Solwan - Or, Waters of Comfort #261463

The work of Ibn Zafer appears to me of no less value in a literary point of view, for it offers, perhaps, the most ancient specimen in existence of the historical romance, together with a praiseworthy and by no means servile imita tion of the Indian fables introduced into Europe by the Persians and Arabs, seven centuries before the study of Sanscrit had made us ac quainted with the originals.