History of Turkey which appeared in the "Stories of the Nations" series. The History of Ottoman Poetry of which the first volume was published by Messrs. Luzac & Co. in 1900 was, however, the work of his life for which all the rest was but a preparation. Much as the remaining volumes of this monument of scholarship and taste must necessarily lose for lack of his final revision, it will be a satisfaction to all Orientalists to know that, except for a few chapters which the author evidently intended to add, the whole work exists in manuscript, and will be edited by Mr. E. G. Browne of Cambridge. It will comprise four more volumes, the last containing the Turkish texts translated in the earlier portion of the work; and the second volume, which was left practically ready for press, will very shortly be placed in the hands of the printers (Messrs. Brill of Leyden), so that its appearance may be expected within the current year. For a further account of Mr. Gibb's literary remains, and of the very valuable collection of Turkish and other Oriental manuscripts which he has bequeathed to the British Museum, the reader is referred to the Athenaeum of Jan. 13 of the current year, pp. 81-82. The destination of the remainder of his library, which also contains many rare and valuable books, has not yet been determined by his family. By his exquisite scholarship and indefatigable industry Mr. Gibb won the respcct and admiration of all who were capable of appreciating his work, while by those who knew him personally he was beloved for his amiable disposition, his unfailing kindness, and the nobility of his character. His loss, whether as a scholar or a friend, can neither be estimated nor made good. OBITUARY. The death is announced of Prof. Cornelis Petrus Tiele of Leyden, at the age of seventy-one. He was probably the greatest authority in Europe on the comparative history of religion, and as such was selected in 1896 to deliver the Gifford Lectures in Scotland, published as "Elements of the Science of Religion" (1897). He made many friends among us then and during other visits by his genial character and charm of manner. He had been teaching in Leyden since 1877. His books include "Parsism" (1864); "Comparative History of Egyptian and Mesopotamian Divine Worship" (1869-72); "Outlines of the History of Religion" (1877), which passed through two English Editions; "Compendium of the History of Religion", in various issues; "West Asia in the Light of the Latest Discovery" (1893), with English Version (1894); "Babylonisch-Assyrische Geschichte", in German (1886—7); and the important article "Religions" in the "Encyclopaedia Britannica". He was also a well-known preacher, and frequently wrote in the "Theologische Tijdschrift", which he helped to found. (Athenaeum). OBITUARY. We regret to have to record the death, of Professor A. Weber, which took place at Berlin, Nov. 30th last, in his 77th year. With his death one of the greatest Orientalists has passed away. What Weber has done for the Sanskrit and Prakrit studies will always remain of the highest value. His greatest work has been the edition of the "White Yajur-veda" which began to appear in 1849. In 1853 Prof. Weber commenced his Catalogue of the Sanskrit and Prakrit Manuscripts in the Royal Library, Berlin. This large work completed in 1892 will always remain a standard work. Among his works we quote the following: Indische Skizzen (1857) ; On the Catronjana Mâhâtmyam (1858); Vedische Nachrichten v. d. Naxatra. 2 Parts (1860-62): Indische Streifen. 3 Vols. (1868–79); Academische Vorlesungen über Indische Literaturgeschichte. Mit Nachtrag. (Second edition, 1876 and 1878); History of Indian Literature. Translated by J. Mann and Th. Zachariae (1882); etc., etc. d'Anselme. Al-Machriq, July, 1901, No. 14, contains: Les Expéditions au Pôle Sud, by P. L. - Al-Machriq, August, 1901, No. 15, contains: L'Eucharistie dans les Moments Chrétiens de l'Antiquité, by P. Aziz. Décanteur pour Séparation d'huile d'olive, by M. S. Asfar. Les Maudéens ou Soubbas (suite), by P. Anastase Carme. Un Manuscript Inédit de Farabi (fin), by P. L. Cheikho. L'Hygiène de Beyrouth (suite): L'Habitation, by Dr. H. Daraouni, etc., etc. (See p. 57). - -- Al-Machriq, August, 1901, No. 16, contains: Les Manuscripts de Médecine de la Bibl. Orientale de l'Université St. Joseph, by P. M. Collangettes. Notes archéolog. sur le Liban (suite): Capharhaï et Collège de St. Jean Maron, by P. H. Lammens. L'art de la Passementerie à Alep, by H. Méhahouar. etc., etc. (See p. 57). Al-Machriq, September, 1901, No. 17, contains: Origine des Emirs et des Cheikhs dans le Liban, d'après A. Aintourini, by P. L. Cheikho. La Transcription des Noms Géographiques en arabe: Essai de Solution, by P. H. Lammens. L'Emaillerie en Orient, by J. G. Thabet. Bibliographie Orientale.