Index:Stories from the Arabian nights 1907 - Houseman - Dulac.djvu

Title Stories from the Arabian Nights
Author Laurence Housman
Illustrator Edmund Dulac
Year 1907
Publisher Hodder and Stoughton
Location London
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OCLC 963752306

CONTENTS

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The Fisherman and the Genie 1
The Story of the King of the Ebony Isles 17
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves 31
The Story of the Magic Horse 66
The Story of the Wicked Half-Brothers 100
The Story of the Princess of Deryabar 111

ILLUSTRATIONS

1. Scheherazadè, the heroine of the Thousand and One Nights Frontispiece
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2. And there in its midst stood a mighty Genie 2
3. When having brought into submission all the rest of my race 4
4. No sooner had the monarch seen them, so strange of form and so brilliant and diverse in hue 9
5. Thereupon the damsel upset the pan into the fire 10
6. Recalling the fisherman by a swift messenger. 10
7. He arrived within sight of a palace of shining marble 14
8. The Queen of the Ebony Isles 17
9. Supposing me asleep, they began to talk 17
10. The cup of wine which she gives him each night contains a sleeping-draught 18
11. She went on to vent her malice upon the city and islands 22
12. Began to heap upon me terms of the most violent and shameful abuse 22
13. Thus by her wicked machinations the city became a lake 22
14. Great was the astonishment of the Vizier and the Sultan's escort 27
15. Their chief in a low but distinct voice uttered the two words "Open Sesame!" 32
16. Ali Baba departed for the town a well satisfied man 34
17. As soon as he came in she began to jeer at him 36
18. Greater still was the exultation of a greedy nature like that of Cassim's 38
19. Mustapha doubted much of his ability to refrain from question 43
20. This way and that she led him blindfold 44
21. Having transformed himself by disguise 46
22. "Sir," said he, "I have brought my oil a great distance to sell to-morrow" 51
23. She poured into each jar in turn a sufficient quantity of the boiling oil to scald its occupant to death 54
24. When Morgiana, who had remained all this time on the watch 56
25. Then for the last figure of all she drew out the dagger 63
26. At so arrogant a claim all the courtiers burst into loud laughter 68
27. As he descended, the daylight in which hitherto he had been travelling faded from view 72
28. He saw black eunuchs lying asleep 73
29. She gave orders for a rich banquet to be prepared 75
30. Till the tale of her mirror contented her 76
31. She cried: "O miserable man, what sorry watch is this that thou hast kept" 77
32. All this time the Princess had been watching the combat from the roof of the palace 84
33. In the garden of the summer palace all was silence and solitude 85
34. Sat by the lake and solaced themselves sweetly with love 85
35. It was in vain that all the wisest physicians in the country were summoned into consultation 93
36. For many months he travelled without clue 94
37. And ever with the tears falling down from her eyes she sighed and sang 96
38. There appeared before him an old man of venerable appearance 100
39. Pirouzè, the fairest and most honourably born 101
40. Reaching his farthest wounded the giant in the knee 107
41. The lady advanced to meet him 107
42. A city among the Isles named Deryabar 111
43. Presently in the distance he perceived a light 111
44. The ship struck upon a rock 115
45. And presently, feeling myself lifted by men's hands 115
46. The Princess of Deryabar 119
47. She found to her grief the place where Codadad had lain left vacant 121
48. She and her companion arrived at the city of Harran 123
49. And taking her hand he led her to the apartments of the Queen Pirouzè 127
50. After these, maidens on white horses, with heads unveiled, bearing in their hands baskets of precious stones 129