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The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, ed. Andrew Lang, [1898], at sacred-texts.com


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PLATES

The Talisman is discovered in one of the Jars

Frontispiece

The Genius and the Merchants

To face p. 8

The Calf begs for its Life

14

The Genius comes out of the Jar

24

The Girl upsets the Frying-pan

42

I became Half Man and Half Marble

48

Zobeida prepares to whip the Dog

60

The Genius commands the Young Man to slay the Princess

80

The Princess veils herself when she sees the Monkey

94

The Overthrow of the Brazen Horseman

104

Agib entertained by the Ladies

114

The Black Horse leaves Agib on the Terrace

118

Sindbad carried off by the Roc

132

p. xv

 

Sindbad in the Valley of Serpents

To face p. 136

The Giant enters

142

The Giants hurl Rocks at Sindbad and his Companions

146

Sindbad lowered into the Cavern

156

The First Roc aims a Stone at the Ship

164

The Old Man of the Sea

168

The Lady shows Alnaschar the Coffers packed with Gold

204

Caschcasch is unable to decide which is the Fairer

226

Badoura recognises Camaralzaman

240

The Bird flies off with the Talisman

246

The Talisman is discovered in one of the Jars

258

Aladdin's Mother brings the Slaves with the Forty Basins of Gold before the Sultan

302

The Dervish separates the Smoke and the Palace appears in the Rock

322

She opened the Gate, intending to crush me as I passed through

336

The Indian shows off the Enchanted Horse before the King of Persia

358

Prince Firouz Schah in the Chamber of the Princess of Bengal

366

The Prince and Princess arrive at the Capital of Persia on the Enchanted Horse

374

The Prince of Persia and the Princess of Bengal escape from the Sultan of Cashmere

386

The Princess climbs over the Black Stones

408

Parizade shows the Singing Tree to the Sultan

420


IN TEXT

 

 

PAGE

Scheherazade, Dinarzade, and the Sultan

3

The Prince falls in with the Ogress

35

The King turns over the Leaves of the Book

39

The Man is astonished at the Beauty of the Porteress

55

The King's Son begs for his Life

71

'She cut the lion's body into two pieces'

98

'I burn, I burn!'

100

p. xvi

 

 

PAGE

The Young Men sew up Agib in the Sheepskin

113

Hindbad curses his Fate

123

Sindbad left by the Elephants in their Burial-place

183

The Death of the Hunchback

189

Alnaschar kicks over his Basket

199

The Barmecide's Feast

211

She could not weary gazing at Camaralzaman

221

Camaralzaman ill-treats the Grand-Vizir

231

The King of China looks at the Ring on the Princess's Finger

235

Camaralzaman watches the Birds

255

The Beautiful Persian is brought to Khacan

269

Noureddin gets rid of the two little Slaves

273

Saouy tries to take the Beautiful Persian from Noureddin

279

The Fair Persian lights the Candles

285

Noureddin offers the Beautiful Persian to the Fisherman

289

Noureddin led to Execution

293

The Slave of the Ring appears to Aladdin

297

The African Magician gets the Lamp from. the Slave

309

The Death of the African Magician

313

The Dervish anoints the Right Eye of Baba-Abdalla

329

Amina eating the Rice

333

Amina is transformed into a Horse

344

The Gold Pieces fall out of the Jar of Olives

349

The Sultan of Cashmere rescues the Princess of Bengal from the Indian

381

The Sisters launch the Cradle in the Canal

393

Prince Bahman prunes the Dervish's Beard

401

 


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