212. Paris: Edouard Champion, 1925–6. 9? x 6?. Reviewed by W. R. Halliday.

JAHRBUCH FÜR HISTORISCHE VOLKSKUNDE. Vol. I. Die Volkskunde und Ihre Grenzgebiete. Pp. 348. Vol. II. Vom wesen der Volkskunst. Pp. 216. Berlin : Herbert Stubenrauch, 1925–6. Sm. 4to. Reviewed by M. Gaster.

SIBERIAN AND OTHER FOLK TALES. Primitive Literature of the Empire of the Tsars, Collected and Translated, with an Introduction and Notes, by C. FILLINGHAM COXWELL. The C. W. Daniel Company, 1925. 8? x 5½. Pp. 1056. £2 2s. n. Reviewed by M. Gaster.

CARDIGANSHIRE ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. Transactions. Vol. 4. Aberystwyth: “Cambrian News,” Ltd., 1926. 9? x6½. Pp. 96.     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality? By John L. Esposito. The Origins of Arab Nationalism. By Rashid Khalidi, L. Anderson, M. Muslih, and R. S. Simon, eds. Both Right and Left Handed: Arab Women Talk About Their Lives. By Bouthaina Shaaban. Saudi-Yemeni Relations: Domestic Structures and Foreign Influence. By F. Gregory Gause III. Live Theatre and Dramatic Literature in Medieval Arabic World. By Shmuel Moreh. The United States and the Middle East: a Search for New Perspectives. Edited by Hooshang Amirahmadi.     

REVIEWS/COMPTES RENDUS

Book reviewed in this article: Ground Truth: The Social Implications of Geographic Information Systems, edited by John, Pickles / STEPHEN DIDUNYK L'eau de neige: le tiède et le frais, by Xavier de Planhol /j.h. galloway Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology, par A.M. Galperin, V.S. Zaytsev et Y.A. Norvatov; Biogéographie des milieux aquatiques, par Gabriel Rougerie / jean-marie M. dubois Visualization in Modern Cartography, edited by Alan MacEachren and D.R. Fraser Taylor/BARRY BRADLEY Development, Geography, and Economic Theory, by Paul Krugman / trevor barnes Ground Truth: The Social Implications of Geographic Information Systems edited by john pickles L'eau de neige:le tiéde et le frais by xavier de planhol, Editions Fayard Par A.M. Galperin, V.S. Zaytsev et Y.A. Norvatov Balkema Biogéographie des milieux aquatiques par Gabriel rougerie, Armand Colin Visualization in Modern Cartography edited by alan maceachren and d.r. fraser taylor Cartographer to the New Zealand Historical Atlas Project Development, Geography, and Economic Theory by paul krugman The Canadian Geographer On Line /Le Géographe canadien « en ligne » The Canadian Geographer home page is shown below:/La page d'accueil du Géographe Canadien apparaît ci-dessous: THE CANADIAN GEOGRAPHER LE GÉOGRAPHE CANADIEN Journal of the Canadian Association of Geographers Revue de l'Association canadienne des géographes Editors / Rédacteurs: Barry Boots and/et Houston Saunderson Department of Geography, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3C5 Choose one of the following hyperlinks (highlighted) / Choisissez l'un des hyperliens qui suivent: 1. Abstracts of articles recently published / Résumé's de publications récentes 2. Abstracts of current issue [41 (1), 19971 / Résumés de publications courantes [41 (1), 1997] 3. Abstracts of next issue / Résumés de publications prochaines 4. Abstracts of articles forthcoming/ Résumés d'articles à paraître 5. Editorial Advisory Board / Le comité de rédaction 6. List of officers 1996–1997 / Liste des administrateurs 1996–1997     

Notes on Venezuela

EUROPE.

Highways and Byways in South Wales. By A. G. Bradley; with Illustrations by Frederick S. Griggs. London: Macmillan and Co., 1903. Pp.418. Price 6s.

Côtes et Ports Français de la Manche. By Charles Lenthiérie. Paris: Plon, Nourrit et Cie. Pp. 319, with 8 Maps. Price 5 francs.

The Survey Atlas of England and Wales. John Bartholomew and Co., The Geographical Institute, Edinburgh. Under the patronage of the Royal Geographical Society, 1903.

Botany of the Fæeröes, based upon Danish Investigations. Part II. Copenhagen: Det Nordiske Vorlag, Ernst Bojesen. 1903.

ASIA.

