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"Princes of Eloquence" is a book that seems somewhat forgotten today, although it is distinguished and perhaps also unique in its subject matter, and more than that, in its language and style in addressing this subject. The topic is the writers of prose in Arab culture, among those who are rarely given attention in favor of poets, who are abundant in literary history books. Muhammad Kurd Ali's book came to restore their reputation, not only by recounting stories of their lives and fields of creativity but also, especially, by linking their styles to the course of Arab history itself. As for these "Princes of Eloquence" whom Kurd Ali focuses on in his book, they are: Abdulhamid Al-Katib, Ibn Al-Muqaffa, Sahl ibn Harun, Amr ibn Mas'ada, Ibraheem Al-Sooli, Ahmed ibn Yusuf Al-Katib, Muhammad ibn Abdul Malik Al-Zayyat, Al-Jahiz, Al-Tawhidi, and Ibn Al-‘Amid. And although it is difficult to find a logical link truly connecting these figures and justifying writing about them together and in one context, the author found the link in their shared creation of an advanced prose language, which makes them deserving of the title "The Ten Heralds of Eloquence in the Glorious Age of the Arabs," as he states in his introduction. The truth is that if this book has historical and aesthetic value, then reading it today may be useful for comparing the state of the Arabic language in those distant ages and what has become of this language in the era of electronic journalism and television stations!