Excerpt from The Gulistan, or Rose-Garden of Shekh Muslihud-Din Sadi of Shiraz: Translated for the First Time Into Prose and Verse, With an Introductory Preface, and a Life of the Author, From the Atish Kadah

The First Edition of my translation of the Gulistan was published by Mr. Stephen Austin, of Hertford, in 1852. A new edition has been frequently called for, and negotiations have been more than once entered into for re-printing it, but my time has been too much occupied to allow of their being brought to a satisfactory result. The former edition was an "edition de luxe," and the high price at which it sold put it out of the reach of many, who, it is hoped, will purchase it in its present form. The extraordinary popularity of the work in the East, and its intrinsic merits, may well lead to the expectation that it will find a place in all public libraries.

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