Formosa wider the Dutch, described from Contemporary Records. By Rev. Wm. Campbell, F.R.G.S., English Presbyterian Mission, Tainan. London: Kegan, Paul and Co., 1903. Pp. 629. Price 12s.

Le Japon d'aujourd'hui. Par G. Weulebsee. Paris : Armand Colin, 1904. Pp. 364. Price 4 fr.

L'Armée Chinoise. Par Général H. Frey, de l'Armée Coloniale. Paris : Hachette et Oie, 1904. Pp. 173.

Fasciculi Malayenses. Anthropological and Zoological Results of an Expedition to Perak and the’ Siamese Malay States, 1901–1902, undertaken by Nelson Annandale and Herbert 0. Robinson, under the auspices of the University of Edinburgh and University College, Liverpool. Anthropology: Part I. Zoology : Part I, Published for the University Press of Liverpool by Longmans, Green and Co., London, New York, and Bombay. 1003.

AFRICA.

Beautiful Biskra. By C. Howard Tripp. Derby, London, and Watford : Bemiose and Sons, Ltd., 1903. Pp. vi + 93. Price 1s.

St. Helena: the Historic Island. By E. L. Jackson. London, New York, and Melbourne: Ward, Lock and Co., Ltd., 1903. Pp. iv + 343. Price 6s.

A Search for the Mashed Tawareks. By W. J. Harding King, M.R.A.S., F.RG.S. London : Smith, Elder and Co., 1903. Pp. viii + 334. Price 12s. 6d.

Dawn in the Dark Continent of Africa and its Missions : the Duff Missionary Lectures for 1902. By James Stewart, D.D., M.D., etc. Pp. 400. With Maps by J. G. Bartholomew. Edinburgh and London : Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier.

La Vérité sur le Congo. Bruxelles : J. Lebègue et Cie.

America

Jamaica as it is, 1903. By B. Pollen‐Barry. London : T. Fisher Unwin, 1903. Pp. xv + 240. Price 6s.

AUSTRALASIA.

Western Australian Year Book for 1900–1. By Malcolm A. C. Fraser. Government Statistician and Registrar‐General for Western Australia, Perth, 1902.

Two Awheel and Some Others Afoot in Australia. By Arthur Jose. London: J. M. Dent and Co. Pp. 216. 24 Illustrations. Price 3s. 6d. net.

GENERAL.

Geographen‐Kalender, herausgegeben von Dr. Hermann Haack. Erster Jahrgang, 1903–1904. Gotha : Justus Perthes, 1903. Pp. xv + 124. Price M. 3.

The Scottish Historical Review, being a new series of The Scottish Antiquary established 1886. Glasgow : MacLehose and Sons.

The Text and Versions of John de Piano Carpini and William de Rubruquis, as printed for the first time by Hakluyt in 1598, together with some shorter pieces. Edited by C. Raymond Beazley, M. A., F.R.G.S. London: Printed for the Hakluyt Sooiety, 1903.

The Mutual Relations of the Sun and Earth. By C. Robertson, M.D., M.R.S.G.S., Edinburgh : St. Giles Printing Company, 1903. Pp. 59.

A Monograph on the Tsetse Flies, genus Glossina (Westwood), based on the collection in the British Museum. By Ernest Edward Austen. With a chapter on mouth parts by H. J. Hansen. “Pp. ix + 319. London : Printed by order of the Trustees, 1903.     

New books

Lehrbuch der Geographie, von Hermann Wagner. Sechste, gänzlich umgear‐beitete Auflage von Guthe‐Wagner's “Lehrbuch der Geographie.” Erster Band—Erschienen in 4 Lieferungen, 1894–1899—Einleitung. Allgemeine Erdkunde. Hannover und Leipzig. Hahn'sche Buchhandlungen, 1900. Pp. xvi + 882.

La Traversée de l'Afrique du Zambèze au Congo Français. Par Edouard Foá. Paris: Librairie Plon. Pp. xii + 323.

Eaglehawk and Crow: A Study of the Australian Aborigines. By John Matiiew, M.A., B.D. London : David Nutt; and Melbourne : Melville, Mullen, and Slade, 1899. With Illustrations and a Linguistic Map. Pp. xvi. and 288. Price 18s. net.

Origin and Character of the British People. By Nottidge Charles Macnamara. London : Smith, Elder, and Co. 1900. Pp. 234. With 33 Illustrations. Price 6s.

