The story of these relationships is told in fascinating detail in Kahlil Gibran: His Life and World by Jean and Kahlil Gibran, Boston, New York Graphic Society, 1974. A selection of his correspondence with Mary Haskell is in Beloved Prophet: The Love Letters of Kahlil Gibran and Mary Haskell and Her Private Journal, New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1972.

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This incident took place in the north of Lebanon during the second half of the nineteenth century. I was told the story by a trustworthy woman related to one of the people in the story.

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Translation copyright © 1994 by John Walbridge. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Inquiries should be addressed to: White Cloud Press, P. O. Box 3400, Ashland, Oregon 97520

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Gibran, Kahlil, 1883-1931

[Selections. English. 1994]]

p. cm.

eISBN : 978-1-935-95217-6

I. Walbridge, John. II. Title.

PJ7826.I2A
892’.78503--dc20

94-19371
CIP

Illustration credits
All illustrations by Kahlil Gibran