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Excerpt from Universal Classics Library For the same reason that there was little occasion to dis cuss Buddhism in detail there was also no special call to mention the beliefs and customs of ancient Egypt, as Egypt played no religious role in Moshan P{mi's day, but he does include Tibet, and readers of Kipling's Kim may be ia terested in looking up what is said about the early pilgrim Lamas and spiritual characters of Tibet. The Sikh religion, founded by Nanak, is also not overlooked. To us of the West. Moreover, it may be interesting to see a glimpse of Judaism and Christianity as observed by a native of the Farther East. Who includes passages from Genesis by way of illustrating his description. His chapter on Mohammed anism is rather long and technical, as that was the religion of Moshan'a own people. For this reason the editor pre ferred not to reproduce the entire section from the previously published translation of the Dabistan, but rather to give its principal features, drawing largely on Troyer's preliminary discourse in the older volumes. The concluding chapters on the theosophical and philosophical sects will have an attrae tion chicfly for those who care to draw nearer to the Ori ental habit of mind and thought, and they show us in spite of certain vagaries how faithful a recorder and critic our author strove to be. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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