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GOA AND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS
CONTENTS
Chapter I. The Voyage.
Chapter II. New Goa.
Chapter III. Old Goa As It Was.
Chapter IV. Old Goa As It Is.
Chapter V. Return to Panjim
Chapter VI. The Population of Panjim.
Chapter VII. Seroda
Chapter VIII. Education, Professions, and Oriental Studies.
Chapter IX. Adieu to Panjim
Chapter X. Calicut.
Chapter XI. Malabar.
Chapter XII. The Hindoos of Malabar.
Chapter XIII. The Moslem and Other Natives of Malabar.
Chapter XIV. The Land Journey.
Chapter XV. First Glimpse of “Ooty.”
Chapter XVI. Life at Ooty.
Chapter XVII. Life outside Ooty.
Chapter XVIII. The Inhabitants of the Neilgherries.
Chapter XIX. Kotagherry. - Adieu to the Blue Mountains.
FALCONRY IN THE VALLEY OF THE INDUS
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. THE UNTIMELY END OF KHAIRU THE HOBBY.
CHAPTER II. THE HAWKS USED IN SCINDE.
CHAPTER III. A DAY WITH THE SHIKRAH.
CHAPTER IV. RECLAIMING AND MANNING THE HAWK IN SCINDE.
CHAPTER V. A DAY WITH THE BASHAH.
CHAPTER VI. TRAINING THE HAWK IN SCINDE.
CHAPTER VII. DE VARIIS REBUS ACCIPITRARIIS.
CHAPTER VIII. DAY WITH THE SHAHBAZ.
POSTSCRIPT.
A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF BAYONET EXERCISE
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
Sect. I. INTRODUCTION.
Sect. II. THE GUARDS.
Sect. III. THE FACINGS
Sect. IV. THE ADVANCING, THE RETIRING, AND THE SIDE (OR CLOSING) STEPS.
Sect. V. THE POINTS
Sect. VI. THE SIMPLE PARADES, THE HEAD PARADE, AND THE BODY PARADE.
Sect. VII. OF COMBINED MOTIONS.
Sect. VIII. THE FEINTS.
CONCLUDING REMARKS.
PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A PILGRIMAGE TO AL MADINAH AND MECCAH
CONTENTS
PREFACE TO THE MEMORIAL EDITION.
PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
PART I. AL-MISR
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XX.
PART II. AL-MADINAH.
CHAPTER XXI.
CHAPTER XXII.
CHAPTER XXIII.
CHAPTER XXIV.
CHAPTER XXV.
CHAPTER XXVI.
PART III. MECCAH.
CHAPTER XXVII.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
CHAPTER XXIX.
CHAPTER XXX.
CHAPTER XXXI.
CHAPTER XXXII.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
APPENDICES.
APPENDIX I.
APPENDIX II.
APPENDIX III.1
APPENDIX IV.
APPENDIX V.
APPENDIX VI.
APPENDIX VII.
APPENDIX VIII.
FIRST FOOTSTEPS IN EAST AFRICA
CONTENTS
TO THE HONORABLE JAMES GRANT LUMSDEN, MEMBER OF COUNCIL, ETC. ETC. BOMBAY.
PREFACE.
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER I. DEPARTURE FROM ADEN.
FOOTNOTES
CHAP. II. LIFE IN ZAYLA.
FOOTNOTES
CHAP. III. EXCURSIONS NEAR ZAYLA.
FOOTNOTES
CHAP. IV. THE SOMAL, THEIR ORIGIN AND PECULIARITIES.
FOOTNOTES
CHAP. V. FROM ZAYLA TO THE HILLS.
FOOTNOTES
CHAP. VI. FROM THE ZAYLA HILLS TO THE MARAR PRAIRIE.
FOOTNOTES
CHAP. VII. FROM THE MARAR PRAIRIE TO HARAR.
FOOTNOTES
CHAP. VIII. TEN DAYS AT HARAR.
FOOTNOTES
CHAP. IX. A RIDE TO BERBERAH.
FOOTNOTES
CHAP. X. BERBERAH AND ITS ENVIRONS.
FOOTNOTES
POSTSCRIPT.
FOOTNOTES
APPENDIX I.
CONCLUSION.
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS
APPENDIX II
APPENDIX III.
APPENDIX IV.
FOOTNOTES
THE LAKE REGIONS OF CENTRAL AFRICA
CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
APPENDICES.
APPENDIX II.
THE CITY OF THE SAINTS, AMONG THE MORMONS AND ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS TO CALIFORNIA
CONTENTS
DEDICATION
PREFACE.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
APPENDICES.
I. EMIGRANT’S ITINERARY.
II. DESCRIPTION OF THE MORMON TEMPLE.
III. THE MARTYRDOM OF JOSEPH SMITH.
IV. THE BLACK COUNTRY.
V. CHRONOLOGICAL ABSTRACT OF MORMON HISTORY.
THE GUIDE-BOOK. A PICTORIAL PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA AND MEDINA
CONTENTS
Stage I: The Pilgrims Land at Jeddah.
Stage II: The Caravan March Across the Desert.
Stage III: The House of Allah at Mecca.
Stage IV: Of Mohammed and His Vision in the Cave
Stage V: The Sermon on the Holy Hill of Arafat
Stage VI: Stoning the Great Devil
Stage VII: The Review of the Troops and March to Mecca
Stage VIII: Medina - Native Drawing and European Sketch
Stage IX: The Death, Burial and Visitation of Mohammed
Postscript
VIKRAM AND THE VAMPIRE OR TALES OF HINDU DEVILRY
CONTENTS
PREFACE
PREFACE TO THE FIRST (1870) EDITION.
INTRODUCTION
VIKRAM AND THE VAMPIRE
THE VAMPIRE’S FIRST STORY - In which a man deceives a woman.
THE VAMPIRE’S SECOND STORY - Of the Relative Villany of Men and Women.
THE VAMPIRE’S THIRD STORY - Of a High-minded Family.
THE VAMPIRE’S FOURTH STORY - Of A Woman Who Told The Truth.
THE VAMPIRE’S FIFTH STORY - Of the Thief Who Laughed and Wept.
THE VAMPIRE’S SIXTH STORY - In Which Three Men Dispute about a Woman.
THE VAMPIRE’S SEVENTH STORY - Showing the Exceeding Folly of Many Wise Fools.
THE VAMPIRE’S EIGHTH STORY - Of the Use and Misuse of Magic Pills.
THE VAMPIRE’S NINTH STORY - Showing That a Man’s Wife Belongs Not to His Body but to His Head.
- Of the Marvellous Delicacy of Three Queens.
THE VAMPIRE’S ELEVENTH STORY - Which Puzzles Raja Vikram.
ENDNOTES
A NEW SYSTEM OF SWORD EXERCISE FOR INFANTRY
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
CHAPTER I
SECTION I. Preparatory Instruction without the Sword
1. Preliminary.
2. First Position in Two Motions.
3. Attacking, Advancing, and Retiring.
CHAPTER II
SECTION II. Preparatory Instruction with the Sword.
CHAPTER III
SECTION III. The Manchette or Fore-arm Play.
1. Preliminary.
2. The Direct Cuts in Manchette.
3. The Guards (Parries) and Feints in Manchette.
4. The Reverse or Back Cuts in Manchette.
5. The Time Cuts in Manchette.
Conclusion
Appendix
ENDNOTES
TWO TRIPS TO GORILLA LAND AND THE CATARACTS OF THE CONGO
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
PART I. THE GABOON RIVER AND GORILLA LAND.
