The Academy and Literature Volume 24 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ...national life and thought bsyoni the circles of dilettantism." Monthly, price Hilf---Crown. THE CONTEMPORARY REVIEW. CONTESTS FOR OCTOBER. THE PROGRESS of LABOUR. Ily FREDERIC HARRISOH. THE RISE and PALL of AMSTERDAM, Ily RICHARD HEATH. PURGATORY and MODERN HEVELATIOK8. By Profuaor SAUIOX. SAMUEL RICHARDSON. Br H. D. TRAILL, D.C.L. WHY HAVE tba TEOMANRT PERISHED? Br JOB RAE. EARTH MOVEMENTS I n JAVA. By RICHARD A. PROCTOR. THE BENGAL TENANCY BILL: --I. Br J. Daoosta. IL By Florence Niohtikoale. SOME SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS of AUSTRALIA. Br AiCHIRALD FORRES. CONTEHPORART LIFE and THOUGHT In FRANCS. Br Gabriel MOKOD. CONTEMPORARY RECORDS. MODERN HISTORY. By Ul- Rot. M. CEEIOHTOS. MEW BOOKS. Loudon; IaBISTU Co. (LIMITED), W, Ludja--WU, B, C. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1863. No. 596, New Series. Thb Editob cannot undertake to return, or to correspond with the writers of, rejected manuscript. It is particularly requested that all business letters regarding the supply of the paper, Sfc, may be addressed to the Publishes, and not to the Editob. LITERATURE. The Quatrains of Omar Khayyam. The Persian Text, with an English Verse Translation. By E. H. Whinfield. (Triibner.) Mb. Whinfield gives us the first English recension of the text of 'Umar-i Khaiyam, the famous astronomer-poet of Nishapur, who was contemporary with Nizamu '1-Mulk, the vazir of Alp Arslan and Malik Shah, and died (if we may believe the Preface to the Calcutta MS.) in 517 A, h. Khaiyam has already been introduced to English readers in a partial, but very poetical, version made by the late Mr. Edward Fitzgerald; and he is indebted for most of the favour he has hitherto received from English readers to this elegant paraphrase, which has been looked upon, however, more in the light of origina...