1st Edition

The Book of the Thousand and One Nights (Vol 4)

Edited By J.C. Mardrus, Powys Mathers Copyright 1986
    544 Pages
    by Routledge

    544 Pages
    by Routledge

    Volume four of this translation of the wonderful tales of the Arabian nights.

    Contents of Volume IV: THE TALE OF PEARL-HARVEST; THE TALE OF THE TWO LIVES OF SULTAN MAHMUD; THE TALE OF THE UNENDING TREASURE; THE ADVENTURES OF THE ROYAL BASTARD; WISDOM BELOW THE SEVERED HEADS; THE PERFIDY OF WIVES; THE TALE OF ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES; THE MEETINGS OF AL-RASHID ON THE BRIDGE OF BAGHDAD; THE TALE OF PRINCESS ZULAIKAH; SWEET TALES OF CARELESS YOUTH; THE TALE OF THE MAGIC BOOK; THE SPLENDID TALE OF PRINCE DIAMOND; SOME JESTS AND SUGGESTIONS OF THE MASTER OF SHIFTS AND LAUGHTER; THE TALE OF THE GIRL HEART’S-MIRACLE, LIEUTENANT OF THE BIRDS; THE TALE OF AL-MALIK BAIBARS AND HIS CAPTAINS OF POLICE; THE TALE OF THE SEA ROSE OF THE GIRL OF CHINA; THE TALE OF THE HONEY CAKE AND THE COBBLER’S CALAMITOUS WIFE; WINDOWS ON THE GARDEN OF HISTORY; THE END OF JAFAR AND THE BARMAKIDS; THE TENDER TALE OF PRINCE JASMINE AND PRINCESS ALMOND

    Biography

    J.C. Mardrus, Powys Mathers