Chapter I. Landing at the Rio Gabão (Gaboon River). - le Plateau, the French Colony.
Chapter II. The Departure. - the Tornado. - arrival at “The Bush.”
Chapter III. Geography of the Gaboon.
Chapter IV. The Minor Tribes and the Mpongwe.
Chapter V. To Sánga-Tánga and Back.
Chapter VI. Village Life in Pongo-land.
Chapter VII. Return to the River.
Chapter VIII. Up the Gaboon River.
Chapter IX. A Specimen Day with the Fán Cannibals.
Chapter X. To the Mbíka (Hill) ; the Sources of the Gaboon. -- return to the Plateau.
Chapter XI. Mr., Mrs., and Master Gorilla.
Chapter XII. Corisco- “Home” to Fernando Po.
ENDNOTES
PART II. THE CATARACTS OF THE CONGO.
Chapter I. From Fernando Po to Loango Bay. - the German Expedition.
Chapter II. To São Paulo De Loanda.
Chapter III. The Festival - a Trip to Calumbo - portuguese Hospitality.
Chapter IV. The Cruise along Shore - the Granite Pillar of Kinsembo.
Chapter V. Into the Congo River. - the Factories. - trip to Shark’s Point. - the Padrão and Pinda.
Chapter VI. Up the Congo River. - the Slave Depot, Porto Da Lenha. - arrival at Boma.
Chapter Vii. Boma. - our Outfit for the Interior
Chapter VIII. A Visit to Banza Chisalla,
Chapter IX. Up the Congo to Banza Nokki.
Chapter X. Notes on the Nzadi or Congo River.
Chapter XI. Life at Banza Nokki.
Chapter XII. Preparations for the March.
Chapter XIII. The March to Banza Nkulu.
Chapter XIV. The Yellala of the Congo.
Chapter XV. Return to the Congo Mouth.
Chapter XVI. The Slaver and the Missionary in the Congo River.
Chapter XVII. Concluding Remarks.
Appendix
METEORLOGICAL
ART. 1.
ART. 2.
ART. 3.
ART. 4.
ART. 5.
ART. 6.
ART. 7.
ART. 8.
ENDNOTES
THE LAND OF MIDIAN
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
PART I. The March Through Madyan Proper (North Midian).
Chapter I. Preliminary - from Trieste to Midian.
Chapter II. The Start - from El-muwaylah to the “White Mountain” and ‘Aynúah.
Chapter III. Breaking New Ground to Magháir Shu’ayb.
Chapter IV. Notices of Precious Metals in Midian - the Papyri and the Mediæval Arab Geographers.
Chapter V. Work At, and Excursions From, Magháir Shu’Ayb.
Chapter VI. To Makná, and Our Work There - the Magáni or Maknáwis.
Chapter VII. Cruise from Maknáto El-’Akabah.
Chapter VIII. Cruise from El-’Akabah to El-Muwaylah - the Shipwreck EscapedRésumé of the Northern Journey.
Chapter IX.
Chapter X.
ENDNOTES.
PART II. The March Through Central and Eastern Midian. (Continued.)
Chapter XI. The Unknown Lands South of the HismáRuins of Shuwák and Shaghab.
Chapter XII.
Chapter XIII. A Week Around and upon the Shárr MountainRésumé of the March Through Eastern or Central Midian.
Chapter XIV. Down South - to El-WijhNotes on the Quarantine - the Hutaym Tribe.
Chapter XV. The Southern Sulphur-hill - the Cruise to El-Haurá - Notes on the Baliyy Tribe and the Volcanic Centres of North - Western Arabia.
Chapter XVI. Our Last March - the Inland Fort - Ruins of the Gold-mines at Umm El-Karáyát and Umm El-Haráb.
Chapter XVII. The March Continued to El-BadáDescription of the Plain Badais.
Chapter XVIII. Coal a “Myth” - March to Marwát - Arrival at the Wady Hamz.
Chapter XIX. The Wady Hamz - the Classical Ruin - Abá’l-Marú, the Mine of “Marwah” - Return to El-Wijh - Résumé of the Southern Journey.
APPENDIX I.
APPENDIX II.
APPENDIX III.
APPENDIX IV.
APPENDIX V.
ENDNOTES.
A GLANCE AT THE PASSION-PLAY
CONTENTS
A GLANCE AT THE PASSION-PLAY.
MUNICH TO MURNAU.
A NIGHT AT MURNAU.
MURNAU TO OBERAMMERGAU.
THE VILLAGE.
THE SORTIE DU THEATRE.
THE THEATRE
PREPARATION FOR THE PLAY.
TO THE THEATRE.
NOTE.
TO THE GOLD COAST FOR GOLD
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XX.
CHAPTER XXI.
CHAPTER XXII.
CHAPTER XXIII.
CHAPTER XXIV.
CHAPTER XXV.
APPENDIX I
APPENDIX II.
THE KAMA SUTRA OF VATSYAYANA
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
INTRODUCTION.
PART I. THE VATSYAYANA SUTRA.
INTRODUCTORY PREFACE.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
PART II. OF SEXUAL UNION.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
PART III. ABOUT THE ACQUISITION OF A WIFE.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
PART IV. ABOUT A WIFE.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
PART V. ABOUT THE WIVES OF OTHER MEN.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
PART VI. ABOUT COURTESANS.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
PART VII. ABOUT THE MEANS OF ATTRACTING OTHERS TO YOURSELF.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CONCLUDING REMARKS.
ENDNOTES.
THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT
CONTENTS
VOLUME ONE
THE TRANSLATOR’S FOREWORD.
THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT
Tale of the Bull23 and the Ass.
TALE OF THE TRADER AND THE JINNI.
The First Shaykh’s Story.
The Second Shaykh’s Story.
The Third Shaykh’s Story.
THE FISHERMAN AND THE JINNI.
The Tale of the Wazir and the Sage Duban.
King Sindibad and his Falcon.
The Tale of the Husband and the Parrot.90
The Tale of the Prince and the Ogress.
The Tale of the Ensorcelled Prince.
The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad.
The First Kalandar’s Tale.
The Second Kalandar’s Tale.
The Tale of the Envier and the Envied.
The Third Kalandar’s Tale.
The Eldest Lady’s Tale.
Tale of the Portress.
THE TALE OF THE THREE APPLES
TALE OF NUR AL-DIN AND HIS SON.
THE HUNCHBACK’S TALE.
The Nazarene Broker’s Story.
The Reeve’s Tale.
Tale of the Jewish Doctor.
Tale of the Tailor.
The Barber’s Tale of Himself.
The Barber’s Tale of his First Brother.
The Barber’s Tale of his Second Brother.
The Barber’s Tale of his Third Brother.
The Barber’s Tale of his Fourth Brother.
The Barber’s Tale of his Fifth Brother.
The Barber’s Tale of his Sixth Brother.
The End of the Tailor’s Tale.
FOOTNOTES VOLUME I.
VOLUME II.
Nur Al-Din Ali and the Damsel Anis Al-Jalis
Tale of Ghanim bin Ayyub79, the Distraught, the Thrall o’ Love.
Tale of the First Eunuch, Bukhayt.
Tale of the Second Eunuch, Kafur.
And What Befel Them of Things Seld-Seen and Peregrine.138
When it was the Fifty-third Night.
Tale of Taj al-Muluk and the Princess Dunya (The Lover and the Loved).
Tale of Aziz and Azizah.482
FOOTNOTES VOLUME II.
VOLUME III.
The Tale of King Omar Bin Al-Nu’uman and His Sons Sharrkan and Zau Al-Makan (cont)
The Tale of the Hashish Eater.
