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shut him up m a well, on which she put a stone weighing 100 mans (4 tons). The cessation of Benazir's visits caused great grief to Badr-i-Manir, and so she confided her love to Najmu'nnissa, the minister's daughter, who went in seach of the truant lover, disguised as a female ascetic (jogin). One day as the disguised jogin was employed in playing on her pipe (hm), Firoz Shah, the king of the fairies, passed over her on his flying throne, and, becoming enamoured of her, carried her off to Paristan, where she explained to him her story, and promised to marry him if he would release Benazir. Firoz Shdh soon discovered Benazir, and restored him to Badr-i- Manir, when all ended happily ; and the story ends with the restora- tion of Benazir to his parents.

Hikayatu's-Salihin, or Tales of the Saints ; anonymous, without date, published at the Muhammadi Press, Lahore: 108 pp. 8vo. It is a compilation in good Arabic prose of extracts from Muham- madan ecclesiastical histories. It consists of 100 stories of the saints in 20 chapters.

Chap. I. contains ten stones illustrative of the virtue of abstinence from unlawful food.

Chap. II. is on abstinence and austerity. To illustrate this a story is told of Yazid Bastami, who bound himself not to drink water for a whole year, because one day he had drank a little too much water !

Chap. III. is on devotion. 'Umar the Khalifa is related to have taken no rest at all day or night, because during the day he had to attend to the affairs of the empire, and during the night to pray to God!

Chap. IV. is on the fear of God. One day Hasan Basri saw a slave lighting a fire, and the sight of the flames recalled the flames of hell. This set him weeping to such an extent that his tears were enough to fill a jar !

Chap. V. on keeping a guard on the tongue. Hassan once asked to whom a new house, he saw being built, belonged to. As the matter did not concern him he rebuked himself by fasting for a year !

Chap. VI. on repentance. One day Ibrahim of Balkh went out hunting, and on following ar stag it turned and spoke to him, asking