2. Persian Anthologics.—In the Persian literature, the best known works of this sort are Taskarat at Skeane (Lives of the Poets), by Daulet Shah (died 1495), the contents of which are to be found almost entire in Hammer's work on Persian belles-lettres (Vienna, 1818), and Atesh, Kedah (the Fire Temple), by Haje-Lutf-Ali-Beg, who lived about 1770. Both works give biographical notices of the Persian poets: the first, in chronological order; the second, iu topographical order, with specimens from their works. An A. of the best Persian poetry, arranged according to the subjects, is given in the ilfedshua at Shuara (a Collection of Poets).
3. Tatar Anthologies.—Of the poets who have written in the Tatar—i.e., the East Turkish or Tshagatai dialect—we possess a collection comprising 441 biographies, with specimens of their poetry: 2!adsltalis alnmais (Charming Company), by Mir-Alischir (died 1500), and the Lives of the Tatar Poets, by Sadiki, extending down to the 17th century.
4. Turkish Anthologies.—The number of anthologies in the West Turkish, or, as it is generally called, the Turkish language, is very numerous. The most famous are—Iles/it Behesht (the Eight Paradises), by Sehi of Adrianople (died 1548); Taskarat al Shears (Lives of the Poets), by Latiti (died 1582), and, under the same title, a similar work of Ashik Tshelebi (died 1571); and the great collection, Suhclat al-ashaar (the Blossoms of Poetry), by Kassade (died 1621). The substance of these an hologies is to be found in Hammer's History of West Turkish Poetry (Pesth, 1836).
5. Indian Anthologies.—The literature of the Mohammedan poptilation of Hindustan, which is a mere copy of Persian literature, has also several anthologies. The most important are—Gulzari, Ibrahim, by Ali Ibrahim, containing biographical notices of 300 Hindustani poets, with specimens of their writings; the collection called Diwani Iihan, by Beni-Nardyan; Guldastai lcishdt (Garland of Pleasure), by Mann Lal (Calcutta, 1836), and Guldastai Xciznintin, by Kerim-ed-din (Calcutta, 1845). The substance of these
works is to be found in Gamin de Tassy's Histoire de la Litterature Hindu( et Hindustani (Paris, 1839-1847), which, under the title of Tao/call Simard i Hindi, was translated into Hindustani by Kerim-ed-din (Delhi, 1848). In the pure Hindi, we have a rich collection of songs, the IMO Sagar, by Krislmananda (Calcutta, 1845).
6. Sanscrit Anthologies.—The Sanscrit literature is hot so rich in anthologies as the other oriental literatures. If we do not consider the Vedic hymns, and the collections of poems which bear the general title Sataka (a Century), antliclogical in the proper sense, there is only one work of this kind known—viz., the Padd/uiti, by Sarngadhara, towards the close of the 14th c., in which are gathered together 6000 detached strophes of the most famous epic, lyric, and dramatic poets of India, arrayed under certain heads.
7. Chinese Anthologies.—From the earliest ages, the Chinese had the custom of sending, along with the yearly tribute to the emperor, copies of such songs as had acquired popu larity. Confucius selected from a great number of these 311 of the most beautiful. These are preserved under the name ,Shi-king (Book of Songs), one of the canonical books of the Chinese. This is the oldest A. in the world. A Latin version, by Lacharme, was published at Stuttgart, 1830; a German one, by Wickert, at Altona, 1833. Besides this, there is Tchao-rning-wen-siouen, a collection of the finest poems of the time of the Liang dynasty (502-556 A.D.), and also 2hang-shi, poems of the time of the Thang dynasty (618-914 A.D.).