The Tale of Hammad the Badawi.
THE BIRDS AND BEASTS AND THE CARPENTER130
The Hermits.
TALE OF THE WATER FOWL AND THE TORTOISE.
TALE OF THE WOLF AND THE FOX.150
The Tale of the Falcon155 and the Partridge.156
TALE OF THE MOUSE AND THE ICHNEUMON165
THE CAT166 AND THE CROW
THE FOX AND THE CROW
The Saker169 and the Birds.
THE HEDGEHOG AND THE WOOD-PIGEONS
THE THIEF AND HIS MONKEY171
THE SPARROW AND THE PEACOCK
TALE OF ALI BIN BAKKAR AND OF SHAMS AL-NAHAR.
TALE OF KAMAR AL ZAMAN,
FOOTNOTES VOLUME III.
VOLUME IV.
Tale of Kamar Al-Zaman (continued)
ALA AL-DIN ABU AL-SHAMAT.24
HATIM OF THE TRIBE OF TAYY.
TALE OF MA’AN THE SON OF ZAIDAH.133
MA’AN SON OF ZAIDAH AND THE BADAWI.
THE CITY OF LABTAYT.139
THE CALIPH HISHAM AND THE ARAB YOUTH.
IBRAHIM BIN AL-MAHDI AND THE BARBER- SURGEON.
THE CITY OF MANY COLUMNED IRAM AND ABDULLAH SON OF ABI KILABAH.165
ISAAC OF MOSUL.
THE SWEEP AND THE NOBLE LADY.
THE MOCK CALIPH.
ALI THE PERSIAN.
TALE OF HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE SLAVE-GIRL AND THE IMAM ABU YUSUF.
TALE OF THE LOVER WHO FEIGNED HIMSELF A THIEF.
JA’AFAR THE BARMECIDE AND THE BEAN SELLER.
ABU MOHAMMED HIGHT LAZYBONES.
GENEROUS DEALING OF YAHYA BIN KHALID THE BARMECIDE WITH MANSUR.
GENEROUS DEALING OF YAHYA SON OF KHБLID WITH A MAN WHO FORGED A LETTER IN HIS NAME.
CALIPH AL-MAAMUN AND THE STRANGE SCHOLAR.
ALI SHAR254 AND ZUMURRUD.
THE LOVES OF JUBAYR BIN UMAYR AND THE LADY BUDUR.
THE MAN OF AI-YAMAN AND HIS SIX SlAVE-GIRLS.
HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE DAMSEL AND ABU NOWAS.
THE MAN WHO STOLE THE DISH OF GOLD WHEREIN THE DOG ATE.
THE SHARPER OF ALEXANDRIA AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
AL-MALIK AL-NASIR AND THE THREE CHIEFS OF POLICE.
The Story of the Chief of Police of Cairo.
The Story of the Chief of the Bulak Police.
The Story of the Chief of the Old Cairo Police.
THE THIEF AND THE SHROFF.
THE CHIEF OF THE KUS POLICE AND THE SHARPER.
IBRAHIM BIN AL-MAHDI AND THE MERCHANT’S SISTER.
THE WOMAN WHOSE HANDS WERE CUT OFF FOR GIVING ALMS TO THE POOR.
THE DEVOUT ISRAELITE.
ABU HASSAN AL-ZIYADI AND THE KHORASAN.
THE POOR MAN AND HIS FRIEND IN NEED.
THE RUINED MAN WHO BECAME RICH AGAIN THROUGH A DREAM.424
CALIPH AL-MUTAWAKKIL AND HIS CONCUBINE MAHBUBAH.
WARDAN430 THE BUTCHER; HIS ADVENTURE WITH THE LADY AND THE BEAR.
THE KING’S DAUGHTER AND THE APE.
FOOTNOTES VOLUME IV.
VOLUME V.
The Ebony Horse
UNS AL-WUJUD AND THE WAZIR’S DAUGHTER AL- WARD FI’L-AKMAM OR ROSE-IN-HOOD.30
ABU NOWAS WITH THE THREE BOYS AND THE CALIPH HARUN AL-RASHID82
ABDALLAH BIN MA’AMAR WITH THE MAN OF BASSORAH AND HIS SLAVE-GIRL.
THE LOVERS OF THE BANU99 OZRAH
WAZIR OF AL-YAMAN AND HIS YOUNG BROTHER
THE LOVES OF THE BOY AND GIRL AT SCHOOL
AL-MUTALAMMIS AND HIS WIFE UMAYMAH
THE CALIPH HARUM AL-RASHID AND QUEEN ZUBAYDAH IN THE BATH
HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE THREE POETS
MUS’AB BIN AL-ZUBAYR AND AYISHAH HIS WIFE
ABU AL-ASWAD AND HIS SLAVE-GIRL
HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE TWO SLAVE-GIRLS
THE CALIPH HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE THREE SLAVE-GIRLS
THE MILLER AND HIS WIFE
THE SIMPLETON AND THE SHARPER
THE KAZI ABU YUSUF WITH HARUN AL-RASHID AND QUEEN ZUBAYDAH
THE CALIPH AL-HAKIM123 AND THE MERCHANT
KING KISRA ANUSHIRWAN124 AND THE VILLAGE DAMSEL
WATER-CARRIER126 AND THE GOLDSMITH’S WIFE
KHUSRAU AND SHIRIN AND THE FISHERMAN
YAHYA BIN KHALID THE BARMECIDE AND THE POOR MAN
MOHAMMED AL-AMIN AND THE SLAVE-GIRL
THE SONS OF YAHYA BIN KHALID AND SA’ID BIN SALIM AL-BAHILI
THE WOMAN’S TRICK AGAINST HER HUSBAND
THE DEVOUT WOMAN AND THE TWO WICKED ELDERS138
JA’AFAR THE BARMECIDE AND THE OLD BADAWL
THE CALIPH OMAR BIN AL-KHATTAB AND THE YOUNG BADAWI
THE CALIPH AL-MAAMUN AND THE PYRAMIDS153 OF EGYPT
THE THIEF AND THE MERCHANT
MASRUR THE EUNUCH AND IBN AL-KARIBI
THE DEVOTEE PRINCE
THE UNWISE SCHOOLMASTER WHO FELL IN LOVE BY REPORT
THE FOOLISH DOMINIE170
ILLITERATE WHO SET UP FOR A SCHOOLMASTER
THE KING AND THE VIRTUOUS WIFE.
ABD AL-RAHMAN THE MAGHRIBI’S STORY OF THE RUKH.176
ADI BIN ZAYD AND THE PRINCESS HIND.
DI’IBIL AL-KHUZA’I WITH THE LADY AND MUSLIM BIN AL-WALID.
ISAAC OF MOSUL AND THE MERCHANT.
THE THREE UNFORTUNATE LOVERS.
HOW ABU HASAN BRAKE WIND.
THE LOVERS OF THE BANU TAYY.
THE MAD LOVER.
THE PRIOR WHO BECAME A MOSLEM.
THE LOVES OF ABU ISA AND KURRAT AL-AYN.
AL-AMIN SON OF AL-RASHID AND HIS UNCLE IBRAHIM BIN AL-MAHDI.
AL-FATH BIN KHAKAN AND THE CALIPH AL-MUTAWAKKIL.
THE MAN’S DISPUTE WITH THE LEARNED WOMAN CONCERNING THE RELATIVE EXCELLENCE OF MALE AND FEMALE.
ABU SUWAYD AND THE PRETTY OLD WOMAN.
THE EMIR ALI BIN TAHIR AND THE GIRL MUUNIS.
