Books
In reading a large number of works bearing upon the subjects of this Introduction, I have remarked a curious freedom of quotation in most of the writers. I find the same sentence, or at least the same thought, repeated in several books without any reference to the author who first put it forth. Each writer seems to have studied his predecessors with such minuteness that he can quote their very words, but he does not appear to remember whence the words came. When a thought has once been perfectly expressed, it were a ridiculous vanity to seek to frame it in different words, and so far it is undoubtedly wise to make use of the best of what has preceded us; nevertheless, it is well to acknowledge our debt. Yet thoughts, and even phrases, impress themselves on the memory till one unconsciously comes to appropriate them as his own; and this, I doubt not, is the cause of much of the plagiarism I have noticed. It is extremely probable that I have been guilty of the same sin. I have crowded my pages with marks of quotation, sometimes with foot references, sometimes without (for the student of the subject will know where to look for them), but it is quite likely that I have often unconsciously used another’s phrase or metaphor without rendering thanks. So I now append a list of the principal European books I have used, and beg once and for all to record my indebtedness to their writers. The original Arabic authorities will dispense with my acknowledgments, and the catalogue of them would not assist the English reader who wishes to proceed further in the study of the subject, for whom this list may prove useful.
Burckhardt, J. L. Notes on the Bedouins and Wahábys. 2 vols. 1831.
Deutsch, Emanuel. Literary Remains. 1874.
Dozy, R. Essai sur l´Histoire de l´Islamisme, trad. par V. Chauvin. 1879.
Fresnel, F. Lettres sur l´Histoire des Arabes avant l´Islamisme. 1836-38.
Hughes, Rev. T. P. Notes on Muhammadanism. 2d ed. 1877.
Kremer, A. von. Geschichte der herrschenden Ideen des Isláms. 1868.
—— Culturgeschichte des Orients unter den Chalifen. 2 vols. 1876, 1877.
Lane, E. W. The Modern Egyptians. 5th ed. 1 vol. 1860.
—— The Thousand and One Nights (notes). 2d ed. 3 vols. 1859, 1860.
—— Selections from the Kur-án. 1st ed. 1843.
—— Arabic-English Lexicon, Preface, &c. 1863.
Lyall, C. J. Translations from the Hamâseh and the Aghânî; The Mo´allaqah of Zuheyr. (Journal As. Soc. of Bengal, 1878.)
Muir, Sir W. The Life of Mahomet. 4 vols. New edition.25 1867.
Nöldeke, Th. Geschichte des Qorâns. 1860.
—— Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Poesie der alten Araber. 1864.
Palgrave, W. Gifford. Central and Eastern Arabia. 6th ed. 1871.
Perceval, A.-P. Caussin de. Essai sur l´Histoire des Arabes avant l´Islamisme. 3 vols. 1847, 1848.
Poole, R. Stuart. Pagan and Muslim Arabs. (Fortnightly Review, October 15, 1865.)
Rodwell, J. M. El-Korân. 2d ed. 1876.
Sale, G. The Koran. 1836.
Sédillot, L.-A. Histoire Générale des Arabes. 2d ed. 2 vols. 1877.
Smith, R. Bosworth. Mohammed and Mohammedanism. 2d ed. 1876.
Sprenger, A. Das Leben und die Lehre des Mohammad. 2d ed. 3 vols. 1869.
St. Hilaire, T.-Barthélemy. Mahomet et le Coran. 2d ed. 1865.
Tiele, C. P. Outlines of the History of Religion, translated by J. E. Carpenter. (Trübner’s Philosophical Library. Vol. vii. 1877.)
Weil, G. Das Leben Mohammed’s nach Ibn Ishak bearbeitet von Ibn Hischam. 2 vols. 1864.
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