Chapter XIV: Introduction (1)

a. The Bull and the Ass

1. The Trader and the Jinni i [1]

a. The First Old Man’s Story ii [2]

b. The Second Old Man’s Story iv [4]

(The Third Old Man’s Story is wanting.)

2. The Fisherman and the Jinni viii [8]

a. The Physician Duban xi [11]

aa. The Merchant and the Parrot xiv [14]

ab. The Prince and the Ogress xv [15]

b. The Ensorcelled Youth xxi [21]

3. The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad xxviii [28]

a. The First Kalandar’s Tale xxxix [39]

b. The Second Kalandar’s Tale xlii [42]

ba. The Envier and the Envied xlvi [46]

c. The Third Kalandar’s Tale liii [53]

d. The Eldest Lady’s Tale lxiv [64]

(The Story of the Portress is wanting.)

4. The Three Apples lxviii [68]

5. Nur al-Din Ali and his Son Badr al-Din Hassan lxxii [72]

6. Isaac of Mosul’s Story of Khadijah and the Caliph Al-Maamun xciv [94]

7. The Hunchback’s Tale ci [101]

a. The Nazarene Broker’s Story cix [109]

b. The Cook’s Story cxxi [121]

(The Reeve or Comptroller’s Tale in the Bresl., Mac.

and Bull Edits.)

c. The Jewish Physician’s Story cxxix [124]

d. Tale of the Tailor cxxxvi [136]

e. The Barber’s Tale of Himself cxliii [143]

ea. The Barber’s Tale of his First Brother cxlv [145]

eb. The Barber’s Tale of his Second Brother cxlviii [148]

ec. The Barber’s Tale of his Third Brother cli [151]

ed. The Barber’s Tale of his Fourth Brother clii [152]

ee. The Barber’s Tale of his Fifth Brother cliv [154]

ef. Story of the Barber’s Sixth Brother clviii [158]

8. Ali bin Bakkar and Shams Al-Nahar clxiii [163]

9. Nur al-Din Ali and the Damsel Anis al-Jalis clxxxi [181]

10. Women’s Craft cxcv-cc [195–200]

11. Sindbad the Seaman and Hindbad the Hammal

(In Mac. and Bresl. Edit.; “Sindbad the Sailor and Sindbad

the Hammal,”)

a. The First Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman.

b. The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman.

c. The Third Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman.

d. The Fourth Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman.

e. The Fifth Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman.

f. The Sixth Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman.

g. The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman.

INDEX IV.—B.

TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE BRESLAU (TUNIS) EDITION OF THE ARABIC TEXT OF THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND ONE NIGHT, FROM MR. PAYNE’S VERSION.