THE WOMAN WHO HAD A BOY AND THE OTHER WHO HAD A MAN TO LOVER.
ALI THE CAIRENE AND THE HAUNTED HOUSE IN BAGHDAD.
THE PILGRIM MAN AND THE OLD WOMAN.
ABU AL-HUSN AND HIS SLAVE-GIRL TAWADDUD.281
THE ANGEL OF DEATH WITH THE PROUD KING AND THE DEVOUT MAN.
THE ANGEL OF DEATH AND THE RICH KING.
THE ANGEL OF DEATH AND THE KING OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.
ISKANDAR ZU AL-KARNAYN460 AND A CERTAIN TRIBE OF POOR FOLK.
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF KING ANUSHIRWAN.463
THE JEWISH KAZI AND HIS PIOUS WIFE.
THE SHIPWRECKED WOMAN AND HER CHILD.
THE PIOUS BLACK SLAVE.
THE DEVOUT TRAY-MAKER AND HIS WIFE.
AL-HAJJAJ AND THE PIOUS MAN.
THE BLACKSMITH WHO COULD HANDLE FIRE WITHOUT HURT.
THE DEVOTEE TO WHOM ALLAH GAVE A CLOUD FOR SERVICE AND THE DEVOUT KING.
THE MOSLEM CHAMPION AND THE CHRISTIAN DAMSEL.
THE CHRISTIAN KING’S DAUGHTER AND THE MOSLEM.
THE PROPHET AND THE JUSTICE OF PROVIDENCE.
THE FERRYMAN OF THE NILE AND THE HERMIT.
THE ISLAND KING AND THE PIOUS ISRAELITE.
ABU AL-HASAN AND ABU JA’AFAR THE LEPER.501
THE QUEEN OF THE SERPENTS.507
The Adventures of Bulukiya.
The Story of Janshah.536
FOOTNOTES VOLUME V.
VOLUME VI.
Sindbad The Seaman1 and Sindbad The Landsman.
The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman.
The Third Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman.
The Fourth Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman.
The Fifth Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman.
The Sixth Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman.
The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman.
THE CITY OF BRASS.104
CRAFT AND MALICE OF WOMEN,153 OR THE TALE OF THE KING, HIS SON, HIS CONCUBINE AND THE SEVEN WAZIRS.
The King and his Wazir’s Wife.160
Story of the Confectioner, his Wife, and the Parrot.
The Fuller and his Son.
The Rake’s Trick against the Chaste Wife.
The Miser and the Loaves of Bread.
The Lady and her Two Lovers.
The Kings Son and the Ogress.171
The Drop of Honey.174
The Woman who made her Husband Sift Dust.175
The Enchanted String.179
Goldsmith and the Cashmere Singing-Girl.
The Man who never Laughed during the Rest of his Days.
The King’s Son and the Merchant’s Wife.
The Page who Feigned to Know the Speech of Birds.207
The Lady and her Five Suitors.211
The Stolen Necklace.
The Two Pigeons.219
Story of Prince Behram and the Princess Al-Datma.
The House with the Belvedere.221
Sandal-Wood Merchant and the Sharpers.244
The Debauchee and the Three-Year-Old Child.
The Stolen Purse.
Story of the Fox and the Folk.256
JUDAR257 AND HIS BRETHREN.
HISTORY OF GHARIB AND HIS BROTHER AJIB.312
FOOTNOTES VOLUME VI.
VOLUME VII.
The History of Gharib and His Brother Ajib (continued)
OTBAH79 AND RAYYA.
HIND, DAUGHTER OF AL-NU’MAN AND AL-HAJJAJ.94
KHUZAYMAH BIN BISHR AND IKRIMAH AL-FAYYAZ.99
YUNUS THE SCRIBE AND THE CALIPH WALID BIN SAHL.
HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE ARAB GIRL.
AL-ASMA’I AND THE THREE GIRLS OF BASSORAH.
IBRAHIM OF MOSUL AND THE DEVIL.118
THE LOVERS OF THE BANU UZRAH.125
THE BADAWI AND HIS WIFE.141
THE LOVERS OF BASSORAH.
ISHAK OF MOSUL AND HIS MISTRESS AND THE DEVIL.168
THE LOVERS OF AL-MEDINAH.
AL-MALIK AL-NASIR AND HIS WAZIR.
THE ROGUERIES OF DALILAH THE CRAFTY AND HER DAUGHTER ZAYNAB THE CONEY- CATCHER.179
The Adventures of Mercury Ali of Cairo.214
ARDASHIR AND HAYAT AL-NUFUS.261
JULNAR THE SEA-BORN AND HER SON KING BADR BASIM OF PERSIA.
KING MOHAMMED BIN SABAIK AND THE MERCHANT HASAN.
Story of Prince Sayf al-Muluk and the Princess Badi’a al-Jamal.
FOOTNOTES VOLUME VII.
VOLUME VIII.
King Mohammed Bin Sabaik and the Merchant Hasan (continued)
HASAN OF BASSORAH.5
Khalif the Fisherman of Baghdad.
MASRUR AND ZAYN AL-MAWASIF.308
ALI NUR AL-DIN AND MIRIAM THE GIRDLE-GIRL377
FOOTNOTES VOLUME VIII.
VOLUME IX.
Ali Nur Al-Din and Miriam the Girdle-Girl (continued)
THE MAN OF UPPER EGYPT AND HIS FRANKISH WIFE.
RUINED MAN OF BAGHDAD AND HIS SLAVE-GIRL
KING JALI’AD OF HIND AND HIS WAZIR SHIMAS; FOLLOWED BY THE HISTORY OF KING WIRD KHAN, SON OF KING JALI’AD, WITH HIS WOMEN AND WAZIRS.55
The Mouse and the Cat.
The Fakir and his Jar of Butter.66
The Fishes and the Crab.
The Crow and the Serpent.
The Wild Ass and the Jackal.
The Unjust King and the Pilgrim Prince.
The Crows and the Hawk.
The Serpent-charmer and his Wife.
The Spider and the Wind.
The Two Kings.
The Blind Man and the Cripple.
The Foolish Fisherman.
The Boy and the Thieves.
The Man and his Wife.
The Merchant and the Robbers.
The Jackals and the Wolf.
The Shepherd and the Rogue.159
ABU KIR THE DYER AND ABU SIR THE BARBER.
ABDULLAH232 THE FISHERMAN AND ABDULLAH THE MERMAN.
HARUN AL-RASHID AND ABU HASAN, THE MERCHANT OF OMAN.
IBRAHIM AND JAMILAH.298
ABU AL-HASAN OF KHORASAN.346
KAMAR AL-ZAMAN AND THE JEWELLER’S WIFE.375
ABDULLAH BIN FAZIL AND HIS BROTHERS.476
FOOTNOTES VOLUME IX.
VOLUME X.
MA’ARUF THE COBBLER AND HIS WIFE
Conclusion.
FINIS.
§ I THE ORIGIN OF THE NIGHTS.
§ II. THE NIGHTS IN EUROPE.
§ III. THE MATTER AND THE MANNER OF THE NIGHTS.
§ IV. SOCIAL CONDITION.
§ V ON THE PROSE-RHYME AND THE POETRY OF THE NIGHTS
APPENDIX
Appendix I.
Appendix II.
INDICES
CAZZOTTE’S CONTINUATION, AND THE COMPOSITE EDITIONS OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS.
THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE STORY OF SAIF ZUL YEZN (ZU’L YAZAN) ACCORDING TO HABICHT’S GERMAN VERSION.
SCOTT’S MSS. AND TRANSLATIONS.
