2 APRIL 1994, Page 31
Massignon in English
Sir: Mr Buchan is right in describing Mas- signon's work as a masterpiece (Letters, 5 March). But let non-French readers not be deterred — there is a magnificent English translation by Professor Herbert Mason, published, in four volumes, in 1982, by Princeton University Press.
Merton Naydler
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