-Varia.— etc., etc. (See p. 57). - Al-Machriq, December, 1901, No. 23, contains: A travers les Ruines de la Haute Egypte, par P. M. Jullien. Le Poète Abou'l'Alā al-Malarri, by Saïd Char touni. Les Traditions des Assyriens dans l'Irak (fin), by Dr. N. Marini. Bibliographie Orientale. Varia. etc., etc. (See p. 57). Al-Machriq, January, 1902, No. 1, contains: Une nouvelle Année. Le Calen drier de l'Eglise d'Antioche au XIe siècle d'après al-Birouni, by P. L. Cheikho. Les Pensées de "Ai Ibn Abi Taleb." Notes archéologiques sur le Liban, (suite) district de Kowra, by P. H. Lammens. etc., etc. (See p. 57). - American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, continuing ("Hebraica"), January, 1902, Vol. XVIII, No. 2, contains: Is the Book of Amos Post-Exilic?, by E. Day and W. H. Chapin. The Strophic Structure of Habakkuk, by F. T. Kelly. Critical Notes. Book Notices. (See p. 57). American Journal of Theology, January, 1902, Vol. VI, No. 1, contains: The Outlook of the Twentieth Century in Theology, by G. M. Grant. Nathanael Emmous, by A. Millard. Horace Bushnell and Albrecht Ritschl: a Comparison, by G. B. Stevens. Mohammedan Gnosticism in America: the Origin, History, Character, and Esoteric Doctrines of the Truth-Knowers, by S. K. Vatralsky. Critical Notes. Recent Theological Literature. (See p. 57). - Asien, November, 1901, No. 2. contains: Mitteilungen der Deutsch-Asiatischen Gesellschaft. Die Pamir-Frage, by Krahmer. Deutschlands Interessen am Persischen Golf. Kuweit, by P. Rohrbach. Bahnbauten in Persien, by L. Kersten. Armenien, by H. Zimmerer. Kohlenstationen und die Farisan-Inseln, by Plüddemann. Abdur-Rahman, Emir von Afghanistan, by Vosberg-Rekow. Deutsche Ausgrabungen in Asien, by F. Sarre. etc. (See pp. 7 and 57). etc., Baptist Missionary Review, November, 1901, Vol. VII, No. 11, contains: Mrs. Mary Rankin Bronson, by Rev. John Firth. What can the Missionary on the Field do to help interest the Churches at Home ?, by Rev. T. E. Shumaker. Editorial. etc., etc. (See p. 57). Baptist Missionary Review, December, 1901, Vol. VII, No. 12, contains: SinBearing A Sermon, by W. Ashmore. Missionary Furloughs again, by J. Heinrichs. Incidents of the Revival Meetings in Tokyo, Japan. Edito rial. etc., etc. (See p. 57). Baptist Missionary Review, January, 1902, Vol. VIII, No. 1, contains: Should our Appointments be Temporary or Permanent? by W. R. Manley. The Religion between the Missionary and the Native of India, by J. M. Baker. A Day at Mukti, by W. B. Boggs. The South Indian United Church, by J. W. Maclean. etc., etc. (See p. 57). Geology of Egypt. Pa Address of President Evans, - Pales Biblia, December, 1901, Vol. XIV, No. 9, contains: Babylonian and Pre-Babylonian Cosmology, by W. F. Warren. "Apollo Ressef" and "Apollo Alasiotas", by J. Offord. The British School at Athens. lestine Exploration Fund, by Theo. F. Wright. On a Mummy Bead, by Miss E. Paterson. etc., etc. (See p. 57). Biblia, January, 1902, Vol. XIV, No. 10, contains: Egypt Exploration Fund, by Wm. C. Winslow. Roman Military Diplomas, by J. Offord. Babylonian Influences on the Bible, by M. Jastrow. tine Exploration Fund, by Th. F. Wright. etc., etc. (See p. 57). Biblical World, January, 1902, Vol. XIX, No. 1, contains : Frontispiece. Use of Hyperbole. Grinding in Ancient and Modern Palestina (Illustrated), by G. Dalman. The Article "Jesus" in the Three Encyclopaedias, by J. Stalker. A Meditation. John 14:1, by W. P. Merrill. The Social Teaching of Paul. I. The Social Content of Early Messianism, by Shailer Mathews. The Great Day of Pentecost, by C. W. Votaw. The Natural Jesus' Line of Advance in Sunday-School Lessons, by Rev. E. Blakeslee. etc., etc. (See p. 57). Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Published under the Direction of M. E. Chassinat. Vol. I. Fasc. I. 4to. pp. 112. With 2 plates, 1 Map, and Illustrations in the Text. Caïro, 1901. Complete. Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië, Eighth Series, Vol. VIII, Fasc. 3 and 4, contain: Die Sprachen der Sakei und Semang auf Malacca und ihr Verhältniss zu den Mon-Khmer-Sprachen, by P. W. Schmidt. Raffles' Betrekkingen met Nias in 1820-221, by P. H. van der Kemp. Bijgeloof in de Preanger-Regentschappen, by J. Habbema. Eene Oud-Javaansche Sanskritgrammatica, by H. H. Juynboll. Een verloren Schaap terecht, by C. M. Pleyte. etc., etc. The Calcutta Review, October, 1901, No. CCXXVI, contains: The Story of the Alphabet. by R. N. Cust. The Second Empire, by H. G. Keene. Muhammadan Revival in Africa, by M. R. A. S. A returned Empty, by Across the Peloponnesus, by C. S. Hindu Festivals in the Maharashtra. -- H. R. James. Erin's Slain, by M. R. Weld. The Life and Times of The Calcutta University. etc., etc. (See p. 57). Catholic Missions, December, 1901, Vol. XVI, No. 188, contains: Africa, by Mis Catholic Missions, January, 1902, Vol. XVI, No. 189, contains: Japan to-day, by Father M. Sauret. Catholic Kings on the Niger. paul, by a Capuchin Missionary. Chaps. I, II, III. (cont.). Missionary Notes. etc., etc. (See p. 57). Crescent, Vol. XVIII, No. 463, contains: The Muslim Conception of the Deity. Islam in West Africa. etc., etc. (See p. 58). Crescent, Vol. XVIII, No. 464, contains: The Turkish Language, by F. Hedman. Christianity Rebuked. Islam in Natal. etc., etc. (See p. 58), Crescent, Vol. XVIII, No. 465, contains: The Prophet and the Blind man.-King Bladud of Bath. etc., etc. (See p. 58). Crescent, Vol. XVIII, No. 466, contains: Muhammed and his Power. A Criticism of Sir W. Muir's Article. etc., etc. (See p. 58). Crescent, Vol. XIX, No. 468, contains: The Problem of Life. A Lecture delivered at the Liverpool Mosque by Brother Professor Nur-Uddin Stephen. Christmas at the Liverpool Mosque. etc., etc. (See p. 58). Crescent, Vol. XIX, No. 470, contains: The Muslim Alchemists. Lecture by Sheikh Abdullah Quilliam Effendi. The Muslim Alchemists, (continued from page 39). etc., etc. (See p. 58). Kon Epigraphia Indica, July, 1901, Vol. VI, No. 7, contains: Plates of Dantivarman of Gujarat, (concluded), by D. R. Rhandarkar. Sarsaoni Plates of Buddharaja, by F. Kielhorn. Dates of Pandya Kings, by F. Kielhorn. damudi Plates of Jayavarman, by E. Hultzsch. Two Cave Inscriptions at Siyamangalam, by the Same. Ranganatha Inscription of Goppana, by the Same. Two Inscriptions of Vidugadalagiya-Perumal, by the Same. Expositor, January, 1902, contains: The Jews in the Graeco-Asiatic Cities, by W. M. Ramsay. The New Testament and Jewish Literature, by W. H. Bennett. etc., etc. (See p. 58). Expositor, February, 1902, contains: The Minor Prophets, by F. W. Farrar. The Jews in the Graeco-Asiatic Cities, by W. M. Ramsay. The New Testament and Jewish Literature, by W. H. Bennett. Notes on the Text of the Psalms. etc., etc. (See p. 58). Expository Times, January, 1902, contains: Notes of Recent Exposition. Prophetic Ecstasy, by R. Bruce Taylor. Recent Biblical Archaeology, by A. H. Sayce Recent Foreign Theology. Contributions and Comments. etc., etc. Expository Times, February, 1902, contains: Notes of Recent Exposition. Freie Wort, Das, Dec. 1901, No. 18, contains: Das Geistgesetz im Koran. etc., etc. (See p. 58). Freie Wort, Das, December, 1901. No. 18, contains: Das Geistgesetz im Koran, by W. Schlüter. etc., etc. (See p. 58). Freie Wort, Das, January, 1902, No. 19, contains: Wissenschaft und Theologie, by W. Bolin. Was ist das buddhistische Nirvana in Wirklichkeit ?, by A. Pfungst. etc., etc. (See p. 58). Geographical Journal, December, 1901, Vol. XVIII, No. 6, contains: Surveys on the Proposed Sudan-Abyssinian Frontier, by Maj. C. W. Gwynn. are we to get Maps of Africa ?, by Col. Sir T. H. Holdich. Lhasa, by Col. Sir T. H. Holdich. etc., etc. (See p. 58). Geographical Journal, January, 1902, Vol. XIX, No. 1, contains: The Uganda Goettingsche Gelehrte Anzeigen unter der Aufsicht der Koenigl. Gesellschaft |