WISDOM OF THE EAST (JOHN MURRAY)
Series Note: The Wisdom of the East series comprised 122 booklets. Most of these were "translations of classic Eastern works, often edited and introduced by leading scholars and specialists of the day" [Source: John Murray Archive, National Library of Scotland]
"The series and its purpose: This Series has a definite object. It is, by means of the best Oriental literature – its wisdom, philosophy, poetry, and ideals – to bring together West and East in a spirit of mutual sympathy, goodwill, and understanding. From India, China, Japan, Persia, Arabia, Palestine, and Egypt these words of wisdom have been gathered."
-- Publisher advertising flyer
"The object of the Editors of this Series is a very definite one. They desire above all things that, in their humble way, these books shall be the ambassadors of good-will and understanding between East and West, the old world of Thought and the new of Action. In this endeavour, and in their own sphere, they are but followers of the highest example in the land. They are confident that a deeper knowledge of the great ideals and lofty philosophy of Oriental thought may help to a revival of that true spirit of Charity which neither despises nor fears the nations of another creed and colour. Finally, in thanking press and public for the very cordial reception given to the "Wisdom of the East" Series, they wish to state that no pains have been spared to secure the best specialists for the treatment of the various subjects at hand."
-- Description of the aims of series found in: The Classics of Confucius: Book of Odes (Shih-King) by L. Cranmer-Byng. London: John Murray, 1906 (Wisdom of the East series). Editorial Note, p. 5.
The series was edited by L. Cranmer-Byng and Dr. S. A. Kapadia.
Books arranged alphabetically by title
Abu'l Ala, the Syrian
by Henry Baerlein; Abu al-Ala al-Maarri
1914
Ancient Egyptian legends
by Margaret Alice Murray
1913
Ancient Indian fables and stories, being a selection from the Panchatantra,
by Stanley Rice;
1924
Anthology of modern Indian poetry
by Gwendoline Goodwin;
1927
Arabian wisdom; selections and translations from the Arabic,
by John Wortabet
1907
An Arab philosophy of history; selections from the Prolegomena of Ibn Khaldun of Tunis.
by Ibn Khaldun
1950
The autumn wind : a selection from the poems of Issa
by Issa Kobayashi; Lewis Mackenzie
1957
Avicenna on theology
by Avicenna.; Arthur John Arberry
1951
The awakening of the soul
by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik Ibn Tufayl; Paul Bronnle
1907
The book of filial duty
by Confucius.; Zengzi; Ivan Chen;
1908
The book of Lieh-tzu.
by Liezi; A C Graham
1960
The book of Mencius (abridged)
by Mencius.; Lionel Giles
1942 (abridged)
Brahma-knowledge; an outline of the philosophy of the Vedanta, as set forth by the Upanishads and by Sa_nkara.
by Lionel D Barnett
1907
The Buddha's "Way of virtue"
by Kenneth J Saunders; W D C Wagiswara;
1920
Burmese proverbs
Hla Pe, U.
1962
Chinese Buddhist verse.
by Richard H Robinson
1954
The classics of Confucius. Book of history (Shu King);
by Confucius; Sepharial;
1906
The cloud-men of Yamato : being an outline of mysticism in Japanese literature
by E V Gatenby
1929
The Confessions of Al Ghazzali : Translated for the first time into English by Claud Field.
by Abu-Hamid Muhammad Ibn-Muhammad al- Gazzali
1909
A Confucian notebook,
by Edward Herbert
1950
The creative east,
by J W T Mason
1928
The Dhammapada.
by Narada, Maha Thera;
1954
The diwan of Abul-ala,
by Abu al-Ala al-Maarri; Henry Baerlein
1908
The duties of the heart
by Bahya ben Joseph ibn Pakuda; Yehudah ibn Tibon; Edwin Collins
1909
Eastern science; an outline of its scope and contribution.
by Henry James Jacques Winter
1952
Egyptian religious poetry
by Margaret Alice Murray
1949
An essay on landscape painting,
by Hsi Kuo; Shiho Sakanishi
1935
A feast of lanterns,
by L Cranmer-Byng
1916
A flight of swans.
by Rabindranath Tagore
1962
The flight of the dragon; an essay on the theory and practice of art in China and Japan, based on original sources.
by Laurence Binyon
1911
A further selection from the Three hundred poems of the Tang dynasty
by Hengtangtuishi; Soame Jenyns
1944
The glad tidings of Baha'u'llah.
by Bahaullah
1949
The golden breath : studies in five poets of the new India
by Mulk Raj Anand
1933
The harvest of leisure;
by Kenko Yoshida
1931
The heart of India : sketches in the history of Hindu religion and morals
by Lionel D Barnett; Mahmoud Saba
1908; reprinted 1913
The herald wind,
by Clara M Candlin
1933
Hindu Gods and heroes.
by Lionel David Barnett
1922
The hymns of Zarathustra; being a translation of the Gathas together with introd. and commentary,
by Jacques Duchesne-Guillemin;
1952
The instruction of Ptah-hotep : and, the instruction of Ke'gemni: the oldest books in the world
by Ptahhotep.; Kagemni.; Battiscombe G Gunn; Amenemhet, King of Egypt
1912
Jataka tales; birth stories of the Buddha,
by Ethel Beswick
1956
Japanese literature; an introduction for Western readers.
