"FORMAL ARABIC, PART 1" PRESENTS 26 READING SELECTIONS WRITTEN IN THE LITERARY STYLE OF DOCUMENTS AND FORMAL ADDRESS. EXCEPT FOR FOUR SELECTIONS WHICH ARE EXCERPTS, ALL ARE REPRODUCED IN THEIR ENTIRETY AND IN UNEDITED FORM, CLASSIFIED INTO THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS--(1) SPEECHES, (2) DIPLOMATIC NOTES, (3) CONSTITUTIONS, (4) TREATIES, (5) REPORTS, (6) LEGAL DOCUMENTS, AND (7) FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. THESE ACTUAL SPEECHES, LAWS, AND OTHER FORMAL WRITINGS CHRONICLE SOME OF THE EVENTS AND TIMES OF THE ARAB WORLD FROM THE LATE FIFTIES TO 1962. DESIGNED ON AN INTERMEDIATE LEVEL OF ARABIC, IT ASSUMES THAT THE STUDENT HAS CONTROL OF THE ESSENTIALS OF ARABIC GRAMMAR BUT NOT NECESSARILY A VAST READING VOCABULARY. THE COMPANION BOOK, "FORMAL ARABIC, PART 2," CONTAINS THE VOCABULARIES FOR "PART 1," GLOSSED AND LISTED INDIVIDUALLY FOR EACH SELECTION. THIS SERIES IS PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS, 615 EAST UNIVERSITY STREET, ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN 48106. (AM)