THESE ELEVEN SELECTIONS, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS "THE NOVEL IN MODERN ARABIC LITERATURE," BY MUHAMMAD MANDUR, SERVE AS AN INTRODUCTION TO FORMAL ARABIC PROSE AND TO SOME OF THE "MORE IMPORTANT AND REPRESENTATIVE PRACTITIONERS OF THE ART OF NOVEL AND SHORT STORY WRITING." AT LEAST TWO YEARS OF COLLEGE-LEVEL TRAINING IN ARABIC ARE ASSUMED ON THE PART OF THE READER. THE ORIGINAL FORM OF THE SELECTIONS HAS BEEN MAINTAINED, FOR THE MOST PART, WITH AN OCCASIONAL SHORTENING OF LONG DESCRIPTIVE PASSAGES. GRAMMATICAL NOTES AND EXPRESSIONS FOLLOW EACH SELECTION. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON EACH AUTHOR, AND AN ARABIC-ENGLISH GLOSSARY ARE APPENDED. THIS READER IS AVAILABLE FROM THE BOOK DEPARTMENT, ASUC STORE, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 94720. (AMM)