Night
INTRODUCTION.—Story of King Shehriyar and his Brother
a. Story of the Ox and the Ass
1. The Merchant and the Genie i [1]
a. The First Old Man’s Story iv [4]
b. The Second Old Man’s Story vi [6]
c. The Third Old Man’s Story viii [8]
2. The Fisherman and the Genie viii [8]
a. Story of the Physician Duban xi [11]
aa. Story of the Jealous Man and the Parrot[FN#458] xiv [14]
ab. Story of the King’s Son and the Ogress xv [15]
b. Story of the Enchanted Youth xxi [21]
3. The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad xxviii [28]
a. The First Calender’s Story xxxvii [37]
b. The Second Calender’s Story xl [40]
ba. The Envier and the Envied xlvi [46]
c. The Third Calender’s Story liii [53]
d. The Eldest Lady’s Story lxiii [63]
e. Story of the Portress lxvii [67]
4. The Three Apples lxix [69]
5. Noureddin Ali of Cairo and his son Bedreddin Hassan lxxii [72]
6. Story of the Hunchback cii [102]
a. The Christian Broker’s Story cvii [107]
b. The Controller’s Story cxix [119]
c. The Jewish Physician’s Story cxxix [129]
d. The Tailor’s Story cxxxvii [137]
e. The Barber’s Story cxlix [149]
ea. Story of the Barber’s First Brother cl [150]
eb. Story of the Barber’s Second Brother cliv [154]
ec. Story of the Barber’s Third Brother clvii [157]
ed. Story of the Barber’s Fourth Brother clvii [157]
ee. Story of the Barber’s Fifth Brother clx [160]
ef. Story of the Barber’s Sixth Brother clxiv [164]
7. Ali ben Bekkar and Shemsennehar clxix [169]
8. Noureddin Ali and the Damsel Enis el Jelis cxcix [199]
9. Kemerezzeman and Budour ccxviii [218]
10. The Enchanted Horse ccxliv [244]
11. The Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor ccl [250]
a. The First Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor cclii [252]
b. The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor ccliii [253]
c. The Third Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor cclv [255]
d. The Fourth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor cclix [259]
e. The Fifth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor cclxiii [263]
f. The Sixth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor cclxvi [266]
g. The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor cclxix [269]
12. Asleep and Awake cclxxi [271]
a. The Lackpenny and the Cook cclxxiii [273]
13. Seif el Mulouk and Bediya el-Jemal ccxci [291]
14. Khelif the Fisherman[FN#459] cccxxi [321]
15. Ghanim ben Eyoub the Slave of Love cccxxxii [332]
a. Story of the Eunuch Sewab[FN#460] cccxxxiv [334]
b. Story of the Eunuch Kafour cccxxxiv [334]
16. Uns el Wujoud and the Vizier’s Daughter Rose-in-bud cccxli [341]
17. The Merchant of Oman cccliv [354]
18. Ardeshir and Heyat en Nufous ccclxiv [364]
19. Hassan of Bassora and the King’s Daughter of the Jinn ccclxxxvi [386]
20. Haroun er Rashid and the Three Poets ccccxxxii [432]
21. Omar ben Abdulaziz and the Poets ccccxxxii [432]
22. El Hejjaj and the Three Young Men ccccxxxiv [434]
23. Er Reshid and the Woman of the Barmecides ccccxxxiv [434]
24. The Ten Viziers; or the History of King Azadbekht and his Son ccccxxxv [435]
a. The Unlucky Merchant ccccxl [440]
b. The Merchant and his Sons ccccxliv [444]
c. Abu Sabir ccccxlviii [448]
d. Prince Bihzad ccccliii [453]
e. King Dadbin and his Viziers cccclv [455]
f. King Bekhtzeman cccclxi [461]
g. King Bihkerd cccclxiv [464]
h. Ilan Shah and Abou Temam cccclxvi [466]
i. King Ibrahim and his Son cccclxxi [471]
j. King Suleiman Shah and his Sons cccclxxv [475]
k. The Prisoner and how God gave him Relief cccclxxxv [485]
25. The City of Brass cccclxxxvii [487]
26. Nimeh ben er Rebya and Num his Slave-girl di [501]
27. Alaeddin Abou es Shamat dxx [520]
28. Hatim Tai; his Generosity after Death dxxxi [531]
29. Maan ben Zaideh and the three Girls dxxxii [532]
30. Maan ben Zaideh and the Bedouin dxxxii [532]
31. The City of Lebtait dxxxii [532]
32. The Khalif Hisham and the Arab Youth dxxxiv [534]
33. Ibrahim ben el Mehdi and the Barber-Surgeon dxxxiv [534]
34. The City of Iram dxxxviii [538]
35. Isaac of Mosul’s Story of Khedijeh and the Khalif Mamoun dxl [540]
36. The Mock Khalif dxliii [543]
37. The Imam Abou Yousuf with Er Reshid and Jaafar dlv [555]
38. The Lover who feigned himself a Thief to save his Mistress’s
Honour dlvii [557]
39. Abou Mohammed the Lazy dlviii [558]
40. Jaafar ben Yehya and Abdulmelik ben Salih dlxv [565]
41. Jaafar ben Yehya[FN#461] and the Man who forged a Letter in
his Name dlxvi [566]
42. Er Reshid and the Barmecides dlxvii [567]
43. Ibn es Semmak and Er Reshid dlxviii [568]
44. El Mamoun and Zubeideh dlxviii [568]
45. Ali Shir[FN#462] and Zummurrud dlxix [569]
46. The Loves of Budour and Jubeir ben Umeir dlxxxvii [587]
47. The Man of Yemen and his Six Slave-girls dxcv [595]
48. Haroun Er Reshid with the Damsel and Abou Nuwas dc [600]
49. The Man who stole the Dog’s Dish of Gold dcii [602]
50. El Melik en Nasir and the Three Masters of Police dciii [603]
a. Story of the Chief of the New Cairo Police dciv [604]
b. Story of the Chief of the Boulac Police dcv [605]
c. Story of the Chief of the Old Cairo Police dcv [605]
51. The Thief and the Money-changer dcv [605]
52. Ibrahim ben el Mehdi and the Merchant’s Sister dcvi [606]
53. King Kelyaad[FN#463] of Hind and his Vizier Shimas dcix [609]
a. The Cat and the Mouse dcix [609]
b. The Fakir and his Pot of Butter dcx [610]
c. The Fishes and the Crab dcxi [611]
d. The Crow and the Serpent dcxi [611]
e. The Fox and the Wild Ass dcxi [611]
f. The Unjust King and the Pilgrim Prince dcxii [612]
g. The Crows and the Hawk dcxiii [613]
h. The Serpent-Charmer and his Wife dcxiv [614]
i. The Spider and the Wind dcxv [615]
j. The Two Kings dcxvi [616]
k. The Blind Man and the Cripple dcxvi [616]
1. The Foolish Fisherman dcxxvi [626]
m. The Boy and the Thieves dcxxvii [627]
n. The Man and his Wilful Wife dcxxvii [627]
o. The Merchant and the Thieves dcxxix [629]
p. The Foxes and the Wolf dcxxx [630]
q. The Shepherd and the Thief dcxxxii [632]
r. The Heathcock and the Tortoises dcxxxiv [634]
54. The Woman whose Hands were cut off for Almsgiving dcxli [641]
55. The Poor Man and His Generous Friend dcxliii [643]
56. The Ruined Man who became Rich again through a Dream dcxliv [644]
57. Abou Nuwas with the Three Boys and the Khalif Haroun er Reshid dcxlv [645]
58. The Lovers of the Benou Udhreh[FN#464] dcxlvi [646]
59. El Mutelemmis and his Wife Umeimeh dcxlviii [648]
60. Haroun er Reshid and Zubeideh in the Bath dcxlviii [648]
61. Musab ben ez Zubeir and Aaisheh his Wife dcxlix [649]
62. Aboulaswed and his Squinting Slave-girl dcli [651]
63. Haroun er Reshid and the Two Girls dcli [651]
64. Haroun er Reshid and the Three Girls dcli [651]
65. The Simpleton and the Sharper dclii [652]
66. The Imam Abou Yousuf with Er Reshid and Zubeideh dclii [652]
67. The Khalif El Hakim and the Merchant dcliii [653]
68. Kisra Anoushirwan and the Village Damsel dcliii [653]
69. The Water-Carrier and the Goldsmith’s Wife dcliv [654]
