Essay(s) by George Hamlin Fitch
本书摘录:
The Arabian Nights And Other Classics
ORIENTAL FAIRY TALES AND GERMAN LEGENDS--THE ANCIENT
ARABIAN STORIES AND THE NIBELUNGENLIED AMONG WORLD‘S
GREATEST BOOKS.
The gap between the ancient writers and the modern is bridged by several great books, which have been translated into all languages. Among these the following are entitled to a place: The Arabian Nights; Don Quixote, by Cervantes; The Divine Comedy, by Dante; The Imitation of Christ; The Rubá;‘iyá;t of Omar Khayyá;m, St. Augustine‘s Confessions, and The Nibelungenlied.
Other great books could be added to this list, such as Benvenuto Cellini‘s Autobiography, Boccaccio‘s Tales, the Analects of Confucius and Mahomet‘s Koran. But these are not among the books which one must read. Those that I have named first should be read by any one who wishes to get the best in all literature. And another reason is that characters and sayi
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