WEIL’S TRANSLATION.
VON HAMMER’S MS., AND THE TRANSLATIONS DERIVED FROM IT.
TRANSLATIONS OF THE PRINTED TEXTS.
COLLECTIONS OF SELECTED TALES.
SEPARATE EDITIONS OF SINGLE OR COMPOSITE TALES.
TRANSLATIONS OF COGNATE ORIENTAL ROMANCES ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE NIGHTS.
DR. CLARKE’S M.S.
IMITATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS WORKS HAVING MORE OR LESS CONNECTION WITH THE NIGHTS.
CONCLUSION.
FOOTNOTES VOLUME X.
SUPPLEMENTAL NIGHTS VOLUME I.
The Translator’s Foreword.
The Sleeper and the Waker.1
THE CALIPH OMAR BIN ABD AL-AZIZ AND THE POETS85
AL-HAJJAJ AND THE THREE YOUNG MEN117
HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE WOMAN OF THE BARMECIDES124
THE TEN WAZIRS: OR THE HISTORY OF KING AZADBAKHT AND HIS SON.130
Of the Uselessness of Endeavour Against Persistent Ill Fortune.
The Story of the Merchant Who Lost his Luck.149
The Second Day.
The Tale of the Merchant and his Sons.157
The Third Day.
Of the Advantages of Patience.164
The Story of Abu Sabir.
The Fourth Day.
The Story of Prince Bihzad.176
The Fifth Day.
The Story of King Dadbin185 and his Wazirs.
The Sixth Day.
The Story of King Bakhtzaman.201
The Seventh Day.
The Story of King Bihkard.206
The Eighth Day.
The Story of Aylan Shah and Abu Tammam.210
The Ninth Day.
The Story of King Ibrahim and his Son.222
The Tenth Day.
The Story of King Sulayman Shah and his Niece.231
The Eleventh Day.
The Story of the Prisoner and How Allah Gave Him Relief.251
JA’AFAR BIN YAHYA AND ABD AL-MALIK BIN SALITH THE ABBASIDE258
AL-RASHID AND THE BARMECIDES269
IBN AL-SAMMAK AND AL-RASHID280
AL-MAAMUN AND ZUBAYDAH282
AL-NU’UMAN AND THE ARAB OF THE BANU TAY287
FIRUZ AND HIS WIFE293
KING SHAH BAKHT AND HIS WAZIR AL-RAHWAN.295
The First Night of the Month.
The Tale of the Man of Khorasan, his Son and his Tutor.
The Second Night of the Mouth.
Tale of the Singer and the Druggist.
The Third Night of the Month.
The Tale of the King who Kenned the Quintessence334 of Things.
The Fourth Night of the Month.
The Fifth Night of the Month.
The Tale of the Sage and his Three Sons.355
The Sixth Night of the Month.
The Tale of the Prince who Fell in Love with the Picture.
The Seventh Night of the Month.
The Tale of the Fuller and his Wife and the Trooper.362
The Eighth Night of the Month.
The Tale of the Merchant, the Crone and the King.
The Ninth Night of the Month.
The Tale of the Simpleton Husband.371
The Tenth Night of the Month.
The Tale of the Unjust King and the Tither.
The Story of David and Solomon.
The Eleventh Night of the Month.
The Tale of the Robber and the Woman.
The Twelfth Night of the Month.
The Tale of the Three Men and our Lord Isa.
The Disciple’s Story.
The Thirteenth Night of the Month.
The Fourteenth Night of the Month.
The Tale of the Man whose Caution Slew Him.
The Fifteenth Night of the Month.
The Sixteenth Night of the Month.
The Tale of the Melancholist and the Sharper.409
The Seventeenth Night of the Month.
The Tale of Khalbas and his Wife and the Learned Man.
The Eighteenth Night of the Month.
The Tale of the Devotee Accused of Lewdness.415
The Nineteenth Night of the Month.
The Tale of the Hireling and the Girl.
The Twentieth Night of the Month.
The Tale of the Weaver who Became a Leach by Order of his Wife.
The Twenty-first Night of the Month.
The Tale of the Two Sharpers who each Cozened his Compeer.
The Twenty-second Night of the Month.
The Tale of the Sharpers with the Shroff474 and the Ass.
The Twenty-third Night of the Month.
The Tale of the Cheat and the Merchants.
The Story of the Falcon and the Locust.485
The Twenty-fourth Night of the Month.
The Tale of the King and his Chamberlain’s Wife.488
The Story of the Crone and the Draper’s Wife.490
The Twenty-fifth Night of the Month.
The Tale of the Ugly Man and his Beautiful Wife.
The Twenty-sixth Night of the Month.
The Twenty-seventh Night of the Month.
The Tale of Salim, the Youth of Khorasan, and Salma, his Sister.
The Twenty-eighth and Last Night of the Month.
The Tale of the King of Hind and his Wazir.
SHAHRAZAD AND SHAHRYAR.
FOOTNOTES SUPPLEMENTAL VOLUME I.
SUPPLEMENTAL NIGHTS VOLUME II.
AL-MALIK AL-ZAHIR RUKN AL-DIN BIBARS AL- BUNDUKDARI AND THE SIXTEEN CAPTAINS OF POLICE.1
The First Constable’s History.8
The Second Constable’s History.
The Third Constable’s History.
The Fourth Constable’s History.
The Fifth Constable’s History.
The Sixth Constable’s History.
The Seventh Constable’s History.
The Eighth Constable’s History.
The Thief’s Tale.
The Ninth Constable’s History.
The Tenth Constable’s History.
The Eleventh Constable’s History.
The Twelfth Constable’s History.
The Thirteenth Constable’s History.
The Fourteenth Constable’s History.
A Merry Jest of a Clever Thief.
The Tale of the Old Sharper.
The Fifteenth Constable’s History.125
The Sixteenth Constable’s History.
TALE OF HARUN AL-RASHID AND ABDULLAH BIN NAFI’.131
The Tale of the Damsel Tohfat al-Kulub and the Caliph Harun al- Rashid.
WOMEN’S WILES258
The Hundred and Ninety-seventh Night.
The Hundred and Ninety-eight Night.
The Hundred and Ninety-ninth Night.
The Two Hundredth Night.
NUR AL-DIN ALI OF DAMASCUS AND THE DAMSEL SITT AL-MILAH.280
TALE OF KING INS BIN KAYS AND HIS DAUGHTER WITH THE SON OF KING AL-’ABBAS.342
SHAHRAZAD AND SHAHRYAR.443
TALE OF THE TWO KINGS AND THE WAZIR’S DAUGHTERS.447
THE CONCUBINE AND THE CALIPH.”463
THE CONCUBINE OF AL-MAAMUN470
PERSIAN VERSION
SER GIOVANNI’S VERSION
STRAPAROLA’S VERSION490
INDIAN VERSION
SIBERIAN VERSION
HUNGARIAN VERSION
TURKISH ANALOGUE.
ITALIAN VERSION.
KASHMIRI VERSION.512
PANJÁBÍ VERSION.
TIBETAN VERSION.
LEGEND OF ST. EUSTACHE.
OLD ENGLISH “GESTA” VERSION.
ROMANCE OF SIR ISUMBRAS.
ADDITIONAL NOTES.
THE SINGER AND THE DRUGGIST, .
THE FULLER, HIS WIFE AND THE TROOPER, .
FOOTNOTES SUPPLEMENTAL VOLUME II.
SUPPLEMENTAL NIGHTS VOLUME III.
The Translator’s Foreword.
THE TALE OF ZAYN AL-ASNAM.8
ALAEDDIN; OR, THE WONDERFUL LAMP.
