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An Inquiry into the Religious Tenets of the Yezeedeesby George Percy Badger A short account of the Yezidis by a Christian Missionary. "This is a short extract from a book by a Christian missionary which gives some historical observations on the Yezidi people of northern Iraq. For more...

The Legends of the Jews ( Volume IV: From Joshua to Esther) Louis Ginzberg was born in Kovno, Lithuania on November 28, 1873, to a family of rabbinic scholars which had once included well-known Lithuanian intellectual Rabbi Elijah Gaon. By age 14, he had memorized the Bible, and had a vast...

THE MYSTERIES OF MITHRA by Franz Cumont The colorful Mithraic religion originated in Persia, enjoyed enormous popularity in Europe, and was ultimately destroyed by Christianity. This definitive treatment of Mithra by a leading authority on classical religions pieces together its mysteries:...

Bunyan by James Anthony Froude 'I was of a low and inconsiderable generation, my father's house being of that rank that is meanest and most despised of all families in the land.' 'I never went to school, to Aristotle or Plato, but was brought up in my father's house in a very mean condition,...

Church Order by Reformed Churches in the Netherlands Administration for the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands.

The Cabala by Bernhard Pick A short critical introduction to the Kabbalah. Although the Cabala belongs to the past, it demands our attention on account of the interest taken in it by such men as Raymond Lully, John Reuchlin and others. Contents: Name and origin of the Cabala; development...

The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies by Robert Kirk and Andrew Lang This monograph, originally written in 1691, is a classic of Scottish fairy folklore. These Subterraneans have Controverfies, Doubts, Difputes, Feuds, and Siding of Parties... As to Vice and Sin, whatever...

The Secret Rose Garden of Sa'd Ud Din Mahmud Shabistari, Translated by Florence Lederer It is nearly seven hundred years since Mahmūd planted his garden with roses of Love and Adoration, of Reason and of spiritual Illumination. Since then many have wandered there, lingering in the secret paths...

The Bustan of Sadi by Sadi, tr. by A. Hart Edwards A Persian Sufi poet's legacy of wisdom. This is a prose translation of the Bustan of Sadi, originally published as part of the Wisdom of the East series in the early 20th century, and long out of print. This little book is full of practical...

The Mahabharata, Book 2: Sabha Parva Kisari Mohan Ganguli, tr. Om! After having bowed down to Narayana, and Nara, the most exalted male being, and also to the goddess Saraswati, must the word Jaya be uttered. It is of immense importance to the culture of the Indian subcontinent, and...

Love and Death by Sri Aurobindo "This is a blank-verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter) retelling of a popular story from the Mahabharata, the tale of Ruru and Priyumvada. The hero, Ruru, quests into the afterlife to beg for the resurrection of his beloved bride, Priyumvada, killed by snake-bite....

The Book of Filial Duty By Ivan Chen This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional...

The Man in the Panther's Skin by Shota Rustaveli, tr. by Marjory Scott Wardrop "Georgia is a central Asian region which is situated in the mountains between the Black and Caspian seas. This, the 'Man in the Panther Skin' (also known as 'the Knight in the Panther Skin') is a 12th century...

The Gulistan of Sa'di tr. by Edwin Arnold One of the most important of the medieval Persian poets, SA'DI (1194-1292) is still read widely today, with an influence that extends to Western writers such as La Fontaine, Diderot, Voltaire, Hugo, Balzac, Goethe, and Emerson. He spent much of his...