Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society: Volume 68 - Issue 1

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Volume 68 - Issue 1 - January 1936

Reviews of Books

A History of Indian Literature. By Maurice Winternitz, Ph.D. Vol. i, pp. xx + 634, 1927. Vol. ii, pp. xx + 673. 1933. 9½ × 6½. Calcutta: University of Calcutta.

Sumerian Epics and Myths. By Edward Chiera. University of Chicago: Oriental Institute Publications, Vol. xv. Cuneiform Series: Vol. iii. 12 × 9½, pp. vii + 111. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1934. 22s. 6d.

Sumerian Texts of Varied Contents. By Edward Chiera. University of Chicago: Oriental Institute Publications, Vol. xvi. Cuneiform Series: Vol. iv. 12 × 9½, pp. vii + 109. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1934. 22s. 6d.

Neubabylonische Rechts- und Verwaltungsurkunden übersetzt und erläutert von M. san Nicolo und A. Ungnad. Rechts- und Wirtschaftsurkunden der Berliner Museen aus Vorhellenistisches Zeit. Band I, Heft 4, pp. 481–640. 9 × 6, pp. 160. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung, 1934. Mks. 18.

Anquetil-Duperron, Sa vie, par Raymond Schwab. Usages des Parses. Deux Essais du DrJ. J. Modi. Préface de Sylvain Lévi. 9 × 5¾, pp. viii + 240. Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1934.

Sakische Handschriftproben. Als Privatdruck Herausgegeben von Manu Leumann. 12 × 8½, pp. 27, pls. 17. Zürich: J. G. Augustin, Hamburg, 1934.

Sukhan wa-Sukhanwarán. By Ágá Badí'u 'l-Zamán Bishrúya-i Khurásání. 8½ × 6, vol. i, pp. 390. Vol. ii, part I, pp. 427. Teheran: Ministry of Education, 1930–1933.

The Pahlavi Codex, k 35. Published in facsimile with an Introduction by Arthur Christensen. 13 × 9, part i, pp. 7 + 265; part ii, pp. 8 + 98. Codices Avestici et Pahlavici Bibliothecae Universitatis Hafniensis, vols. iii and iv. Copenhagen: University Library of Copenhagen, 1934.

The Lady of the Long Wall. A Ku Shih or Drum Song of China. Translated by Genevieve Wimsatt and Geoffrey Chen. 10½ × 7½, pp. 84, illus. 4. New York: Columbia University Press. London: Humphrey Milford, 1934. 18s. 6d.

Pseudo-Măgrītī: Das Ziel des Weisen. I. Arabischer Text. Herausgegeben von Hellmut Ritter. Studien der Bibliothek Warburg. 9½ × 6½, pp. 2 + 416. Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1933.

Le Mariage chez les Musulmans en Syrie: étude de Sociologie. ParKhaled Chatila. 10 × 6½, pp. 303. Paris: Paul Geuthner, 1934. Frs. 40.

Introduction a l'étude de l'habitation sur pilotis dans l'Asie du Sud-Est. By Nguyen Van Huyen. Austro-Asiatica: Documents et Travaux, tome iv. 9½ × 7½, pp. xxiii + 222, pls. xvi, figs. 87, map 1, comparative table 1. Paris: Paul Geuthner, 1934. Frs. 100.

Sitte und Recht in Nepal. Von Leonhard Adam. 8½ × 5½, pp. 269, pl. 1. Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke, 1934.

Bulletins of the American Institute for Persian Art and Archæology, Nos. 3, 5 and 6. 10 × 7, pp. 23, 31 and 12, pls., plans and figs. New York: American Institute, 1932–1934.

Vijayanagara: Origin of the City and the Empire. By N. Venkata Ramanayya. Bulletins of the Department of Indian History and Archæology, No. 4. 9½ × 6½, pp. iv + 191, maps 2. Madras: Madras University, 1933. 3s.

Siegel u. Charaktere in der Muhammedanischen Zauberei. By DrH. A. Winkler. 10 × 6½, pp. 187. Berlin and Leipzig: Walter de Gruyter & Co, 1930.

Manichäische Homilien. Von H. J. Polotsky, mit einem Beitrag von H. Ibscher. Manichäische Handschriften der Sammlung A. Chester Beatty, Bd. I. 12 × 8½, pp. xix + 96 + 22, pl. 1. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1934. RM. 27.

Samsoun: Passé—Présent—Avenir. ParR. Vadala. 10 × 6½, pp. i–vii + 1–134, pls. 8. P. Geuthner, Paris, 1934. (Pays et Cités d'Orient II.)

Les Hammâms du Caire. By Edmond Pauty. (Mémoires des Membres de I'Institut Français d'Archéologieorientale, T. LXIV.) 14¼ × 11, pp. viii + 62> pls. 12, figs. 22. Le Caire: Imprimerie de l'Institut, 1933.