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ILLUSTRATIONS


JUSEF AND ASENATH

Asenath Frontispiece
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THE STORY OF THE BIRD FENG

The wonderful bird, like a fire of many colours come down from heaven, alighted before the princess, dropping at her feet the portrait 1


YOUNG ROUSSELLE

What do you think of Young Rousselle? 8


LAYLÁ AND MAJNÚN

In a high chamber of the palace — it was as wondrous as that of a Sultan 16
If the desert were my home — then would I let the world go by 18
She would sit for hours, with the bird perched on the back of her hand, listening to its soft intonation of that one word 'Majnún' 22


THE NIGHTINGALE

Even the poor fisherman would pause in his work to listen 32