For sixty years, the best account in English of this vast output has been, by universal consent, this book; its supremacy will long remain unchallenged. That it is a book full of erudition and high critical judgement goes without saying; its author is also a poet-translator of rare excellence.
For sixty years, the best account in English of Arab literature has been, by universal consent, this book; its supremacy will long remain unchallenged.
