Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the astronomer-poet of Persia; . m Edward Fitzgerald a dislike to pervert his original too largely, hehad no need to be so scrupulous, since he dealton the whole with the Rubaiyyat as though hehad the licence of absolute authorship, changing,transposing, and manipulating the substance ofthe Persian quatrains with singular freedom. Thevogue of old Omar (as he would affectionatelycall his work) went on increasing, and Americanreaders took it up with eagerness. In those days,the mere mention of Omar Khayyam between twostrangers meeting fortuitously acted like a signof fr
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the astronomer-poet of Persia; . m Edward Fitzgerald a dislike to pervert his original too largely, hehad no need to be so scrupulous, since he dealton the whole with the Rubaiyyat as though hehad the licence of absolute authorship, changing,transposing, and manipulating the substance ofthe Persian quatrains with singular freedom. Thevogue of old Omar (as he would affectionatelycall his work) went on increasing, and Americanreaders took it up with eagerness. In those days,the mere mention of Omar Khayyam between twostrangers meeting fortuitously acted like a signof freemasonry and established frequently a bondof friendship. Some curious instances of thishave been related. A remarkable feature of theOmar-cult in the United States was the circum-stance that single individuals bought numbers ofcopies for gratuitous distribution before the bookwas reprinted in America. Its editions have beenrelatively numerous, when we consider how re-.
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