Book of Wise Sayings: Selected Largely from Eastern Sources
A historical English anthology of numbered sayings and literary selections. This is the 1893 collection represented in Edsverb. Read its cultural framing critically: printed regional and author labels are collection claims, and individual translators or original textual sources may be unspecified. Clouston is the compiler, not the speaker of every entry.
Who it suits
Readers willing to compare historical anthology framing with the wording of its individual selections.
Reading experience
Moderate; older translation choices and broad cultural labels require care. This is an Edsverb editorial guide, not a measured reading score.
The edition
- Edition
- London: Hutchinson & Co., 1893
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Hutchinson & Co.
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Catalogue metadata checked 2026-10-04. Descriptions and reading guidance are original Edsverb editorial text. A related-reading link does not establish that an archive saying occurs in this edition.