70. Khusrau and Shirin and the Fisherman dclvi [656]
71. Yehya ben Khalid and the Poor Man dclvi [656]
72. Mohammed el Amin and Jaafar ben el Hadi dclvii [657]
73. The Woman’s Trick against her Husband dclviii [658]
74. The Devout Woman and the Two Wicked Elders dclix [659]
75. El Fezl ben Rebiya[FN#465] and the Old Bedouin dclx [660]
76. En Numan and the Arab of the Benou Tai dclx [660]
77. The Draper and the Thief[FN#466] dclxi [661]
78. Mesrour and Ibn el-Caribi dclxii [662]
79. The Devout Prince dclxiv [664]
80. The Schoolmaster who fell in Love by Report dclxv [665]
81. The Foolish Schoolmaster dclxvi [666]
82. The Ignorant Man who set up for a Schoolmaster dclxvii [667]
83. Adi ben Zeid and the Princess Hind dclxviii [668]
84. Dibil el Khuzai; with the Lady and Muslim ben el Welid dclxx [670]
85. Isaac of Mosul and the Merchant dclxx [670]
86. The Three Unfortunate Lovers dclxxii [672]
87. The Lovers of the Benou Tai dclxxiii [673]
88. The Mad Lover dclxxiv [674]
89. Firouz and his Wife dclxxv [675]
90. The Apples of Paradise dclxxvi [676]
91. The Loves of Abou Isa and Curret el Ain dclxxviii [678]
92. El Amin and his Uncle Ibrahim ben el Mehdi dclxxxii [682]
93. El Feth ben Khacan and El Mutawekkil dclxxxiii [683]
94. The Man’s Dispute with the Learned Woman of the relative
Excellence of the Sexes dclxxxiii [683]
95. Abou Suweid and the Handsome Old woman dclxxxvii [687]
96. Ali ben Tahir and the Girl Mounis dclxxxviii [688]
97. The Woman who had a Boy and the other who had a Man to Lover dclxxxviii [688]
98. The Haunted House in Baghdad dclxxxviii [688]
99. The History of Gherib and his brother Agib dcxcviii [698]
100. The Rogueries of Delileh the Crafty and her daughter
Zeyneb the Trickstress dcclvi [756]
101. The Adventures of Quicksilver Ali of Cairo dcclxvi [766]
102. Joudar and his Brothers dcclxxvi [776]
103. Julnar of the Sea and her Son King Bedr Basim of Persia dccxciv [794]
104. Mesrour and Zein el Mewasif dcccxxi [821]
105. Ali Noureddin and the Frank King’s Daughter dcccxxxi [831]
106. The Man of Upper Egypt and his Frank Wife dccclxii [862]
107. The Ruined Man of Baghdad and his Slave-girl dccclxiv [864]
108. Aboukir the Dyer and Abousir the Barber dccclxvii [867]
109. Abdallah the Fisherman and Abdallah the Merman dccclxxvii [877]
110. King Shah Bekht and his Vizier Er Rehwan dccclxxxv [885]
a. The Man of Khorassan, his Son and his Governor dccclxxxvi [886]
b. The Singer and the Druggist dccclxxxviii [888]
c. The King who knew the Quintessence of Things dcccxci [891]
d. The Rich Man who gave his Fair Daughter in Marriage to
the Poor Old Man dcccxcii [892]
e. The Rich Man and his Wasteful Son dcccxciii [893]
f. The King’s Son who fell in Love with the Picture dcccxciv [894]
g. The Fuller and his Wife dcccxcvi [896]
h. The Old Woman, the Merchant and the King dcccxcvi [896]
i. The Credulous Husband dcccxcviii [898]
j. The Unjust King and the Tither dcccxcix [899]
ja. Story of David and Solomon dcccxcix [899]
k. The Thief and the Woman dcccxcix [899]
l. The Three Men and our Lord Jesus dcccci [901]
la. The Disciple’s Story dcccci [901]
m. The Dethroned King whose Kingdom and Good were Restored
to Him dcccci [901]
n. The Man whose Caution was the Cause of his Death dcccciii [903]
o. The Man who was lavish of his House and his Victual to
one whom he knew not dcccciv [904]
p. The Idiot and the Sharper dccccv [905]
q. Khelbes and his Wife and the Learned Man dccccvi [906]
r. The Pious Woman accused of Lewdness dccccvii [907]
s. The Journeyman and the Girl dccccix [909]
t. The Weaver who became a Physician by his Wife’s Commandment dccccix [909]
u. The Two Sharpers who cheated each his Fellow dccccxi [911]
v. The Sharpers with the Money-Changer and the Ass dccccxiv [914]
w. The Sharper and the Merchants dccccxv [915]
wa. The Hawk and the Locust dccccxvi [916]
x. The King and his Chamberlain’s Wife dccccxvii [917]
xa. The Old Woman and the Draper’s Wife dccccxvii [917]
y. The foul-favoured Man and his Fair Wife dccccxviii [918]
z. The King who lost Kingdom and Wife and Wealth and God
restored them to him dccccxvix [919]
za. Selim and Selma dccccxxii [922]
zb. The King of Hind and his Vizier dccccxxviii [928]
111. El Melik er Zahir Rukneddin Bibers el Bunducdari and
the Sixteen Officers of Police dccccxxx [930]
a. The First Officer’s Story dccccxxx [930]
b. The Second Officer’s Story dccccxxxii [932]
c. The Third Officer’s Story dccccxxxii [932]
d. The Fourth Officer’s Story dccccxxxiv [934]
e. The Fifth Officer’s Story dccccxxxiv [934]
f. The Sixth Officer’s Story dccccxxxiv [934]
g. The Seventh Officer’s Story dccccxxxiv [934]
h. The Eighth Officer’s Story dccccxxxv [935]
ha. The Thief’s Story dccccxxxviii [938]
i. The Ninth Officer’s Story dccccxxxviii [938]
j. The Tenth Officer’s Story dccccxxxviii [938]
k. The Eleventh Officer’s Story dccccxxxviii [938]
l. The Twelfth Officer’s Story dccccxxxxix [939]
m. The Thirteenth Officer’s Story dcccccxxxix [939]
n. The Fourteenth Officer’s Story dccccxxxxix [939]
na. A Merry Jest of a Thief dccccxl [940]
nb. Story of the Old Sharper dccccxl [940]
o. The Fifteenth Officer’s Story dccccxl [940]
p. The Sixteenth Officer’s Story dccccxl [940]
112. Abdallah ben Nafi and the King’s Son of Cashghar dccccxli [941]
a. Story of Tuhfet el Culoub and Haroun er Reshid dccccxlii [942]
113. Noureddin Ali and Sitt el Milah dcccclviii [958]
114. El Abbas and the King’s Daughter of Baghdad dcccclxvi [966]
115. The Malice of Women dcccclxxix [979]
a. The King and his Vizier’s Wife dcccclxxx [980]
b. The Merchant’s Wife and the Parrot dcccclxxx [980]
c. The Fuller and his Son dcccclxxx [980]
d. The Lover’s Trick against the Chaste Wife dcccclxxx [980]
e. The Niggard and the Loaves of Bread dcccclxxx [980]
f. The Lady and her Two Lovers dcccclxxx [980]
g. The King’s Son and the Ogress dcccclxxxv [985]
h. The Drop of Honey dcccclxxxvi [986]
i. The Woman who make her Husband Sift Dust dcccclxxxvi [986]
j. The Enchanted Springs dcccclxxxvi [986]
k. The Vizier’s Son and the Bathkeeper’s Wife dcccclxxxviii [988]
1. The Wife’s Device to Cheat her Husband dcccclxxxix [989]
m. The Goldsmith and the Cashmere Singing-Girl dccccxc [990]
n. The Man who never Laughed again dccccxci [991]
o. The King’s Son and the Merchant’s Wife dccccxciii [993]
p. The Man who saw the Night of Power dccccxciii [993]
q. The Stolen Necklace dccccxciv [994]
r. Prince Behram of Persia and the Princess Ed Detma dccccxciv [994]
s. The House with the Belvedere dccccxcv [995]
t. The Sandalwood Merchant and the Sharpers dccccxcviii [998]
u. The Debauchee and the Three-year-old Child dccccxcviii [998]
v. The Stolen Purse dccccxcix [999]
w. The Fox and the Folk[FN#467] m [1000]
116. The Two Kings and the Vizier’s Daughters mi [1001]
117. The Favourite and her Lover mi [1001]
118. The Merchant of Cairo and the Favourite of the Khalif
El Mamoun El Hakim bi Amrillah mi [1001]
Conclusion.