KHUDADAD232 AND HIS BROTHERS.
The end of the Five Hundred and Ninety-third Night.
The end of the Five Hundred and Ninety-fourth Night.
The end of the Five Hundred and Ninety-fifth Night.
History of the Princess of Daryabar.238
The end of the Five Hundred and Ninety-sixth Night.
The end of the Five Hundred and Ninety-seventh Night.
The end of the Five Hundred and Ninety-eighth Night.
The end of the Five Hundred and Ninety-ninth Night.
The end of the full Six Hundredth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and First Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Second Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Third Night.
THE CALIPH’S NIGHT ADVENTURE.
The end of the Six Hundred and Fifth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Sixth Night.
The Story of the Blind Man, Baba Abdullah.252
The end of the Six Hundred and Seventh Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Eighth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Ninth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Tenth Night.
The end of The Six Hundred and Eleventh Night.
History of Sidi Nu’uman.
The end of the Six Hundred and Twelfth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Thirteenth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Fourteenth Night.
The end of the Six Hudred and Fifteenth Night.
History of Khwajah Hasan al-Habbal.272
The end of the Six Hundred and Sixteenth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Seventeenth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Eighteenth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Nineteenth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Twentieth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Twenty-first Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Twenty-second Night.
The end of The Six Hundred and Twenty-third Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Twenty-fourth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Twenty-fifth Night.
ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES.289
The end of the Six Hundred and Twenty-sixth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred ante Thirty-fourth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Thirty-fifth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Thirty-sixth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Thirty-seventh Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Thirty-eighth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and thirty-ninth Night.
ALI KHWAJAH AND THE MERCHANT OF BAGHDAD
The end of the Six Hundred and Fortieth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Forty-first Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Forty-second Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Forty-third Night.
PRINCE AHMAD AND THE FAIRY PERI-BANU.314
The end of the Six Hundred and Fiftieth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Fifty-first Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Fifty-Second Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Fifty-third Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Fifty-fourth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Fifty-fifth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Fifty-sixth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Fifty-seventh Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Fifty-eighth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Fifty-ninth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Sixtieth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Sixty-first Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Sixty-second Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Sixty-third Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Sixty-fourth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Sixty-fifth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Sixty-sixth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Sixty-seventh Night.
THE TWO SISTERS WHO ENVIED THEIR CADETTE349
The end of the Six Hundred and Sixty-ninth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Seventieth Night.
The End of the Six Hundred and Seventy-first Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Seventy-second Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Seventy-third Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Seventy-fourth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Seventy-Fifth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Seventy-sixth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Seventy-seventh Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Seventy-eight Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Seventy-ninth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Eightieth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Eighty-first Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Eighty-Second Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Eighty-third Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Eighty-fourth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Eighty-fifth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Eighty-sixth Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Eighty-seventh Night.
The end of the Six Hundred and Eighty-eighth Night.
APPENDIX. VARIANTS AND ANALOGUES OF THE TALES IN VOLUME XIII.
FOOTNOTES SUPPLEMENTAL VOLUME III.
SUPPLEMENTAL NIGHTS VOLUME IV.
The Translator’s Foreword.
BROUGHT TO EUROPE BY EDWARD WORTLEY MONTAGUE, ESQ.
Diruit, ćdificat, mutat quadrata rotundis.
The trail of the slow-worm is over them all.
TRIESTE, April 10th, 1888.
Story of the Sultan of Al-Yaman and His three Sons.1
THE STORY OF THE THREE SHARPERS.17
The History of Mohammed, Sultan of Cairo.
The Story of the First Lunatic.72
Story of the Second Lunatic.102
Story of the Sage and the Scholar.115
The Night-Adventure of Sultan Mohammed of Cairo.130
The Story of the Broke-Back Schoolmaster.134
Story of the Split-Mouthed Schoolmaster.137
The Story of the Limping Schoolmaster.142
Story of the Three Sisters and Their Mother.151
THE STORY OF THE KAZI WHO BARE A BABE.204
THE TALE OF THE KAZI AND THE BHANG-EATER.224
History of the Bhang-Eater and his Wife.
How Drummer Abu Kasim Became a Kazi.
The Story of the Kazi and his Slipper.
Tale of Mahmud the Persian and the Kurd Sharper.284
The Tale of the Sultan and His Sons and the Enchanting Bird.289
Story of the King of Al-Yaman and his Three Sons.
The Four Hundred and Thirty-second Night.
The Four Hundred and Thirty-fifth Night.
History of the First Larrikin.
History of the Second Larrikin.
The Tale of the Third Larrikin.
Story of a Sultan of Al-Hind and his Son Mohammed.353
Tale of the Third Larrikin Concerning Himself.
THE HISTORY OF ABU NIYYAH AND ABU NIYYATAYN394
APPENDIX.
FOOTNOTES SUPPLEMENTAL VOLUME IV.
SUPPLEMENTAL NIGHTS VOLUME V.
THE TRANSLATOR’S FOREWORD.
THE HISTORY OF THE KING’S SON OF SIND AND THE LADY FATIMAH.3
HISTORY OF THE LOVERS OF SYRIA17
HISTORY OF AL-HAJJAJ BIN YUSUF AND THE YOUNG SAYYID.42
NIGHT ADVENTURE OF HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE YOUTH MANJAB.106
Story of the Darwaysh and the Barber’s Boy and the Greedy Sultan.
Tale of the Simpleton Husband.167
THE LOVES OF AL-HAYFA AND YUSUF.177
THE THREE PRINCES OF CHINA.303
THE RIGHTEOUS WAZIR WRONGFULLY GAOLED.331
THE CAIRENE YOUTH, THE BARBER, AND THE CAPTAIN.
THE GOODWIFE OF CAIRO AND HER FOUR GALLANTS.354
The Tailor and the Lady and the Captain.364
The Syrian and the Three Women of Cairo.376
The Lady with Two Coyntes.
The Whorish Wife who Vaunted her Virtue.
CÂLEBS THE DROLL AND HIS WIFE AND HER FOUR LOVERS.
THE GATE-KEEPER OF CAIRO AND THE CUNNING SHE-THIEF.423
TALE OF MOHSIN AND MUSA.434
MOHAMMED THE SHALABI AND HIS MISTRESS AND HIS WIFE.455
THE FELLAH AND HIS WICKED WIFE.466
THE WOMAN WHO HUMOURED HER LOVER AT HER HUSBAND’S EXPENSE.481
THE KAZI SCHOOLED BY HIS WIFE.
THE MERCHANT’S DAUGHTER AND THE PRINCE OF AL-IRAK.497
STORY OF THE TWO LACK-TACTS OF CAIRO AND DAMASCUS.593
II. - NOTES ON THE STORIES CONTAINED IN VOLUME XV.
FOOTNOTES SUPPLEMENTAL VOLUME V.
SUPPLEMENTAL NIGHTS VOLUME VI.
The Translator’s Foreword.
The Say of Haykar the Sage.6
THE HISTORY OF AL-BUNDUKANI OR, THE CALIPH HARUN AL-RASHID AND THE DAUGHTER OF KING KISRA.
M.
THE LINGUIST-DAME, THE DUENNA AND THE KING’S SON.
Trieste, October 11, 1887.
There remains one more bubble to be exploded.
THE TALE OF THE WARLOCK AND THE YOUNG COOK OF BAGHDAD.
FINIS.
THE PLEASANT HISTORY OF THE COCK AND THE FOX.
FINIS.
HISTORY OF WHAT BEFEL THE FOWL-LET WITH THE FOWLER
The Tale of Attaf.
