From a feeling of profound admiration
for the munificent encouragement given to Oriental
studies throughout YOUR MAJESTY’S Empire, I have
solicited the honour of dedicating to YOUR MAJESTY
this attempt to contribute towards a better understanding
of the Philosopher Poets of the East. The
noble Institutions of France for the promotion of
those studies (some of which it has been my privilege
to attend), and the Illustrious Names that adorn
them, will make YOUR MAJESTY’S reign long remembered
as the brightest Era in European Orientalism.