has head-lines disposed recto and verve, e.g.,

Haykar -------------------- Al-Hakim,

and parentheses in the text after European fashion with an
imperfect list at the beginning. A complete index is furnished at
the end. The following are the order and pagination of the
fourteen stories:--

1. The King of Persia and his Ten Wazirs . . . . . .pp. 1 to 62
2. Say of the Sage Haykar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
3. History of King Sabur and the Three Wise Men. . . . . . .183
4. The Daughter of Kisra the King (Al Bundukani) . . . . . .217
5. The Caliph and the Three Kalandars. . . . . . . . . . . .266
6. Julnar the Sea born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .396
7. The Duenna, the Linguist-dame and the King's Son. . . . .476
8. The Tale of the Warlock and the young Cook of Baghdad . .505
9. The Man in the Bimaristan or Madhouse . . . . . . . . . .538
10. The Tale of Attaf the Syrian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .588
11. The History of Sultan Habib and Durrat al-Ghawwas . . . .628
12. The Caliph and the Fisherman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .686
13. The Cock and the Fox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .718
14. The Fowl-let and the Fowler . . . . . . . 725 to 739 (finis)

Upon these tales I would be permitted to offer a few
observetions. No. i. begins with a Christian formula:--"In the
name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost"
(Ruhu'l-Kudus); and it is not translated, because it is a mere
replica of the Ten Wazirs (Suppl. vol. i. 55-151). The second,
containing "The Sage Haykar," which is famous in folk-lore