NOTE ON THE TALE OF ATTAF.
The Tale of Attaf.
HISTORY OF PRINCE HABIB
AND WHAT BEFEL HIM WITH THE
LADY DURRAT AL-GHAWWAS.
The History of Durrat al-Ghawwas.
NOTES ON THE STORIES CONTAINED IN VOLUME XVI.
FOOTNOTES SUPPLEMENTAL VOLUME VI.
BURTON TRANSLATION: DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE PERFUMED GARDEN OF THE SHAYKH NEFZAWI
CONTENTS
NOTE
NOTES OF THE TRANSLATOR RESPECTING THE CHEIKH NEFZAOUI
INTRODUCTION
GENERAL REMARKS ABOUT COITION
THE ORIGIN OF THIS WORK.
CHAPTER I. CONCERNING PRAISEWORTHY MEN
CHAPTER II. CONCERNING WOMEN WHO DESERVE TO BE PRAISED
CHAPTER III. ABOUT MEN WHO ARE TO BE HELD IN CONTEMPT
CHAPTER IV. ABOUT WOMEN WHO ARE TO BE HELD IN CONTEMPT
CHAPTER V. RELATING TO THE ACT OF GENERATION
CHAPTER VI. CONCERNING EVERYTHING THAT IS FAVOURABLE TO THE ACT OF COITION
CHAPTER VII. OF MATTERS WHICH ARE INJURIOUS IN THE ACT OF GENERATION
CHAPTER VIII. THE SUNDRY NAMES TO THE SEXUAL PARTS OF MAN
CHAPTER IX. SUNDRY NAMES GIVEN TO THE SEXUAL ORGANS OF WOMEN
CHAPTER X. CONCERNING THE ORGANS OF GENERATION OF ANIMALS
CHAPTER XI. ON THE DECEITS AND TREACHERIES OF WOMEN
CHAPTER XII. CONCERNING SUNDRY OBSERVATIONS USEFUL TO KNOW FOR MEN AND WOMEN
CHAPTER XIII. CONCERNING THE CAUSES OF ENJOYMENT IN THE ACT OF GENERATION
CHAPTER XIV. DESCRIPTION OF THE UTERUS OF STERILE WOMEN AND TREATMENT OF THE SAME
CHAPTER XV. CONCERNING MEDICINES WHICH PROVOKE ABORTION
CHAPTER XVI. CONCERNING THE CAUSES OF IMPOTENCE IN MEN
CHAPTER XVII. UNDOING OF AIGUILLETTES (IMPOTENCE FOR A TIME)
CHAPTER XVIII. PRESCRIPTION FOR INCREASING THE DIMENSIONS OF SMALL MEMBERS AND FOR MAKING THEM SPLENDID
CHAPTER XIX. OF THINGS THAT TAKE AWAY THE BAD SMELL FROM THE ARMPITS AND SEXUAL PARTS OF WOMEN AND CONTRACT THE LATTER
CHAPTER XX. INSTRUCTIONS WITH REGARD TO PREGNANCY AND HOW THE GENDER OF THE CHILD THAT IS TO BE BORN MAY BE KNOWN - THAT IS TO SAY, KNOWLEDGE OF THE SEX OF THE FOETUS.
CHAPTER XXI. FORMING THE CONCLUSION OF THIS WORK, AND TREATING OF THE GOOD EFFECTS OF THE REGULATION OF EGGS AS FAVOURABLE TO THE COITUS
THE JEW, THE GYPSY AND EL ISLAM
CONTENTS
PREFACE
PART I. THE JEW
General Opinion of the Jew
Opinion of the Jew in England
The Jew of the Holy Land and his Destiny
The Jew and the Talmud
PART II. THE GYPSY
TO THE READER
NOTES ON MODERN STUDIES OF “CHINGANOLOGY”
CHAPTER I. THE INDIAN AFFINITIES OF THE GYPSIES
CHAPTER II. THE CLAIMS AND PRETENSIONS OF M. PAUL BATAILLARD
CHAPTER III. A REVIEW OF M. PAUL BATAILLARD’S REVIEWS
TOPOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THE GYPSIES AND THE JATS
CHAPTER IV. HISTORICAL SURVEY OF THE GYPSY IN EUROPE
CHAPTER V. THE GYPSY IN ASIA
CHAPTER VΙ. THE GYPSY IN AFRICA
CHAPTER VII. THE GYPSY IN EUROPE
CHAPTER VIII. THE GYPSY IN AMERICA
PART III. EL ISLAM
THE SENTIMENT OF THE SWORD
CONTENTS
PREFACE
FOREWORD
THE FIRST EVENING
THE SECOND EVENING
THE THIRD EVENING
THE FOURTH EVENING.
THE FIFTH EVENING.
THE SIXTH EVENING
THE SEVENTH EVENING
THE EIGHTH EVENING.-
THE NINTH AND LAST EVENING
The Poetry Books
STONE TALK
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DEDICATION.
STONE TALK.
THE LUSIADS
CONTENTS
Editor’s Preface
PREFACE.
NOTE.
CANTO I.
ARGUMENT OF THE FIRST CANTO.
ANOTHER ARGUMENT.
CANTO I.
CANTO II.
ARGUMENT OF THE SECOND CANTO.
ANOTHER ARGUMENT.
CANTO II.
CANTO III.
ARGUMENT OF THE THIRD CANTO.
ANOTHER ARGUMENT.
CANTO III.
CANTO IV.
ARGUMENT OF THE FOURTH CANTO.
ANOTHER ARGUMENT.
CANTO IV.
CANTO V.
ARGUMENT OF THE FIFTH CANTO.
ANOTHER ARGUMENT.
CANTO V.
CANTO VI.
ARGUMENT OF THE SIXTH CANTO.
ANOTHER ARGUMENT.
CANTO VI.
CANTO VII.
ARGUMENT OF THE SEVENTH CANTO.
ANOTHER ARGUMENT.
CANTO VII.
CANTO VIII.
ARGUMENT OF THE EIGHTH CANTO.
ANOTHER ARGUMENT.
CANTO VIII.
CANTO IX.
ARGUMENT OF THE NINTH CANTO.
ANOTHER ARGUMENT.
CANTO IX.
CANTO X.
ARGUMENT OF THE TENTH CANTO.
ANOTHER ARGUMENT.
CANTO X.
THE REJECTED STANZAS. (ESTANCIAS DESPREZADAS).
NOTE.
ESTANCIAS DESPREZADAS.
THE REJECTED STANZAS.
MANUSCRIPT NO. I.
MANUSCRIPT NO. II.
THE KASIDAH OF HAJI ABDU EL-YEZDI
CONTENTS
TO THE READER
THE KASÎDAH
NOTES
CONCLUSION
CAMOENS. THE LYRICKS
CONTENTS
TO THE PRINCE OF THE LYRIC POETS OF HIS DAY, ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE.
THE TRANSLATOR’S FOREWORD.
PROLOGO OF FERNANDO RODRIGUES LOBO SURRUPITA.
SONNETS
PART I. (Nos. 1-264).
PART II. (Nos. 265-301).
PART III. (Nos. 302-360).
CANZONI
CANZON I.
CANZON II.
CANZON III.
CANZON IV.
CANZON V.
CANZON VI.
CANZON VII.
CANZON VIII.
CANZON IX.
CANZON X.
CANZON XI.
CANZON XII.
CANZON XIII.
CANZON XIV.
CANZON XV.
CANZON XVI.
CANZON XVII.
CANZON XVIII.
CANZON XIX.
CANZON XX.
CANZON XXI.
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ODE III.
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ODE V.