INDEX IV.—C.

TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE MCNAUGHTEN OR TURNER MACAN TEXT (1839–42) AND BULAK EDITION (A.H. 1251 = A.D. 1835–36) OF THE ARABIC TEXT OF THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT; AS TRANSLATED BY MR. JOHN PAYNE.

Night INTRODUCTION.—Story of King Shehriyar and his Brother a. Story of the Ox and the Ass 1. The Merchant and the Genie i [1] a. The First Old Man’s Story i [1] b. The Second Old Man’s Story ii [2] c. The Third Old Man’s Story ii [2] 2. The Fisherman and the Genie iii [3] a. Story of the Physician Douban iv [4] aa. Story of King Sindbad and his Falcon[FN#468] v [5] ab. Story of the King’s Son and the Ogress v [5] b. Story of the Enchanted Youth vii [7] 3. The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad ix [9] a. The First Calender’s Story xi [11] b. The Second Calender’s Story xii [12] ba. Story of the Envier and the Envied[FN#469] xiii [13] c. The Third Calender’s Story xiv [14] d. The Eldest Lady’s Story xvii [17] e. The Story of the Portress xviii [18] 4. The Three Apples xix [19] 5. Noureddin Ali of Cairo and his Son Bedreddin Hassan xx [20] 6. Story of the Hunchback xxv [25] a. The Christian Broker’s Story xxv [25] b. The Controller’s Story xxvii [27] c. The Jewish Physician’s Story xxviii [28] d. The Tailor’s Story xxix [29] e. The Barber’s Story xxxi [31] ea. Story of the Barber’s First Brother xxxi [31] eb. Story of the Barber’s Second Brother xxxi [31] ec. Story of the Barber’s Third Brother xxxii [32] ed. Story of the Barber’s Fourth Brother xxxii [32] ee. Story of the Barber’s Fifth Brother xxxii [32] ef. Story of the Barber’s Sixth Brother xxxiii [33] 7. Noureddin Ali and the Damsel Enis el Jelis xxxiv [34] 8. Ghanim ben Eyoub the Slave of Love xxxix [39] a. Story of the Eunuch Bekhit xxxix [39] b. Story of the Eunuch Kafour xxxix [39] 9. The History of King Omar ben Ennuman and his Sons Sherkan and Zoulmekan xlv [45] a. Story of Taj el Mulouk and the Princess Dunya cvii [107] aa. Story of Aziz and Azizeh cvii [107] b. Bakoun’s Story of the Hashish-Eater cxliii [143] c. Hemmad the Bedouin’s Story cxliv [144] 10. The Birds and Beasts and the Son of Adam cxlvi [146] 11. The Hermits cxlviii [148] 12. The Waterfowl and the Tortoise cxlviii [148] 13. The Wolf and the Fox cxlviii [148] a. The Hawk and the Partridge cxlix [149] 14. The Mouse and the Weasel cl [150] 15. The Cat and the Crow cl [150] 16. The Fox and the Crow cl [150] a. The Mouse and the Flea cli [151] b. The Falcon and the Birds clii [152] c. The Sparrow and the Eagle clii [152] 17. The Hedgehog and the Pigeons clii [152] a. The Merchant and the Two Sharpers clii [152] 18. The Thief and his Monkey clii [152] a. The Foolish Weaver clii [152] 19. The Sparrow and the Peacock clii [152] 20. Ali ben Bekkar and Shemsennehar cliii [153] 21. Kemerezzeman and Budour clxx [170] a. Nimeh ben er Rebya and Num his Slave-girl ccxxxvii [237] 22. Alaeddin Abou esh Shamat ccl [250] 23. Hatim et Taï; his Generosity after Death cclxx [270] 24. Maan ben Zaïdeh and the three Girls cclxxi [271] 25. Maan ben Zaïdeh and the Bedouin cclxxi [271] 26. The City of Lebtait cclxxii [272] 27. The Khalif Hisham and the Arab Youth cclxxii [272] 28. Ibrahim ben el Mehdi and the Barber-surgeon cclxxiii [273] 29. The City of Irem cclxxvi [276] 30. Isaac of Mosul’s Story of Khedijeh and the Khalif Mamoun cclxxix [279] 31. The Scavenger and the Noble Lady of Baghdad cclxxxii [282] 32. The Mock Khalif cclxxxvi [286] 33. Ali the Persian and the Kurd Sharper ccxciv [294] 34. The Imam Abou Yousuf with Haroun er Reshid and his Vizier Jaafer ccxcvi [296] 35. The Lover who feigned himself a Thief to save his Mistress’s Honour ccxcvii [297] 36. Jaafer the Barmecide and the Bean-Seller ccxcix [299] 37. Abou Mohammed the Lazy ccc [300] 38. Yehya ben Khalid and Mensour cccv [305] 39. Yehya ben Khalid and the Man who forged a Letter in his Name cccvi [306] 40. The Khalif El Mamoun and the Strange Doctor cccvii [307] 41. Ali Shar and Zumurrud cccviii [308] 42. The Loves of Jubeir ben Umeir and the Lady Budour cccxxvii [327] 43. The Man of Yemen and his six Slave-girls cccxxxiv [334] 44. Haroun er Reshid with the Damsel and Abou Nuwas cccxxxviii [338] 45. The Man who stole the Dog’s Dish of Gold cccxl [340] 46. The Sharper of Alexandria and the Master of Police cccxli [341] 47. El Melik en Nasir and the three Masters of Police cccxliii [343] a. Story of the Chief of the New Cairo Police cccxliii [343] b. Story of the Chief of the Boulac Police cccxliv [344] c. Story of the Chief of the Old Cairo Police cccxliv [344] 48. The Thief and the Money-Changer cccxliv [344] 49. The Chief of the Cous Police and the Sharper cccxlv [345] 50. Ibrahim ben el Mehdi and the Merchant’s Sister cccxlvi [346] 51. The Woman whose Hands were cut off for Almsgiving cccxlviii [348] 52. The Devout Israelite cccxlviii [348] 53. Abou Hassan ez Ziyadi and the Man from Khorassan cccxlix [349] 54. The Poor Man and his Generous Friend cccli [351] 55. The Ruined Man who became Rich again through a Dream cccli [351] 56. El Mutawekkil and his Favourite Mehboubeh cccli [351] 57. Werdan the Butcher’s Adventure with the Lady and the Bear cccliii [353] 58. The King’s Daughter and the Ape ccclv [355] 59. The Enchanted Horse ccclvii [357] 60. Uns el Wujoud and the Vizier’s Daughter Rose-in-bud ccclxxi [371] 61. Abou Nuwas with the three Boys and the Khalif Haroun er Reshid ccclxxxi [381] 62. Abdallah ben Maamer with the Man of Bassora and his Slave-girl ccclxxxiii [383] 63. The Lovers of the Benou Udhreh ccclxxxiii [383] 64. The Vizier of Yemen and his young Brother ccclxxxiv [384] 65. The Loves of the Boy and Girl at School ccclxxxv [385] 66. El Mutelemmis and his Wife Umeimeh ccclxxxv [385] 67. Haroun er Reshid and Zubeideh in the Bath ccclxxxv [385] 68. Haroun er Reshid and the three Poets ccclxxxvi [386] 69. Musab ben er Zubeir and Aaisheh his Wife ccclxxxvi [386] 70. Aboulaswed and his squinting Slave-girl ccclxxxvii [387] 71. Haroun er Reshid and the two Girls ccclxxxvii [387] 72. Haroun er Reshid and the three Girls ccclxxxvii [387] 73. The Miller and his Wife ccclxxxvii [387] 74. The Simpleton and the Sharper ccclxxxviii [388] 75. The Imam Abou Yousuf with Haroun er Reshid and Zubeideh ccclxxxviii [388] 76. The Khalif El Hakim and the Merchant ccclxxxix [389] 77. King Kisra Anoushirwan and the Village Damsel ccclxxxix [389] 78. The Water-Carrier and the Goldsmith’s Wife cccxc [390] 79. Khusrau and Shirin and the Fisherman cccxci [391] 80. Yehya ben Khalid and the Poor Man cccxci [391] 81. Mohammed el Amin and Jaafer ben el Hadi cccxcii [392] 82. Said ben Salim and the Barmecides cccxcii [392] 83. The Woman’s Trick against her Husband cccxciii [393] 84. The Devout Woman and the two Wicked Elders cccxciv [394] 85. Jaafer the Barmecide and the Old Bedouin cccxcv [395] 86. Omar ben el Khettab and the Young Bedouin cccxcv [395] 87. El Mamoun and the Pyramids of Egypt cccxcviii [398] 88. The Thief turned Merchant and the other Thief cccxcviii [398] 89. Mesrour and Ibn el Caribi cccxcix [399] 90. The Devout Prince cccci [401] 91. The Schoolmaster who Fell in Love by Report cccii [402] 92. The Foolish Schoolmaster cccciii [403] 93. The Ignorant Man who set up for a Schoolmaster cccciii [403] 94. The King and the Virtuous Wife cccciv [404] 