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into Hebrew by Ibrahim bin Hasdai of Barcelona, and published by Goldenthal. The Kimiya as sa ada (Alchemy of Happiness) is a popular lec ture founded on mysticism; this work which was originally written in Persian, has been twice trans lated into English, by H. A. Homes in 1873 and more recently by Claud Field. Ayyuha l-walad (O Child!) is a celebrated moral treatise, which has been translated into German and published by Ham mer-Purgstall. Among works on jurisprudence, his treatises on Shafi ite law have earned great reputation in the Moslem world; his Basit, Wasit, and Wajiz are all abridgments of them. In the domain of philosophy, the Tahafut al-Falasifa (Collapse of the Philosophers) is an attack on the adherents of the Greek Philosophy; it has been edited by De Boer. The Maqasid al-Falasifa (Aims of the Philosophers) is a sort of introduc tion to the above. The text has been published by G. Beer, and a Latin translation by Gondisalvi is in existence, which was printed in Venice in 1506. Al-Munqidh min ad-Dalai (The Deliverer from Error), written after the author commenced his life as a teacher at Nishapur for the second time, describes the development of his philosophy. It was translated and published by Schmolders in his " Essay on the Schools of Philosophy Among the Arabs "; a second and greatly improved translation was published in the Journal Asiatique for 1877, by the learned savant, Barbier de Meynard. More re