La Rénovation de l'Asie. Par Pierre Leroy‐Beaulieu. Armand Colin et Cie, Editeurs. Paris, 5. Rue de Mézières, 1900.

Narrative of Cruises in the Mediterranean during the Greek War of Independence, 1822–26. By William Black, L.E.C.S.E., Surgeon H.M.S. Chanticleer. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd; London : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., Limited, 1900. Price 14s.

British America. ("The British Empire Series.”) London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Co., Limited, Paternoster House, Charing Cross Road, 1900.

Bilder aus dem Kaukasus. Neue Studien zur Kenntnis Kaukasiens. Von C. von Hahn, Professor am I. Gymnasium zu Tiflis. Leipzig : Dunckler und Humbolt, 1900. Pp. 335. Price 6 M.

Surveying and Exploring in Siam. By James McCarthy, F.R.G.S., Director‐General of the Siamese Government Surveys. London : John Murray, 1900. Pp. xii + 215. Price 10s. 6d. net.

The Value of the Waters of the Great Rivers of India. By Major‐General F. C. Cotton.

Die Insel Giglio. Prague : Heinr. Mercy Sohn, 1900. Folio. Pp. 127.

Nelson's Supplementary Reader—The Story of the North‐West and North‐East Passages. By C. G. Cash, F.R.S.G.S. London, Edinburgh, and New York : Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1899.

La Spéléologie on Science des Cavernes. Par E. A. Martel (Scientia, Mars 1900). Paris : G. Carré et C. Naud. Pp.126. Price 2 frcs.

Dent's County Guides.—I. Hampshire with the Isle of Wight. By George A. B. Dewar, John Vaughan, and others. II. Norfolk. By William A. Duff. London : J. M. Dent and Co., 1900. Price 4s. 6d. net each.

Sir Stamford Raffles. England in the Far East. By Hugh E. Egerton, M.A. ("Builders of Greater Britain” Series.) London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1900. Pp. 290. Price 5s.

Khaki in South Africa. China of To‐day: The Yellow Peril. London : George Newnes, Ltd., 1900. Price 5s. each.

How to read the War News from China. London : T. Fisher Unwin, 1900. Pp. 142. Price 1s.

The Dominion of Canada: With Newfoundland and an Excursion to Alaska. Handbook for Travellers. By Karl Baedeker. Second revised edition. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. 1900. Pp. lxii + 268. Price M. 5.     

The Cape‐to‐Cairo railway

Among the Berbers of Algeria. By Anthony Wilkin. London : T. Fisher Unwin, 1900. Pp. xiv + 263. Price 16s.

The Siege of Kumassi. By Lady Hodgson. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901. Price 21s.

Hints to Travellers : Scientific and General. Edited for the Council of the Royal Geographical Society. By John Coles, F.R.G.S., F.E.A.S. Eighth Edition. London : The Royal Geographical Society, 1901. 2 vols.' Price 15s. net.

The Indian Borderland, 1880–1900. By Colonel Sir T. Hungerford Holdich, K.C.I.E., etc. With twenty‐two illustrations and a map. London: Methuen and Co., 1901. Pp. xii + 402. Price 15s. net.

Un Séjour dan l'Ile de Ceylan. Per Jules Leclercq. Paris : Plon‐Nourrit et Cie., 1900. Pp. xii + 293.

The Statesman's Year‐Book Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1901. Edited by J. Scott Keltie, LL.D., with the assistance of I. P. A. Eenwick, M.A., LL.B. Thirty‐eighth Annual Publication. London : Macmillan and Co., 1901. Pp. 1320. Price 10s. 6d.

The Civilisation of the East. By Dr. Fritz Hommel. (“The Temple Primers.”) London: J. M. Dent and Co., 1900. Pp. xii + 140.

Ethnology. By Dr. Michael Hoberlandt. Translated by J. H. Loewe. (“The Temple Primers.”) London : J. M. Dent and Co., 1900. Pp. viii + 169.

Chinese Pictures. Notes on Photographs made in China. By Mrs. J. F. Bishop, F.R.G.S. London : Cassell and Co. Price 3s. 6d.

A History of Egypt in the Middle Ages. By Stanley Lane‐Poole. London : Methuen and Co., 1901. Pp. 382. Price 6s.

