The Equinox (Volume I, Number V)

THE EQUINOX name written upon that organ, according to Mr Pryse! Iacchus: IAO= Jehovah, and concentrates LN.R.[. We recommend the book for its suggestion and insight; it is one of the best of the kind. NICK LAMB. SALAMAN ET ABSAL, POEME ALLE‘GORIQUE PERSAN DE DJAMI. Traduit par AUGUSTE BRICTEUX, Ph.D., Litt.D,, etc. etc., avec une Introduction sur le Mysticisme persan, etc, Bruxelles, 10 rue de la Tribune (Librairie Ch. Carrington). 10fram-:. A magnificent volume without and within. This, with the single exception of the "Bagh-i-muattar"(Probsthain& Co., 19w, 3 gh, and therefore difficult of access), is the greatest of Persian mystic treatises, though it is rather elementary- But we can recommend no better volume for those who know but a little. Dr Bricteux has no experience of mysticism, and so makes mistakes, This was to be expected, but I am surprised at the scholar’s error of asserting that the Hindu system lacks the method of love. As ninety-five Hindus practise Bhakti-Yoga for five that practise any other kind, we advise Dr Bricteux to be more careful, But this is a small blemish on a very fine essay. ABHAVANANDA. RUBAIYAT D’OMAR KHAYYAMI. Mis en Rimes frangaises par JuLEs DE BARTHOLD. Bruxellas, 10 rue de la Tribune (Librairie Ch. Carrington). sfnzm's. Since the “loathsome and abominable” disclosures with regard to Edward Fitzgerald and “Posh,” Ι suppose every decent Englishman has burnt his copy of the Quatrains. It is consequently very pleasant to find a new translation, accurately representing the original, in beautiful and lucid French, The verses flow with the sound of wine poured in a thirsty country, We can recommend this book to all lovers of whom the Daily T21457741)!» would call “ the astronomer- poet of Persia,” and then “the tent-maker of Naishapurt” A. L. MAURICE MAETERLINCK. Par GERARD HARVEY. Bruxelles, Ch. Carrington. ago/"mna. I hope I shall find 3 Gerard Harvey at the Day of Judgment. There is none of that nasty carping spirit which spoils so many sunny natures. When the great Maurice dines alone, it is his almost monachal asceticism; when he has company, it is his genial bonhomie. He smokes—how brave of him; but of course it is denicotinised tobacco—how prudent of him! He sometimes sleeps alone—the modern Galahad; and sometimes with somebody else—“ even his 168