Author: Robert K. Douglas

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-26

Total Pages: 507

ISBN-13: 9781330401187

Excerpt from Transaction of the Second Session of the International Congress of Orientalists: Held in London in September, 1874 The delay which has occurred in the appearance of the present volume has been due to several causes, and principally to the difficulty of collecting the Oriental types required for the work. Some it has been necessary to gather from various and friendly sources, and others, being beyond the capabilities of English founts, it has been necessary to cut. Then, again, the Congress has been compelled to pay the penalty of the cosmopolitan character of its Session. To it came Oriental scholars from all parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, many of whom gave us the valuable results of their studies and learning; and to such, in the majority of cases, it was found necessary to forward proofs of their dissertations. Under these circumstances it will be readily understood by those to whose lot it has fallen to see through the press works of a similar kind with the present, how rapidly days, weeks, and even months have slipped away, and that the sixteen months which have elapsed since the materials were first put into my hands for publication is no unprecedented interval. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.