The History of Zayn al-Asnam and the King of the Jann
(cdlxxv.-cdxci.).
The History of Alaeddin (cdxcii.-dlxix.), and
The History of Ten Wazirs (dlxx.).

The copy breaks off at folio 320, rø in the middle of Night
dcxxxi., and the date (given at the end of Night cdxxvii., folio
139) is Shubat (February), A.D. 1787. This is the MS. numbered
Supplement Arabe, No. 1716.

In Paris, Dom Chavis forgathered with M. Cazotte, a litterateur
of the category "light," an ingenieux ecrivain, distinguished for
"gaiety, delicacy, wit and Attic elegance," and favorably known
for (inter alia) his poem "Olivier," his "Diable Amoureux," "The
Lord Impromptu," and a travesty of The Nights called "The
Thousand and One Fopperies." The two agreed to collaborate, the
Syrian translating the Arabic into French, and the Parisian
metamorphosing the manner and matter to "the style and taste of
the day"; that is to say, working up an exaggerated imitation, a
caricature, of Galland. The work appeared, according to Mr. A. G.
Ellis, of the British Museum, who kindly sent me these notes, in
Le Cabinet | des Fees, | ou | Collection choisie | des Contes des
Fees, | et autres contes merveilleux, | ornes de figures. | Tome
trente-huitieme--(quarante-unieme). | A Geneve, | chez Barde,
Manget et Compagnie, | Imprimeurs-Libraires. | Et se trouve a
Paris | Rue et Hotel Serpente. | 1788-89, 8ø [FN#1] . The
half-title is Les Veilliees Persanes, and on the second title-
page is Les Veilliees | du | Sultan Schahriar, avec | la Sultane
Scheherazade; | Histoires incroyables, amusantes, et morales, |
traduites de l'Arabe par M. Cazotte et | D. Chavis. Faisant suite