Excerpt from Gulistan, or Flower-Garden: Translated, With an Essay by James Ross Thirty years ago, when I first devoted myself to the study of the Oriental languages, it was my custom to translate into English any classic which my Munshi had recommended for my perusal and, among other Persian books, I had in this way made translations of the Gulistan and Bustan of Sadi: and now, with much diffidence, publish that of the Gulistan, with an abridgment of a larger work, being an Essay on the Life and Genius of the Author, intcnding to follow this up next year with my translation of the Bustan, with a prefatory critique on Sadi's works, and making a volume equal in size to this but each will otherwise be a distinct work. 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.