Excerpt from Proverbes Et Dictons du Peuple Arabe, Vol. 1: Matériaux pour Servir A la Connaissance des Dialectes Vulgaires; Recueillis, Traduits Et Annotés
En travaillant l'hiver passé a la bibliothèque khédiviale du Caire à une édition critique du Dlwân d'abou Firâs el-hamdànî, je ra contai au savant directeur de cette bibliothèque Mr. Le Dr. Spitta Bey, que pendant mon long séjour dans les pays orientaux j'avais recueilli un grand nombre de proverbes vulgaires que je m'étais fait expliquer par les Arabes eux-mêmes. Il me dit alors: Il faut les publier, et telles furent à ce sujet ses instances, que je laissai de côté pour quelque temps mon poète favori pour m'occuper de la rédaction de mes notes, non sans avoir mûrement réfléchi sur le meilleur plan à suivre. C'est donc au Dr. Spitta-bey que revient l'initiative de cette publication. Il est alors on ne peut plus juste que je la commence en le remerciant publiquement de m'avoir donné le courage d'entreprendre un travail qui sera de longue haleine et qui profitera peut-être à la science.
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