The Story of the War in South Africa, 1899–1900. By Captain A. T. Mahan, U.S.N. With Map and Portrait of the Author. London : Sampson Low, Marston, and Company, 1900. Pp. vi + 322, including Index. Price 10s. 6d.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
The Land of Promise: A Critique of Political Zionism . By Abedelwahab M. Elmessiri
The Islamic Dynasties: A Chronolological and Genealogical Handbook . By Clifford Edmund Bosworth
Marxism and Other Western Fallacies: An Islamic Critique . By Ali Shari'ati. Trans. by R. Campbell
The Hijaz Railroad . By William Ochsenwald
The History of Egypt . By P. J. Vatikiotis
Islamic and Western Concepts of Civilization . By Muhammad Abdul Jabbar Beg
Wisdom of Islamic Civilization: A Miscellany of Islamic quotations . Compiled and translated by Muhammad Abdul Jabbar Beg
Women in Contemporary Muslim Societies . Edited by Jane I. Smith
Electoral Politics in the Middle East: Issues, Voters and Elites . Edited by Jacob M. Landau
Islam and Development: Religion and Sociopolitical Change . Edited by John L. Esposito
To Ride a Magic Carpet . By George W. Braswell
urī Zaidāk. His Lire and Thought . By Thomas Philipp
The Calligraphy of Islam: Reflections on the State of the Art . By Mohamed U. Zakariya
Egypt's Uncertain Revolution Under Nasser and Sadat . By Raymond William Baker
Weber and Islam: a critical study . By Bryan S. Turner
Karim Khan Zand: A History of Iran, 1747–1779 . By John R. Perry
Arabic Loan-Words in Malay: A Comparative Study. 2nd edition . By Dr. Muhammad Abdul Jabbar Beg
Islam . By Fazlur Rahman
Faith and Belief . By Wilfred Cantwell Smith
The History of the Sudan from the Coming of Islam to the Present Day. 3rd edition . By P. M. Holt and M. W. Daly
The Recitation and Interpretation of the Qur'an: Al-Ghazālī's Theory . By Muhammad Abul Quàsem
Al-Ghazālīon Islamic Guidance . By Muhammad Abul Quasem
The Clouded Lens: Persian Gulf Security and US. Policy . By James H. Noyes     

BOOK REVIEWS

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.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Islam: A Survey of the Muslim Faith. By C. George Fry and James R. King. Islam and the West: The Moriscos. A Cultural and Social History. By Anwar G. Chejne. The Muslim Community in North America. Edited by Earle H. Waugh, Baha Abu-Laban, and Regula B. Qureshi. Islam in India: Studies and Commentaries. Edited by Christian W. Troll. The Afghan Connection: The Extraordinary Adventures of Major Eldred Pottinger. By George Pottinger. Modern Arab Thought: Channels of the French Revolution to the Arab East. By Ra'?f Khūr?, translated by I?sān 'Abbās, edited by Charles Issawi. The Palestinian Liberation Organisation: People, Power and Politics. By Helena Cobban. The Zionist Connection II: What Price Peace? By Alfred M. Lilienthal. Faith and Power: The Politics of Islam. By Edward Mortimer. Sex and Society in Islam: Birth Control Before the Nineteenth Century. By B. F. Musallam. Studies on Byzantium, Seljuks, and Ottomans: Reprinted Studies. Byzantina kai Metabyzantina, Vol. 2. By Speros Vryonis, Jr. Malibu Society and Religion in Early Ottoman Egypt: Studies in the Writings of 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Sha'ran?. By Michael Winter. Chants Musulmans en Peul. By J. Haafkens. Love, Madness, and Poetry: An Interpretation of the Maǧnūn Legend. By As'ad E. Khairallah. The Churches and Islam in Europe (II). By Jan Slomp and others. The Republic of Lebanon: Nation in Jeopardy. By David C. Gordon. I Speak for Lebanon. Kamal Joumblatt. Translated by Michael Pallis. Issues in Islamic Banking: Selected Papers. By Muhammad Nejatullah Siddiqi. The Memoirs of a Syrian Prince: Abu'l-Fidā', Sultan of Hamāh (672–732/1273–1331). Translated with an introduction by P. M. Holt. Une Herméneutique de la Tradition Islamique: Le Commentaire des Arba'ūn al-Nawaw?ya de Mu?y? al-D?n Ya?y? al-Nawaw? (m. 676/1277): Introduction, texte arabe, traduction, notes et index du vocabulaire. By Louis Pouzet.     

The Several Origins of the Ideas of Unseen,Personal Beings

THE NEW COMPARATIVE MYTHOLOGY, An Anthropological Assessment of the Theories of Georges Dumézil. By C. SCOTT LITTLETON. University of California Press, 1966. Pp. 242. 48s. net. Reviewed by E. O. James.

