From two volumes that contain some 50 articles by some 40 hands, the review analyzes the “Introduction” and “Ottoman Rule in Egypt and the Fertile Crescent” by P. M. Holt, “Egypt and Syria” by B. Lewis, “The Arab Lands” in two parts by Z. N. Zeine, “The Sources of Islamic Civilization” by G. E. Von Grunebaum, and “The Transmission of Learning and Literary Influences to Western Europe” by F. Gabrieli. The articles are not favorably reviewed.
