ABSTRACT
After reading, among other books, Professor E. G. Browne's authoritative work on the literature of Persia, the writer saw that it would be impossible in a book of this kind to convey any real idea of such a large subject, and decided therefore that it would be more interesting to the general reader to give some account of the four great poets who enjoy a European reputation — Firdawsi, Omar Khayyam, Saadi, and Hafiz.