95. Abdurrehman the Moor’s Story of the Roc cccciv [404] 96. Adi ben Zeid and the Princess Hind ccccv [405] 97. Dibil el Khuzai with the Lady and Muslim ben el Welid ccccvii [407] 98. Isaac of Mosul and the Merchant ccccvii [407] 99. The Three Unfortunate Lovers[FN#470] ccccix [409] 100. The Lovers of the Benou Tai ccccx [410] 101. The Mad Lover ccccxi [411] 102. The Apples of Paradise ccccxii [412] 103. The Loves of Abou Isa and Curret el Ain ccccxiv [414] 104. El Amin and his Uncle Ibrahim ben el Mehdi ccccxviii [418] 105. El Feth ben Khacan and El Mutawekkil ccccxix [419] 106. The Man’s Dispute with the Learned Woman of the relative Excellence of the Sexes ccccxix [419] 107. Abou Suweid and the Handsome Old Woman ccccxxiii [423] 108. Ali ben Tahir and the Girl Mounis ccccxxiv [424] 109. The Woman who had a Boy and the other who had a Man to Lover ccccxxiv [424] 110. The Haunted House in Baghdad ccccxxiv [424] 111. The Pilgrim and the Old Woman who dwelt in the Desert ccccxxxiv [434] 112. Aboulhusn and his Slave-girl Taweddud ccccxxxvi [436] 113. The Angel of Death with the Proud King and the Devout Man cccclxii [462] 114. The Angel of Death and the Rich King cccclxii [462] 115. The Angel of Death and the King of the Children of Israel cccclxiii [463] 116. Iskender Dhoulkernein and a certain Tribe of Poor Folk cccclxiv [464] 117. The Righteousness of King Anoushirwan cccclxiv [464] 118. The Jewish Cadi and his Pious Wife cccclxv [465] 119. The Shipwrecked Woman and her Child cccclxvi [466] 120. The Pious Black Slave cccclxvii [467] 121. The Devout Platter-maker and his Wife cccclxviii [468] 122. El Hejjaj ben Yousuf and the Pious Man cccclxx [470] 123. The Blacksmith who could Handle Fire without Hurt cccclxxi [471] 124. The Saint to whom God gave a Cloud to serve Him and the Devout King cccclxxiii [473] 125. The Muslim Champion and the Christian Lady cccclxxiv [474] 126. Ibrahim ben el Khawwas and the Christian King’s Daughter cccclxxvii [477] 127. The Justice of Providence cccclxxviii [478] 128. The Ferryman of the Nile and the Hermit cccclxxix [479] 129. The King of the Island cccclxxix [479] 130. Abulhusn ed Durraj and Abou Jaafer the Leper cccclxxxi [481] 131. The Queen of the Serpents cccclxxxii [482] a. The Adventures of Beloukiya cccclxxxvi [486] b. The Story of Janshah ccccxcix [499] 132. Sindbad the Sailor and Sindbad the Porter dxxxvi [536] a. The First Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor dxxxviii [538] b. The Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor dxliii [543] c. The Third Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor dxlvi [546] d. The Fourth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor dl [550] e. The Fifth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor dlvi [556] f. The Sixth Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor dlix [559] g. The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor dlxiii [563] 133. The City of Brass dlxvi [566] 134. The Malice of Women dlxxviii [578] a. The King and his Vizier’s Wife dlxxviii [578] b. The Merchant’s Wife and the Parrot dlxxix [579] c. The Fuller and his Son dlxxix [579] d. The Lover’s Trick against the Chaste Wife dlxxx [580] e. The Niggard and the Loaves of Bread dlxxx [580] f. The Lady and her Two Lovers dlxxxi [581] g. The King’s Son and the Ogress dlxxxi [581] h. The Drop of Honey dlxxxii [582] i. The Woman who made her Husband sift Dust dlxxxii [582] j. The Enchanted Springs dlxxxii [582] k. The Vizier’s Son and the Bathkeeper’s Wife dlxxxiv [584] l. The Wife’s Device to Cheat her Husband dlxxxiv [584] m. The Goldsmith and the Cashmere Singing-girl dlxxxvi [586] n. The Man who never Laughed again dlxxxvii [587] o. The King’s Son and the Merchant’s Wife dxci [591] p. The Page who feigned to know the Speech of Birds dxcii [592] q. The Lady and her five Suitors dxciii [593] r. The Man who saw the Night of Power dxcvi [596] s. The Stolen Necklace dxcvi [596] t. The two Pigeons dxcvii [597] u. Prince Behram of Persia and the Princess Ed Detma dxcvii [597] v. The House with the Belvedere dxcviii [598] w. The King’s Son and the Afrit’s Mistress dcii [602] x. The Sandal-wood Merchant and the Sharpers dciii [603] y. The Debauchee and the Three-year-old Child dcv [605] z. The Stolen Purse dcv [605] 135. Jouder and his Brothers dcvi [606] 136. The History of Gherib and his Brother Agib dcxxiv [624] 137. Otbeh and Reyya dclxxx [680] 138. Hind Daughter of En Numan and El Hejjaj dclxxxi [681] 139. Khuzeimeh ben Bishr and Ikrimeh el Feyyaz dclxxxii [682] 140. Younus the Scribe and the Khalif Welid ben Sehl dclxxxiv [684] 141. Haroun er Reshid and the Arab Girl dclxxxv [685] 142. El Asmai and the three Girls of Bassora dclxxxvi [686] 143. Ibrahim of Mosul and the Devil dclxxxvii [687] 144. The Lovers of the Benou Udhreh dclxxxviii [688] 145. The Bedouin and his Wife dcxci [691] 146. The Lovers of Bassora dcxciii [693] 147. Isaac of Mosul and his Mistress and the Devil dcxcv [695] 148. The Lovers of Medina dcxcvi [696] 149. El Melik en Nasir and his Vizier dcxcvii [697] 150. The Rogueries of Delileh the Crafty and her Daughter Zeyneb the Trickstress dcxcviii [698] 151. The Adventures of Quicksilver Ali of Cairo: a Sequel to the Rogueries of Delileh the Crafty dccviii [708] 152. Ardeshir and Heyat en Nufous dccxix [719] 153. Julnar of the Sea and her Son King Bedr Basim of Persia dccxxxviii [738] 154. King Mohammed ben Sebaik and the Merchant Hassan dcclvi [756] a. Story of Prince Seif el Mulouk and the Princess Bediya el Jemal dcclviii [758] 155. Hassan of Bassora and the King’s Daughter of the Jinn dcclxxviii [778] 156. Khelifeh the Fisherman of Baghdad dcccxxxii [832] 157. Mesrour and Zein el Mewasif dcccxlv [845] 158. Ali Noureddin and the Frank King’s Daughter dccclxiii [863] 159. The Man of Upper Egypt and his Frank Wife dcccxciv [894] 160. The Ruined Man of Baghdad and his Slave girl dcccxcvi [896] 161. King Jelyaad of Hind and his Vizier Shimas: whereafter ensueth the History of King Wird Khan son of King Jelyaad and his Women and Viziers dcccxcix [899] a. The Cat and the Mouse dcccc [900] b. The Fakir and his Pot of Butter dccccii [902] c. The Fishes and the Crab dcccciii [903] d. The Crow and the Serpent dcccciii [903] e. The Fox and the Wild Ass dcccciv [904] f. The Unjust King and the Pilgrim Prince dccccv [905] g. The Crows and the Hawk dccccvi [906] h. The Serpent-Charmer and his Wife dccccvii [907] i. The Spider and the Wind dccccviii [908] j. The Two Kings dccccix [909] k. The Blind Man and the Cripple dccccx [910] l. The Foolish Fisherman dccccxviii [918] m. The Boy and the Thieves dccccxviii [918] n. The Man and his Wilful Wife dccccxix [919] o. The Merchant and the Thieves dccccxx [920] p. The Foxes and the Wolf dccccxxi [921] q. The Shepherd and the Thief dccccxxi [921] r. The Heathcock and the Tortoises dccccxxiv [924] 162. Aboukir the Dyer and Abousir the Barber dccccxxx [930] 163. Abdallah the Fisherman and Abdallah the Merman dccccxl [940] 164. The Merchant of Oman dccccxlvi [946] 165. Ibrahim and Jemileh dcccclii [952] 166. Aboulhusn of Khorassan dcccclix [959] 167. Kemerezzeman and the Jeweller’s Wife dcccclxiii [963] 168. Abdallah ben Fazil and his Brothers dcccclxxviii [978] 169. Marouf the Cobbler and his Wife Fatimeh dcccclxxxix-mi [989–1001] Conclusion.

