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 36 book is of the greatest value to the student, as the author gives all his references in the original Arabic and the division of the subject is in accordance with that of Moslem authors. Otto Pautz's Mohammed's Lehre von der Offenbarung (J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung, Leipzig, 1898), contains much new material and also gives references to Moslem writers. The two books by Canon E. Sell, The Faith of Islam (Trübner and Co., London, 1897), and Essays on Islam (Simpkin and Co., London, 1901) ; and the two by Professor Duncan B. MacDonald, The Development of Muslim Theology, Jurisprudence and Constitutional Theory* (Scribners, New York, 1903) and The Religious Attitude and Life in Islam (University of Chicago, Chicago, 1909), are all of them important contributions to the subject. On the Moslem idea of God, Zwemer's The Moslem Doctrine of God (Oliphant, Anderson and Terrier, Edinburgh, 1905) and the article by Professor MacDonald on Allah in the Encyclopedia of Islam, should be consulted. The latter gives a full bibliography. Zwemer's The Moslem Christ (Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier, 1911) is a monograph on the Christology of Islam; while those who desire to study the philosophy of Islam will find no better handibook than T. J. De Boer's History of Philosophy in Islam* (Luzac and Co., London, 1903). For a general view of the ritual of Islam, especially the pilgrimage, there is nothing more interesting than Richard Burton's Personal Narrative of A Pilgrimage to Al Madinah and Meccah*

The above working library on Islam is not beyond the purse of the average library or mission station. All the books mentioned, including the periodicals and the encyclopedia, can be purchased, with the possible exception of one or two rare volumes, for less than £60 ($300). The twenty best books (twenty-four volumes) selected from this list and marked with an asterisk, cover the subject to a degree and can be secured for about £10 ( $50).

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