Word: arabian
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...gilt tops. One hundred photogravures, bound in three-quarter extra morocco binding, only $1.00 per month. Also the complete works of Bulwer, Dickens, Dumas, Waverly, Eliot, Thackeray, Irving, Emerson, Holmes, Lowell and Hawthorne, bound in the same elegant style on similar easy terms. Also a magnificent set of the "Arabian Nights," unexpurgated, very rare...
...gilt tops. One hundred photogravures, bound in three-quarter extra morocco binding, only $1.00 per month. Also the complete works of Bulwer, Dickens, Dumas, Waverly, Eliot, Thackeray, Irving, Emerson, Holmes, Lowell and Hawthorne, bond in the same elegant style on similar easy terms. Also a magnificent set of the "Arabian Nights," unexpurgated, very rare...
Arabic was originally the language of a nomadic tribe living in the Arabian peninsula. Our knowledge of it begins at about the sixth century A. D., and at the time of Mohammed and the Koran. Previous to this time it had been confined in the Arabian peninsula and had there assumed a fixed form so that it was not greatly affected, when during the seventh century Mohammedanism spread over more than half of the civilized world. In most of the countries into which the Arabic language then made its way, it is still the national tongue...
After describing the nature of the Arabic language and its system, Dr. Torrey went on to give an account of the rise of its poetry. Among the peculiarities of Arabic poetry is a law which requires writers to begin all kinds of poems with praise of his sweetheart. Arabian histories are very tiresome, for every writer begins his history with the beginning of the world. The language is rich in fiction and the "Thousand and One Nights" is the greatest story book in the world...
...THEATRE party of fifty under the auspices of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon will attend the benefit for the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital at the Park Theatre tonight. The attraction will be Louise Beaudet in "Arabian Nights." Any students who care to attend may get a reduction at the box office for this night...