Since the publication of these three important collections of ancient Arabic poetry, I have had access to two valuable old works dealing with the older period of Arabic poetry, viz. the second volume of Ibn Qutaiba's Kitāb al-Ma'ānī (India Office, No. 1155) and the Ḥamāsa of Hibat Allāh Ibn ash-Shaǧarī (Paris: Arabe No. 6018), the latter in photographs belonging to Mr. Storey.