CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
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THE TRANSLATOR'S FORWARD . . . xvii.
INTRODUCTION. . . 1
STORY OF KING SHAHRYAR AND HIS BROTHER. . . 2
a. TALE OF THE BULL AND THE ASS. . . 14
(Lane, vol. I., 1-16)
1. TALE OF THE TRADER AND THE JINNI. . . 22
(Lane - Chap. 1. Story of the Merchant and the Jinnee: p. 43)
a. THE FIRST SHAYKH'S STORY. . . 25
(Lane - Story of the First Sheykh and the Gazelle: p. 48)
b. THE SECOND SHAYKH'S STORY. . . 29
(Lane - Story of the Second Sheykh and the two Black Hounds: p. 52)
c. THE THIRD SHAYKH'S STORY. . . 33
(Lane - Story of the Third Sheykh and the Mule: p. 56)
2. THE FISHERMAN AND THE JINNI. . . 34
(Lane - Chapt. II. Story of the Fisherman: p. 78)
a. TALE OF THE WAZIR AND THE SAGE DUBAN. . . 41
(Lane - Story of King Yoonan and the Sage Dooban: p. 84)
ab. STORY OF KING SINDIBAD AND HIS FALCON. . . 46
ac. TALE OF THE HUSBAND AND THE PARROT. . . 48
(Lane - Story of the Husband and the Parrot: p. 89)
ad. TALE OF THE PRINCE AND THE OGRESS. . . 50
(Lane - Story of the Envious Wezeer and the Prince and the Ghoolah: p. 91)
b. TALE OF THE ENSORCELLED PRINCE. . . 64
(Lane - Story of the Young King of the Black Islands: p. 106)
3. THE PORTER AND THE THREE LADIES OF BAGHDAD. . . 75
(Lane - Chapt. III. Story of the Porter and the Ladies of Baghdad, and of the three Royal Mendicants, etc.: p. 136)