WESTALPENSAGEN. Europäische Sagen IV. By WILL-ERICH PEUCKERT, Berlin, Erich Schmidt Verlag, 1965. Pp. 253. Reviewed by W. F. H. Nicolaisen.

TALES OF THE WEST OF IRELAND. By JAMES BERRY. Edited by G. M. Horgan, Dublin, The Dolmen Press, 1966. Pp. x, 217. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

IRISH WAKE AMUSEMENTS. SEÁN O SÚILLEABHÁIN. Cork. The Mercier Press, 1967. Pp. 188. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

BILDNIS UND BRAUCH. Studien zur Bildfunktion der Effigies. By WOLFGANG BRÜCKNER. Berlin, Erich Schmidt Verlag, 1966. Pp. 361; 18 plates. Reviewed by Ellen Ettlinger.

A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOUTH ASIAN FOLKLORE. By EDWIN CAPERS KIRKLAND. Indiana University Folklore Series, No. 21. 4^o The Hague, Mouton &; Co., 1966. Pp. xxiv, 291. 36 Dutch guilders (no price mentioned in sterling — or in dollars). Reviewed by Wilfrid Bonser.

ANTAURA. THE MERMAID AND THE DEVIL'S GRANDMOTHER. By A. A. BARB. Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, Vol. XXIX, 1966. Reviewed by E. O. James.     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article: Paul James, Nation Formation: Towards a Theory of Abstract Community. Joep Leerssen, Remembrance and Imagination. Patterns in the Historical and Literary Representation of Ireland in the Nineteenth Century. Susan Paul Pattie, Faith in History: Armenians Rebuilding Community. C. C. Barfoot (ed.), Beyond Pug's Tour: National and Ethnic Stereotyping in Theory and Literary Practice. Thomas J. Biersteker and Cynthia Weber (eds.), State Sovereignty as Social Construct Michel Wieviorka (ed.), Une société fragmentée? Le multiculturalisme en débat. Gérard Noiriel, The French Melting Pot: Immigration, Citizenship, and National Identity. David Westerlund (ed.), Questioning the Secular State: The Worldwide Resurgence of Religion in Politics. Philip Pettit, Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and Government. John R. Lampe, Yugoslavia as History: Twice There Was a Country. Paul R. Brass, Theft of an Idol: Text and Context in the Representation of Collective Violence. K. E. Schulze, M. Stokes and C. Campbell (eds.), Nationalism, Nationalities and Diasporas: Identities and Rights in the Middle East. Dusan Kecmanovic, The Mass Psychology of Ethnonationalism.     

National functions of the imperial institute

Fragments of Earth Lore. By Professor Geikie, D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., etc. Edinburgh: John Bartholomew and Co., 1893. Pp. 428.

Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical, and Historical. New Edition. Edited by Francis H. Groome. London: William Mackenzie, N.D. Vols. 1. and 11. Aan to Eynort. Pp. 288 and 272.

Geografia y Geológia del Ecuador. Publicada por Órden del Supremo Gobierno de la Kepública por Teodoro Wolf, Dr. Phil., Antiguo Profesor de la Escuela Politecnica de Quito y Geó1ogo del Estado. Con 12 Laminas autotípicas, 47 Ilustraciones en el texto, y 2 Cartas. Leipzig: Tipografía de F. A. Brockhaus, 1892. Pp. xii + 671.

Venice: An Historical Sketch of the Bepublic. By Horatio F. Brown. With Maps and Plan. London: Percival and Co., 1893. Pp. xxiii + 434. Price 16s.

Lettres sur l'Inde. Par Monseigneur Laouenan, de la Société des Missions‐étrangères, Archevêque de Pondichéry. Publiées par Adrien Launay, de la même Société. Paris: Librairie Victor Lecoffre, 1893. Pp. 296.

Russia. Note e Ricordi di Viaggio. Di Giuseppe Modrich. Torino‐Roma: L. Roux e C., 1892. Pp. 550. Price 5 L.

Historic Towns: York. By James Raine, M.A., D.C.L. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893. Pp. xi + 223. Price 3s. 6d.

Scotland Before 1700: From Contemporary Documents. Edited by P. Hume Brown. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1893. Pp. xx + 368.

Sunny Manitoba: Its Peoples and its Industries. By Alfred 0. Legge. With Map and Iilustrations. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1893. Pp. 297.

