Tales from the Gulistan

Tales from the Gulistan (1928)
by Sa'di, translated by Richard Francis Burton

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TALES FROM

THE GULISTÂN

OR ROSE-GARDEN
OF THE SHEIKH
SA’DI OF
SHIRÂZ

TRANSLATED BY

SIR RICHARD BURTON

AND ILLUSTRATED BY

JOHN KETTELWELL

LONDON

PHILIP ALLAN & CO. LTD.

69 GREAT RUSSELL STREET

MDCCCCXXVIII

“THE TIME OF THE DOMINION OF ROSES”

[Frontispiece

Made and Printed in Great Britain by
The Camelot Press Limited,
London and Southampton

CONTENTS

	INTRODUCTION	page	ix
	PREFACE	page„	xi
I.	THE MANNERS OF KINGS	page„	1
II.	THE MORALS OF DERVISHES	page„	57
III.	ON THE EXCELLENCE OF CONTENTMENT	page„	111
IV.	ON THE ADVANTAGES OF SILENCE	page„	151
V.	ON LOVE AND YOUTH	page„	163
VI.	ON WEAKNESS AND OLD AGE	page„	185
VII.	ON THE EFFECTS OF EDUCATION	page„	193
VIII.	ON RULES FOR CONDUCT OF LIFE	page„	221
	CONCLUSION OF THE BOOK	{{{1}}}„	255

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in 1928, before the cutoff of January 1, 1929.

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