BOOK REVIEWS
Authors: Kain. David S. 
Published: April 2007

Books Reviewed in this article: The Arab Awakening: The Story of the Arab National Movement. By George Antonius. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1938; J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, 1939. pp. 471. 15s. $3.00. The Puzzle of Palestine. By David H. Popper. The Foreign Policy Association, New York, 1938. pp. 110. $.95. The Antiquities of South Arabia, being a translation from the Arabic, with linguistic, geographic, and historic notes of the eighth book of al‐Hamdāni's al‐Iklil, reconstructed from al‐Karmali's edition and a MS. in the Garrett collection Princeton University Library by Nabih Amin Faris. Princeton University Press, 1938. 8vo, pp. 4, 119. $2.50. Yesterday and Tomorrow in Northern Nigeria. By Walter Miller, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Student Christian Movement Press, London, pp. 182. Price 5s. Studies in Popular Islam.A Collection of Papers dealing with the Superstitions and Beliefs of the Common People. By Samuel M. Zwemer. London, The Sheldon Press; New York, The Macmillan Co. 8vo, pp. xi, 148 with four illustrations. 7/6d. Ancient Arabian Musical Instruments, as described by al‐Mufaddal ibn Salama (9th century) in the unique Istanbul manuscript of the Kitāb al‐Malähi. Text in Facsimile and Translation edited with notes by James Robson, including Notes on the Instruments by Henry George Farmer. Glasgow, Civic Press, 1938. 4to, pp. ix, 19 with 23 plates. Price 10/6d. La Mecque, Ville interdite.Par Jean Barois. Paris, 1938. Éditions Corréa. pp. 162 with five illustrations. 8vo. Al‐Hidayatu'l‐Amiriya and an Appendix Iqa' Sawa'iqi'l‐Irgham.Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Asaf A. A. Fyzee. Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1938. Pages 21+39. Moeurs et Coutumes des Fellahs, par Henry Habib Ayrout, S.J., Payot, Paris, 1933. 8vo. pp. 191, with 3 plans and 32 photographs. 25 fr. The Turkey of Atatürk. By Donald Everet Webster. The American Academy of Political and Social Science. Philadelphia, 1939. pp. 338. $2.50. Al Hadis: An English translation and commentary with vowel‐printed Arabic text of Mishkat‐ul‐Masabih (Containing sayings, doings and teachings of the Holy Prophet and events before and after Resurrection) with suitable arrangements into Chapters and Sections. By Alhaj Maulana Fazlul Karim, M.A., B.L., Book 1, pp. 739. Mohammadi Press, Calcutta. Rs. 7. Verzeichnis der Schriften von Cari Brockelmaan.Zusammengestellt von Otto Spies. Leipzig, 1938. Arabian Antic. By Ladislas Farago. Sheridan House, New York. pp. 319. $2.50. Revue Marocaine de Legislation, Doctrine, Jurisprudence Cherifiennes (Droit Musulman Malekite, Coutumes berberes, lois Israelites); Trimestrielle, en langue Française et Arabe.Fondée par Paul Zeys, Membre de l'Academic des Sciences Coloniales; Conseiller à la Cour d'Appel de Paris; Ancien Inspecteur des Juridictions Cherifiennes à Rabat et Ancien President de Chambre à la Cour d'Appel de Rabat.Published by the Société Anonyme de la Librairie du Recueil Sirey, Paris. Im Lande der ewigen Sonne. By Emanuel Kellerhals, Evangelischer Missionsverlag, Stuttgart und Basel, 1938. With maps and plates. M. 1. 60. pp. 91. Werfet die Netze aus: Erinnerungen. By Johannes Warneck. Martin Warneck, Berlin, 1938. pp. 250. 5 Mk. Die Pyrenäen‐Halbinsel als Ausfallstor für die Ausbreitung des Christentums.L. Ungelenk, Dresden, 1938. pp. 30. 0.60 M. Diwan of Khaki Khorasani.Persian Text, edited with an introduction, by W. Ivanow. Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press. True Meaning of Religion. By Shihabu'd‐Din Shah al‐Husayni. Persian text and an English translation by W. Ivanow. Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, iii+28 pp. Persian text 1933. Kalami Pir, A Treatise on Isma'ili Doctrine; also (wrongly) called Haft‐Babi Shah Sayyid Nasir. Edited in original Persian, and translated into English by W. Ivanow. Bombay, (pp. Introduction, lxviii, Translation, 113, Indexes, 115–146, Persian translation 117.) Two Early Ismaili Treatises: Haft‐babi Baba Sayyidna and Matlubu'l‐mu'minin. By Tusi. Persian Text An Introductory note by W. Ivanow. Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press. Pages 8+64. Caucus Race, by Henrietta Sands Merrick.G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1938. pp. 272 with 29 illustrations and a map. $3.00. Kapitel XXXIII der anonymen Arabischen Chronik Kashf al‐Gumma al‐Gami li‐Ahbar al‐umma betitelt Ahbar Ahl Oman min Auwal Islamihim Ila Htilaf Kalimatihim; (“Geschichte der Leute von‘Oman von ihrer Annahme des Islam bis zu ihrem Dissensus”)—auf Grund der Berliner Handschrift unter Heranziehung verwandter Werke herausgegeben. By Hedwig Klein. J. J. Augustin, Hamburg, 1938. pp. 66+46. Donkey Beads. By Miss Anna Ratzesberger. Chicago, Albert Whitman & Co., 1938. pp. 62. $1.75. To Persia for Flowers. By Alice Fullerton. Oxford University Press, New York, 1938. pp. 195. $3. Simple Colloquial Persian. By C. L. Hawker, M.A., published by Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1937. pp. 80. 3s. Asking Them Questions. By Ronald Selby Wright. Oxford University Press, New York, 1938. pp. 233. $1.25.