INDEX IV.—D.

COMPARISON OF THE SAME WITH MR. LANE’S AND MY VERSION.

Introduction and

Nos. 1 to 6 of the preceding list from Volume I. of my Edition.

Nos. 7 to 9aa of the preceding list from Volume II. of my Edition.

(contd.)

Nos. 9aa to 21 of the preceding list from Volume III. of my Edition.

(contd.)

Nos. 21 to 58 of the preceding list from Volume IV. of my Edition.

(contd.)

Nos. 59 to 131 of the preceding list from Volume V. of my Edition.

(contd.)

Nos. 132 to 136 of the preceding list from Volume VI. of my Edition.

(contd.)

Nos. 136 to 154a of the preceding list from Volume VII. of my Edition.

(contd.)

Nos. 154a to 158 of the preceding list from Volume VIII. of my Edition.

(contd.)

Nos. 158 to 168 of the preceding list from Volume IX. of my Edition.

(contd.)

Nos. 169 and conclusion of the preceding list from Volume X. of my Edition.

For full details, see contents pages of each of the respective Volumes.

Appendix II

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS, AND THEIR IMITATIONS, WITH A TABLE SHOWING THE CONTENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL EDITIONS IND TRANSLATIONS OF THE NIGHTS.

By W. F. KIRBY

Author of “Ed-Dimiryaht: an Oriental Romance,” “The New Arabian

Nights,” &c.

The European editions of the Thousand and One Nights, even excluding the hundreds of popular editions which have nothing specially noticeable about them, are very numerous; and the following Notes must, I am fully aware, be incomplete, though they will, perhaps, be found useful to persons interested in the subject. Although I believe that editions of most of the English, French, and German versions of any importance have passed through my hands, I have not had an opportunity of comparing many in other languages, some of which at least may be independent editions, not derived from Galland. The imitations and adaptations of The Nights are, perhaps, more numerous than the editions of The Nights themselves, if we exclude mere reprints of Galland; and many of them are even more difficult of access.

In the following Notes, I have sometimes referred to tales by their numbers in the Table.

Galland’s MS. and Translation.

The first MS. of The Nights known in Europe was brought to Paris by Galland at the close of the 17th century; and his translation was published in Paris, in twelve small volumes, under the title of “Les Mille et une Nuit: Contes Arabes, traduits en Francois par M. Galland.” These volumes appeared at intervals between 1704 and 1717. Galland himself died in 1715, and it is uncertain how far he was responsible for the latter part of the work. Only the first six of the twelve vols. are divided into Nights, vol. 6 completing the story of Camaralzaman, and ending with Night 234. The Voyages of Sindbad are not found in Galland’s MS., though he has intercalated them as Nights 69–90 between Nos. 3 and 4. It should be mentioned, however, that in some texts (Bresl., for instance) No. 133 is placed much earlier in the series than in others.

The stories in Galland’s last six vols. may be divided into two classes, viz., those known to occur in genuine texts of The Nights, and those which do not. To the first category belong Nos. 7, 8, 59, 153 and 170; and some even of these are not found in Galland’s own MS., but were derived by him from other sources. The remaining tales (Nos. 191–198) do not really belong to The Nights; and, strange to say, although they are certainly genuine Oriental tales, the actual originals have never been found. I am inclined to think that Galland may, perhaps, have written and adapted them from his recollection of stories which he himself heard related during his own residence in the East, especially as most of these tales appear to be derived rather from Persian or Turkish than from Arabian sources.

The following Preface appeared in vol. 9 which I translate from

Talander’s German edition, as the original is not before me:

“The two stories with which the eighth volume concludes do not properly belong to the Thousand and One Nights. They were added and printed without the previous knowledge of the translator, who had not the slightest idea of the trick that had been played upon him until the eighth volume was actually on sale. The reader must not, therefore, be surprised that the story of the Sleeper Awakened, which commences vol. 9, is written as if Scheherazade had related it immediately after the story of Ganem, which forms the greater part of vol. 8. Care will be taken to omit these two stories in a new edition, as not belonging to the work.”

It is, perhaps, not to be wondered at that when the new edition was actually published, subsequently to Galland’s death, the condemned stories were retained, and the preface withdrawn; though No. 170 still reads as if it followed No. 8.

The information I have been able to collect respecting the disputed tales is very slight. I once saw a MS. advertised in an auction catalogue (I think that of the library of the late Prof. H. H. Wilson) as containing two of Galland’s doubtful tales, but which they were was not stated. The fourth and last volume of the MS. used by Galland is lost; but it is almost certain that it did not contain any of these tales (compare Payne, ix. 265 note).

The story of Zeyn Alasnam (No. 191) is derived from the same source as that of the Fourth Durwesh, in the well-known Hindustani reading-book, the Bagh o Bahar. If it is based upon this, Galland has greatly altered and improved it, and has given it the whole colouring of a European moral fairy tale.

The story of Ali Baba (No. 195) is, I have been told, a Chinese tale. It occurs under the title of the Two Brothers and the Forty-nine Dragons in Geldart’s Modern Greek Tales. It has also been stated that the late Prof. Palmer met with a very similar story among the Arabs of Sinai (Payne, ix. 266).

