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NEW BOOKS IN REVIEW PERSIAN COMPOSITION; by Aqa Qholam Hosein Darab, Senior Lecturer in Persian, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London ; 192 pages containing 111 exercises in English for rendering into Persian ; published by Arthur Probsthain, 41-Great Russel St.
" The author being an expert teacher of Persian has adopted an elegant method -of teaching Persian compositionthrough a series of graded exercises covering suggestive themes and thereby acquaint• ing the student with suitable Persian ·vocabulary needed for rendering such extent minimised the difficulties of learning a classical language and has shown a correct way of writing idiomatic Persian by suggesting suitable Persian renderings of less familiar English words and phrases.
The author has rightly remarked in this connection : "Translating English into Persian properly (or indeed trans• lating any language into another) for the purpose of composition is an art which requires a considerable practice and training.
·THIS exquisite collection contains an English version of 129 select ghazals of six eminent Persian poets of the classical period from Sanai to Jami with suggestive titles.
The preface though short is masterly in its survey of the several English translators of Persian poets.
HIS brief and interesting book serves as a background of al-Ghazzali's ethical thought.
A brief account of these different schools of Muslim thought is given in an admirable manner, every line of which is authenticated with reference to the books of authors of established reputation and scholarship.