“This is one of those commendable volumes which entertains while it informs the reader.”
+ The Times [London] Lit Sup p556 O 16 ’19 1000w
BROWNE, EDWARD GRANVILLE.[[2]] History of Persian literature under Tartar dominion (A. D. 1265–1502). il *$14 Macmillan 891.5
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“The literature of Persia has found a most able and enthusiastic interpreter in Professor Edward G. Browne, of the University of Cambridge, who has already published two exhaustive volumes entitled ‘A literary history of Persia,’ bringing the subject down to the middle of the thirteenth century. Now comes a third, covering the period from 1265 to 1502. It is practically a continuation, if not so in name and form, of the other two standard volumes.” (Nation) “The period dealt with begins immediately after the terrible Mongol invasion under Hulagu, includes the conquests of the redoubtable Tamerlane, and ends with the appearance of the great Shah Ismail, the founder of the Safawi dynasty, as the saviour of his country.” (Spec)
“It must be confessed that it is not easy reading. He could hardly expect it to be a popular piece of literature. But what a glorious feast it provides! He has indeed performed a great and needed work in interpreting this fine people to modern readers.” N. H. D.
+ − Boston Transcript p6 N 20 ’20 780w
“Takes its place by the side of the two earlier volumes as a masterpiece of sound scholarship and critical judgment.” A. V. W. Jackson
+ Nation 111:508 N 3 ’20 560w