The story of Sidi Nouman (No 194b) may have been based partly upon the Third Shaykh’s Story (No. 1c), which Galland omits. The feast of the Ghools is, I believe, Greek or Turkish, rather than Arabic, in character, as vampires, personified plague, and similar horrors are much commoner in the folk-lore of the former peoples.

Many incidents of the doubtful, as well as of the genuine tales, are common in European folk-lore (versions of Nos. 2 and 198, for instance, occur in Grimm’s Kinder und Hausmärchen), and some of the doubtful tales have their analogues in Scott’s MS., as will be noticed in due course.

I have not seen Galland’s original edition in 12 vols.; but the Stadt-Bibliothek of Frankfort-on-Main contains a copy, published at La Haye, in 12 vols. (with frontispieces), made up of two or more editions, as follows:—

Vol. i. (ed. 6) 1729; vols. ii. iii. iv. (ed. 5) 1729; vols. v. vi. viii. (ed. 5) 1728; vol. vii. (ed. 6) 1731; vols. ix. to xi, (ed. not noted) 1730; and vol. xii. (ed. not noted) 1731.

The discrepancies in the dates of the various volumes look (as Mr. Clouston has suggested) as if separate volumes were reprinted as required, independently of the others. This might account for vols. v. vi. and viii. of the fifth edition having been apparently reprinted before vols. ii. iii. and iv.

The oldest French version in the British Museum consists of the first eight vols., published at La Haye, and likewise made up of different editions, as follows:—

i. (ed. 5) 1714; ii. iii. iv. (ed. 4) 1714; v. vi. (ed. 5) 1728; vii. (ed. 5) 1719; viii. (“suivant la copie imprimée à Paris”) 1714.

Most French editions (old and new) contain Galland’s Dedication, “À Madame la Marquise d’O., Dame du Palais de Madame la Duchesse de Bourgogne,” followed by an “Avertissement.” In addition to these, the La Haye copies have Fontenelle’s Approbation prefixed to several volumes, but in slightly different words, and bearing different dates. December 27th, 1703 (vol. i.); April 14th, 1704 (vol. vi.); and October 4th, 1705 (vol. vii.). This is according to the British Museum copy; I did not examine the Frankfort copy with reference to the Approbation. The Approbation is translated in full in the old English version as follows: “I have read, by Order of my Lord Chancellor, this Manuscript, wherein I find nothing that ought to hinder its being Printed. And I am of opinion that the Publick will be very well pleased with the Perusal of these Oriental Stories. Paris, 27th December, 1705 [apparently a misprint for 1703] (Signed) FONTENELLE.”

In the Paris edition of 1726 (vide infrà), Galland says in his Dedication, “Il a fallu le faire venir de Syrie, et mettre en François, le premier volume que voici, de quatre seulement qui m’ont été envoyez.” So, also, in a Paris edition (in eight vols. 12mo) of 1832; but in the La Haye issue of 1714, we read not “quatre” but “six” volumes. The old German edition of Talander (vide infrà) does not contain Galland’s Dedication (Epitre) or Avertissement.

The earliest French editions were generally in 12 vols., or six; I possess a copy of a six-volume edition, published at Paris in 1726. It may be the second, as the title-page designates it as “nouvelle edition, corrigée.”

Galland’s work was speedily translated into various European languages, and even now forms the original of all the numerous popular editions. The earliest English editions were in six volumes, corresponding to the first six of Galland, and ending with the story of Camaralzaman; nor was it till nearly the end of the 18th century that the remaining half of the work was translated into English. The date of appearance of the first edition is unknown to bibliographers; Lowndes quotes an edition of 1724 as the oldest; but the British Museum contains a set of six vols., made up of portions of the second, third and fourth editions, as follows:—

Vols. i. ii. (ed. 4) 1713; vols. iii. iv. (ed. 2) 1712; and vols. v. vi. (ed. 3) 1715.

Here likewise the separate volumes seem to have been reprinted independently of each other; and it is not unlikely that the English translation may have closely followed the French publication, being issued volume by volume, as the French appeared, as far as vol. vi. The title-page of this old edition is very quaint:

“Arabian Nights Entertainments, consisting of One thousand and one Stories, told by the Sultaness of the Indies to divert the Sultan from the Execution of a Bloody Vow he had made, to marry a Lady every day, and have her head cut off next Morning, to avenge himself for the Disloyalty of the first Sultaness, also containing a better account of the Customs, Manners and Religion of the Eastern Nations, viz., Tartars, Persians and Indians, than is to be met with in any Author hitherto published. Translated into French from the Arabian MSS. by Mr. Galland of the Royal Academy, and now done into English. Printed for Andrew Bell at the Cross Keys and Bible, in Cornhill.”

The British Museum has an edition in 4to published in 1772, in farthing numbers, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. It extends to 79 numbers, forming five volumes.

The various editions of the Old English version appear to be rare, and the set in the British Museum is very poor. The oldest edition which I have seen containing the latter half of Galland’s version is called the 14th edition, and was published in London in four volumes, in 1778. Curiously enough, the “13th edition,” also containing the conclusion, was published at Edinburgh in three volumes in 1780. Perhaps it is a reprint of a London edition published before that of 1778. The Scotch appear to have been fond of The Nights, as there are many Scotch editions both of The Nights and the imitations.

Revised or annotated editions by Piguenit (4 vols., London, 1792) and Gough (4 vols., Edinburgh, 1798) may deserve a passing notice.

A new translation of Galland, by Rev. E. Forster, in five vols. 4to, with engravings from pictures by Robert Smirke, R.A., appeared in 1802, and now commands a higher price than any other edition of Galland. A new edition in 8vo appeared in 1810. Most of the recent popular English versions are based either upon Forster’s or Scott’s.

Another translation from Galland, by G. S. Beaumont (four vols. 8vo), appeared in 1811. (Lowndes writes Wiliam Beaumont.)

Among the various popular editions of later date we may mention an edition in two vols., 8vo, published at Liverpool (1813), and containing Cazotte’s Continuation; an edition published by Griffin and Co., in 1866, to which Beckford’s “Vathek” is appended; an edition “arranged for the perusal of youthful readers,” by the Hon. Mrs. Sugden (Whittaker & Co., 1863); and “Five Favourite Tales from The Arabian Nights in words of one syllable, by A. & E. Warner” (Lewis, 1871).

Some of the English editions of Galland aim at originality by arranging the tales in a different order. The cheap edition published by Dicks in 1868 is one instance.

An English version of Galland was published at Lucknow, in four vols., 8vo, in 1880.

I should, perhaps, mention that I have not noticed De Sacy’s “Mille et une Nuit,” because it is simply a new edition of Galland; and I have not seen either Destain’s French edition (mentioned by Sir R. F. Burton), nor Cardonne’s Continuation (mentioned in Cabinet des Fées, xxxvii. p. 83). As Cardonne died in 1784, his Continuation, if genuine, would be the earliest of all.