ODE VI.
ODE VII.
ODE VIII.
ODE IX.
ODE X.
ODE XI.
ODE XII.
ODE XIII.
ODE XIV.
SEXTINES
SEXTINE I.
SEXTINE II.
SEXTINE III.
SEXTINE IV.
SEXTINE V.
THE CARMINA OF CATULLUS
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LXXVII.
LXXVII.
LXXVIII.
LXXVIII.
LXXVIIII.
LXXVIIII.
LXXX.
LXXX.
LXXXI.
LXXXI.
LXXXII.
LXXXII.
LXXXIII.
LXXXIII.
LXXXIIII.
LXXXIIII.
LXXXV.
LXXXV.
LXXXVI.
LXXXVI.
LXXXVII.
LXXXVII.
LXXVI.
LXXVI.
LXXXVIII.
LXXXVIII.
LXXXVIIII.
LXXXVIIII.
LXXXX.
LXXXX.
LXXXXI.
LXXXXI.
LXXXXII.
LXXXXII.
LXXXXIII.
LXXXXIII.
LXXXXIIII.
LXXXXIIII.
LXXXXV.
LXXXXV.
LXXXXVI.
LXXXXVI.
LXXXXVII.
LXXXXVII.
LXXXXVIII.
LXXXXVIII.
LXXXXVIIII.
LXXXXVIIII.
C.
C.
CI.
CI.
CII.
CII.
CIII.
CIII.
CIIII.
CIIII.
CV.
CV.
CVI.
CVI.
CVII.
CVII.
CVIII.
CVIII.
CVIIII.
CVIIII.
CX.
CX.
CXI.
CXI.
CXII.
CXII.
CXIII.
CXIII.
CXIIII.
CXIIII.
CXV.
CXV.
CXVI.
CXVI.
NOTES
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THE LIFE OF SIR RICHARD BURTON by Thomas Wright
CONTENTS
Preface.
Chapter I. 19th March 1821-October 1840
Chapter II. October 1840-April 1842, Oxford
Chapter III. April 1842-20th February 1847, Sind
Chapter IV. 20th February 1847-1849. Under the Spell of Camoens
Chapter V. 1849 to 3rd April, 1853, Chiefly Boulogne
Chapter VI. 3rd April 1853 to 29th October 1854, Pilgrimage to Mecca
Chapter VII. 29th October 1854 - 9th February, 1855 To Harar
Chapter VIII. 9th February 1855-October 1856, The Crimea
Chapter IX. December 1856-21st May 1859, The Unveiling of Isis
Chapter X. 22nd January 1861-to August 1861, Mormons and Marriage
Chapter XI. August 1861-November 1863, Fernando Po
Chapter XII. 29th November 1863 to 15th September 1865, Gelele
Chapter XIII. September 1865-October 1869 Santos, Burton’s Second Consulate
Chapter XIV. October 1869-16th August 1871, “Emperor and Empress of Damascus.”
Chapter XV. 16th August 1871-4th June 1872, “The Blackness of Darkness”
Chapter XVI. 4th June 1872-24th October 1872, In Iceland
Chapter XVII. 24th October 1872-12th May 1875, Trieste
Chapter XVIII. 12th May 1875-18th June 1876, The Trip to India
Chapter XIX. 18th June 1876-31st March 1877, Colonel Gordon
Chapter XX. 31st March 1877 to 27th December 1879, Midian
Chapter XXI. 27th December 1879-August 1881, Camoens
Chapter XXII. August 1881-May 1882, John Payne
Chapter XXIII. 20th May 1882-July 1883, The Meeting of Burton and Payne
Chapter XXIV. July 1883-November 1883, The Palazzone
Chapter XXV. 1883 to May 1885, The Kama Shastra Society
Chapter XXVI. The Ananga Ranga or Lila Shastra
Chapter XXVII. May 1885-5th Feb. 1886, A Glance through “The Arabian Nights”
Chapter XXVIII. The Two Translations Compared
Chapter XXIX. Burton’s Notes
Chapter XXX. 21st November 1885-5th June 1886 K. C. M. G.
Chapter XXXI. Burton’s Religion
Chapter XXXII. 5th June 1886-15th April 1888, Burton and Social Questions: Anecdotes
Chapter XXXIII. 19th March 1888-15th October 1888, The Last Visit to England “The Supplemental Nights”
Chapter XXXIV. “The Scented Garden”
Chapter XXXV. 15th October 1888 to 21st July 1890. Working at the “Catullus” and “The Scented Garden”
Chapter XXXVI. “The Priapeia”
Chapter XXXVII. Death of Sir Richard Burton
Chapter XXXVIII. 20th October 1890-December 1890, The Fate of “The Scented Garden”
Chapter XXXIX. January 1891 to July 1891, Lady Burton in England
Chapter XL. July 1891-December 1893, O Tomb, O Tomb!
Chapter XLI. Death of Lady Burton
Appendix
ENDNOTES.
THE ROMANCE OF ISABEL, LADY BURTON by Isabel Lady Burton and W. H. Wilkins
CONTENTS
PREFACE
BOOK I. WAITING
CHAPTER I. BIRTH AND LINEAGE
CHAPTER II. MY CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH
CHAPTER III. MY FIRST SEASON
CHAPTER IV. BOULOGNE: I MEET MY DESTINY
CHAPTER V. FOUR YEARS OF HOPE DEFERRED
CHAPTER VI. RICHARD LOVES ME
CHAPTER VII. MY CONTINENTAL TOUR: ITALY
CHAPTER VIII. MY CONTINENTAL TOUR: SWITZERLAND
CHAPTER IX. THEY MEET AGAIN
CHAPTER X. AT LAST
BOOK II. WEDDED
CHAPTER I. FERNANDO PO
CHAPTER II. MADEIRA
CHAPTER III. TENERIFFE
CHAPTER IV. A TRIP TO PORTUGAL
CHAPTER V. BRAZIL
CHAPTER VI. OUR EXPEDITION INTO THE INTERIOR
CHAPTER VII. MORRO VELHO AND ITS ENVIRONS
CHAPTER VIII. MY LONELY RIDE TO RIO
CHAPTER IX. HOME AGAIN
CHAPTER X. MY JOURNEY TO DAMASCUS
CHAPTER XI. IN AND ABOUT DAMASCUS
CHAPTER XII. EARLY DAYS AT DAMASCUS
CHAPTER XIII. THROUGH THE DESERT TO PALMYRA
CHAPTER XIV. BLUDÁN IN THE ANTI-LEBANON
CHAPTER XV. GATHERING CLOUDS
CHAPTER XVI. JERUSALEM AND THE HOLY LAND
CHAPTER XVII. THE RECALL
CHAPTER XVIII. THE TRUE REASONS OF BURTON’S RECALL
CHAPTER XIX. THE PASSING OF THE CLOUD
CHAPTER XX. EARLY YEARS AT TRIESTE
CHAPTER XXI. THE JOURNEY TO BOMBAY
CHAPTER XXII. INDIA
CHAPTER XXIII. TRIESTE AGAIN
CHAPTER XXIV. THE SHADOWS LENGTHEN
CHAPTER XXV. GORDON AND THE BURTONS
CHAPTER XXVI. THE SWORD HANGS
CHAPTER XXVII. THE SWORD FALLS
BOOK III. WIDOWED
CHAPTER I. THE TRUTH ABOUT “THE SCENTED GARDEN”
CHAPTER II. THE RETURN TO ENGLAND
CHAPTER III. THE TINKLING OF THE CAMELS BELL
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY: RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON by James Sutherland Cotton
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