Carnet d'un Voyageur. Au Pays des Veddas, Ceylan. Par Emile Deschamps, Officier d'Académie, etc. etc. Avec 116 figures d'après les croquis et photographies de l'auteur, et une carte. Paris: Société d'Editions Scientifiques, 1892. Pp. iv + 492.

A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and other Papers of Importance relating to British Affairs in Malabar. Edited with notes by W. Logan, Madras Civil Service. Second Edition. Madras: Printed by the Superintendent, Government Press, 1891. Pp. xxvi + 402 + xlv.

Four Months in Persia, and a Visit to Transcaspia. By C. E. Biddulph, M.A., etc. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Co., 1892. Pp. 137. Price 3s. 6d.

Letters from Queensland. By The Times Special Correspondent. London: Macmillan and Co., 1893. Pp. 110. Price 2s. 6d.

Amerika. Eine allgemeine Landeskunde. In Gemeinschaft mit Dr. E. Deckert und Professor Dr. W. Kükenthal herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Sievers. Leipzig und Wien, 1893.

Longmans’ School History of India. By the Rev. G. U. Pope, D.D., sometime Fellow of the Madras University. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1892. Pp. 303. Price 2s. 6d.

Philips's Geographical Manuals. The Geography of the British Colonies and Dependencies, Physical, Political, Commercial. By William Hughes, F.R.G.S., and J. Francos Williams, F.R.G.S. London: George Philip and Son, 1892. Pp. viii + 232. Price 2s. 6d.

Practical Guide to the Geography of the British Isles and General Geography. By R. Burnett. Aberdeen: John Adam, 1893. Pp. 132. Price 1s. 6d.

The Geography of Asia: A Brief Handbook for Students. London: Blackie and Son, Limited, 1893. Pp. 38. Price 6d.

The Elements of Physiography. By John I. Prince. Part II.: Advanced Stage. Seventh Edition. London: John Heywood, 1889. Pp. 176. Price 1s. 6d.

To the Other Side. By Thomas Rhodes. With Maps and Illustrations. London: George Philip and Son, 1893. [Edinburgh: Sold by J. and H. Lindsay.] Pp. 106. Price 1s.

Carlsbad: A Medico‐Practical Guide. By E. Kleen, M.D. Pp. 101. G. P. Putnam's Sons: New York and London, 1893.

Where to Go Abroad: A Guide to the Watering‐Places and Health‐Resorts of Europe, the Mediterranean, etc. Edited by A. E. Hope Moncrieff. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1893. Pp. 466. Price 3s. 6d.

Liberton in Ancient and Modern Times. By George Good. With Introduction by Kev. W. H. Gray, D.D. Edinburgh: Andrew Elliot, 1893. Pp. xx + 185.

A Ride from Land's End to John o’ Groats. By Evelyn Burnaby, M.A., S.C.L. London: Sampson Low, Marston, and Company (Limited), 1893. Pp. xxiv + 146.

Kamerun und Sudan. Von H. Jäger. Berlin: F. K. Beuge, 1893. Pp. 162.

Un Voyage au Yunnan. Par le Dr. Louis Pichon (of Shanghai). Paris: Plon, Nourrit et C^ie., 1893.

Louis Agassiz: His Life and Work. By Charles Frederick Holder, LL.D., Author of The Life of Charles Darwin, Living Lights, etc. (Leaders in Science Series.) 12mo, pp. xviii + 327. 28 Illustrations. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1892. Price $1.50.

Argentine, Patagonian, and Chilian Sketches, with a Few Notes about Uruguay. By C. E. Akers. London: Harrison and Sons. N. D. Pp. vi + 190.

The Australians: A Social Sketch. By Francis Adams. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1893. Pp. 314.

Letters from South Africa. By The Times Special Correspondent. London: Macmillan and Co., 1893. Pp. 116.

Tropical America. By Isaac N. Ford. London: Edward Stanford, 1893. Pp. 409. Price 10s. 6d.

Shearer's Illustrated Guide to Stirling, Stirling Castle, Bannockburn, Wallace's Monument, and Neighbourhood. Stirling: K. S. Shearer and Son, 1893. Pp. 108.

Northumberland: its History, its Features, and its People, by the Rev. James Christie, B.A. London. Carlisle: Charles Thurnam and Sons; Newcastle: Mawson, Swan, and Morgan; London: Presbyterian Publication Committee, 1893. Pp. 152.