The oldest German version, by Talander, seems to have appeared in volumes, as the French was issued; and these volumes were certainly reprinted when required, without indication of separate editions, but in slightly varied style, and with alteration of date. The old German version is said to be rarer than the French. It is in twelve parts—some, however, being double. The set before me is clearly made up of different reprints, and the first title-page is as follows: “Die Tausend und eine Nacht, worinnen seltzame Arabische Historien und wunderbare Begebenheiten, benebst artigen Liebes-Intriguen, auch Sitten und Gewohnheiten der Morgenländer, auf sehr anmuthige Weise, erzehlet werden; Erstlich vom Hru. Galland, der Königl. Academie Mitgliede aus der Arabischen Sprache in die Französische und aus selbiger anitzo ins Deutsche übersetzt: Erster und Anderer Theil. Mit der Vorrede Herru Talanders. Leipzig Verlegts Moritz Georg Weidmann Sr. Konigl. Maj. in Hohlen und Churfürstl. Durchl. zu Sachsen Buchhändler, Anno 1730.” Talander’s Preface relates chiefly to the importance of the work as illustrative of Arabian manners and customs, &c. It is dated from “Liegnitz, den 7 Sept., Anno 1710,” which fixes the approximate date of publication of the first part of this translation. Vols. i. and ii. of my set (double vol. with frontispiece) are dated 1730, and have Talander’s preface; vols. iii. and iv. (divided, but consecutively paged, and with only one title-page and frontispiece and reprint of Talander’s preface) are dated 1719; vols. v. and vi. (same remarks, except that Talander’s preface is here dated 1717) are dated 1737; vol. vii. (no frontispiece; preface dated 1710) is dated 1721; vol. viii (no frontispiece nor preface, nor does Talander’s name appear on the title-page) is dated 1729; vols. ix. and x. (divided, but consecutively paged, and with only one title-page and frontispiece; Talander’s name and preface do not appear, but Galland’s preface to vol. ix., already mentioned, is prefixed) are dated 1731; and vols. xi. and xii. (same remarks, but no preface) are dated 1732.

Galland’s notes are translated, but not his preface and dedication.

There is a later German translation (6 vols. 8vo, Bremen, 1781– 1785) by J. H. Voss, the author of the standard German translation of Homer.

The British Museum has just acquired a Portuguese translation of Galland, in 4 volumes: “As Mil e uma Noites, Contos Arabes,” published by Ernesto Chardron, Editor, Porto e Braga, 1881.

There are two editions of a modern Greek work in the British Museum (1792 and 1804), published at Venice in three small volumes. The first volume contains Galland (Nos. 1–6 of the table) and vols. ii. and iii. chiefly contain the Thousand and One Days. It is, apparently, translated from some Italian work.

Several editions in Italian (Mille ed una Notte) have appeared at Naples and Milan; they are said by Sir R. F. Burton to be mere reprints of Galland.

There are, also, several in Dutch, one of which, by C. Van der Post, in 3 vols. 8vo, published at Utrecht in 1848, purports, I believe, to be a translation from the Arabic, and has been reprinted several times. The Dutch editions are usually entitled, “Arabische Vertellinge.” A Danish edition appeared at Copenhagen in 1818, under the title of “Prindsesses Schehezerade. Fortällinger eller de saakatle Tusende og een Nat. Udgivna paa Dansk vid Heelegaan.” Another, by Rasmassen, was commenced in 1824; and a third Danish work, probably founded on the Thousand and One Nights, and published in 1816, bears the title, “Digt og Eventyr fra Osterland, af arabiska og persischen utrykta kilder.”

I have seen none of these Italian, Dutch or Danish editions; but there is little doubt that most, if not all, are derived from Galland’s work.

The following is the title of a Javanese version, derived from one of the Dutch editions, and published at Leyden in 1865, “Eenige Vertellingen uit de Arabisch duizend en één Nacht. Naar de Nederduitsche vertaling in het Javaansch vertaald, door Winter-Roorda.”

Mr. A. G. Ellis has shown me an edition of Galland’s Aladdin (No. 193) in Malay, by M. Van der Lawan (?) printed in Batavia, A.D. 1869.

CAZZOTTE’S CONTINUATION, AND THE COMPOSITE EDITIONS OF
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS.

We shall speak elsewhere of the Cabinet des Fées; but the last four volumes of this great collection (38 to 41), published at Geneva from 1788 to 1793, contain a work entitled, “Les Veillées du Sultan Schahriar avec la Sultane Scheherazade; histoires incroyables, amusantes et morales, traduites de l’arabe par M. Cazotte et D. Chavis. Faisant suite aux Mille et une Nuits.” Some copies bear the abridged title of “La suite des Mille et une Nuits. Contes Arabes, traduits par Dom Chavis et M. Cazotte.”

This collection of tales was pronounced to be spurious by many critics, and even has been styled “a bare-faced forgery” by a writer in the Edinburgh Review of July, 1886. It is, however, certain that the greater part, if not all, of these tales are founded on genuine Eastern sources, though very few have any real claim to be regarded as actually part of the Thousand and One Nights.

Translations of the originals of most of these tales have been published by Caussin de Perceval and Gauttier; and a comparison clearly shows the great extent to which Chavis and Cazotte have altered, amplified and (in a literary sense) improved their materials.

It is rather surprising that no recent edition of this work seems to have been issued, perhaps owing to the persistent doubts cast upon its authenticity, only a few of the tales, and those not the best, having appeared in different collections. My friend, Mr. A. G. Ellis, himself an Oriental scholar, has remarked to me that he considers these tales as good as the old “Arabian Nights”; and I quite agree with him that Chavis and Cazotte’s Continuation is well worthy of re-publication in its entirety.

The following are the principal tales comprised in this collection, those included in our Table from later authors being indicated.

1. The Robber Caliph, or the Adventures of Haroun Alraschid with the Princess of Persia, and the beautiful Zutulbe. (No. 246.)

2. The Power of Destiny, being the History of the Journey of Giafar to Damas, containing the Adventures of Chelih and his Family. (No. 280.)

3. History of Halechalbe and the Unknown Lady. (No. 204c.)

4. Story of Xailoun the Idiot.

5. The Adventures of Simoustapha and the Princess Ilsetilsone. (No. 247.)

6. History of Alibengiad, Sultan of Herak, and of the False Birds of Paradise.

7. History of Sinkarib and his Two Viziers. (No. 249.)

8. History of the Family of the Schebandad of Surat.

9. Story of Bohetzad and his Ten Viziers. (No. 174.)

10. Story of Habib and Dorathil-Goase. (No. 251.)

11. History of the Maugraby, or the Magician.

Of these, Nos. 4, 6, 8 and 11 only are not positively known in the original. No. 11 is interesting, as it is the seed from which Southey’s “Thalaba the Destroyer” was derived.

On the word Maugraby, which means simply Moor, Cazotte has the following curious note: “Ce mot signifie barbare, barbaresque plus proprement. On jure encore par lui en Provence, en Languedoc, et en Gascogne Maugraby; ou ailleurs en France Meugrebleu.”

The Domdaniel, where Zatanai held his court with Maugraby and his

pupilmagicians, is described as being under the sea near Tunis.

In Weil’s story of Joodar and Mahmood (No. 201) the Magician

Mahmood is always called the Moor of Tunis.

No. 3 (=our No. 204c) contains the additional incident of the door opened only once a year which occurs in our No. 9a, aa.