It is remarkable how very little the average general reader knows regarding thegreat Persian poet Saadi and his writings. His name is perhaps more or lessfamili... » 

It is remarkable how very little the average general reader knows regarding thegreat Persian poet Saadi and his writings. His name is perhaps more or lessfamiliar to casual readers from its being appended to one or two of hisaphorisms which are sometimes reproduced in odd corners of popular periodicalsbut who he was when he lived and what he wrote are questions which wouldprobably puzzle not a few even of those who consider themselves as well read to answer without first recurring to some encyclopadia. Excerpt «