by Donald Keene
1953
Karma and rebirth.
by Christmas Humphreys
1943
Literatures of the East, an appreciation.
by Eric B Ceadel
1951
A lute of jade: selections from the classical poets of China
by L Cranmer-Byng;
1911
Malay proverbs.
by Richard Winstedt
1950
Manifold unity; the ancient world's perception of the divine pattern of harmony and compassion,
by Vera Christina Chute Collum
1940
The master-singers of Japan, being verse translations from the Japanese poets,
by Clara A Walsh
1910
The message of Islam.
by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
1940
The mevlidi sherif,
by Suleyman Celebi; F Lyman MacCallum
1943
The message of Milarepa, new light upon the Tibetan way;
by Mi-la-ras-pa; Humphrey Clarke
1958
Musings of a Chinese mystic; selections from the philosophy of Chuang Tzu
by Zhuangzi.; Herbert Allen Giles; Lionel Giles
1909 (?)
The mysteries of selflessness; a philosophical poem.
by Muhammad Iqbal, Sir
1953
Nogaku, Japanese no plays,
by Beatrice Lane Suzuki, Mrs
1932
One in all; an anthology of religion from the Sacred Scriptures of the living faiths.
by Edith B Schnapper
1952
The path of light : rendered for the first time into English from the Bodhicharyavatara of Santideva, a manual of Maha-yana Buddhism
by Santideva; Lionel D Barnett
1909
The perfection of wisdom : the career of the predestined Buddhas
by E J Thomas;
1952
The Persian mystics.
by Jalal-Din Rumi, Mawlana; F Hadland Davis
1907
The Persian mystics. The invocations of Sheikh _Abdulla_h Ansa_ri of Herat, A.D. 1005-1090,
by _Abd Allah ibn Muhammad Ansari al-Harawi; Jogendra Singh, Sir Sardar
1939
Persian proverbs,
by L P Elwell-Sutton
1954
Poems from Iqbal.
by Muhammad Iqbal, Sir
1955
Poems of cloister and jungle, a Buddhist anthology
by Caroline A F Rhys Davids
1941
The poetry of living Japan: an anthology with an introduction by Takamichi Ninomiya and D.J. Enright.
by Takamichi Ninomiya; D J Enright;
1957
The quest of enlightenment;
by E J Thomas;
1950
The rapier of Lu, patriot poet of China,
by You Lu; Clara M Candlin
1946
The religion of Tibet; a study of Lamaism,
by J E Ellam
1927
The religion of the Koran
by Arthur N Wollaston
1905
The religion of the Sikhs,
by Dorothy Field
1914
The Rose-garden of Sadi;
by Sadi.; L Cranmer-Byng
1905
The Rubaiyat of Hafiz.
by Hafiz; Abd Majid; L Cranmer-Byng
1910
Sadi's Scroll of wisdom;
by Sadi.; Arthur N Wollaston
1906
The sayings of Confucius.
by Confucius.; Lionel Giles
1907
The sayings of Lao Tzu_
by Laozi.; Lionel Giles
1905
The sayings of Muhammad,
by Abdullah al-Mamun Suhrawardy, Sir; Hassan Suhrawardy
1941
The secret rose garden of Sad ud din Mahmud Shabistari;
by Mahmud ibn Abd al-Karim Shabistari; Florence Lederer
1920
Selections from the Three hundred poems of the Tang dynasty,
by Tang-shih san-pai shou.; Soame Jenyns
1952
The sketch book of the Lady Sei Shonagon,
by Sei Shonagon; Nobuko Kobayashi; L Adams Beck
1930
The song of the Lord: Bhagavadgita;
by E J Thomas;
1931
The spirit of Japanese art,
by Yone Noguchi
1916
The spirit of Japanese poetry,
by Yone Noguchi; John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
1934
The spirit of the brush.
by Shiho Sakanishi
1939
The spiritual physick of Rhazes,
by Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya Razi
1950
Taoist teachings from the book of Lieh Tzu;
by Liezi; Lionel Giles
1912
The teachings of Zoroaster and the philosophy of the Parsi religion
by Zoroaster.; S A Kapadia
1905
Thirty poems,
by Hafiz; Peter Avery; John Heath-Stubbs
1952
Ti-Me-Kun-Dan prince of Buddhist benevolence : a mystery play
by Millicent H Morrison; Sylvia Beach
1925
Vedic hymns.
by E J Thomas;
1923
Voices of the dawn; a selection of Korean poetry from the sixth century to the present day,
by Peter Hyun
1960
The Wisdom of Israel : being extracts from the Babylonian Talmud and Midrash Rabboth
by Edwin Collins;
1906 (?)
The wisdom of the Apocrypha,
by C E Lawrence;
1910
The wisdom of Israel: being extracts from the Babylonian Talmud and Midrash Rabboth
1910
Women and wisdom of Japan : With an introd. by Shingoro Takaishi.
by Ekiken Kaibara; Basil Hall Chamberlain; Shingoro Takaishi
1905
Yang Chu's Garden of pleasure,
by Zhu Yang; Anton Forke; Hugh Cranmer-Byng
1912
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