Stories from the Thousand and One Nights. 1909–14. Vol. 16. The Harvard Classics

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Shahrazad relating a story to the Sultan

Tell me what thou dost want of me; here am I, thy slave, and the slave of him who holdeth the Lamp.

—’Ala-ed-Din and the Wonderful Lamp

One of the Jann

Harvard Classics, Vol. 16

Stories from the Thousand and One Nights

Translated by Edward William Lane
Revised by Stanley Lane-Poole

The desperate entertainments of a wife delaying execution by her husband, this translation of 42 stories from a much larger collection has become the most well-known of folk tales for younger readers: Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp, the Voyages of Sinbad, and Ali-Baba and the Forty Thieves.

CONTENTS

Bibliographic Record

NEW YORK: P.F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, 1909–14
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2001

Introduction
Nights 1–3: The Story of the Merchant and the Jinni; The Story of the First Sheykh and the Gazelle; The Story of the Second Sheykh and the Two Black Hounds; The Story of the Third Sheykh and the Mule
Nights 3–9: The Story of the Fisherman; The Story of King Yunan and the Sage Duban; The Story of the Husband and the Parrot; The Story of the Envious Wezir and the Prince and the Ghuleh; The Story of the Young King of the Black Islands
Nights 9–18: The Story of the Porter and the Ladies of Baghdad, and of the Three Royal Mendicants, Etc.; The Story of the First Royal Mendicant; The Story of the Second Royal Mendicant; The Story of the Envier and the Envied; The Story of the Third Royal Mendicant; The Story of the First of the Three Ladies of Baghdad; The Story of the Second of the Three Ladies of Baghdad
Nights 24–32: The Story of the Humpback; The Story Told by the Christian Broker; The Story Told by the Sultan’s Steward; The Story Told by the Jewish Physician; The Story Told by the Tailor; The Barber’s Story of Himself; The Barber’s Story of His First Brother; The Barber’s Story of His Second Brother; The Barber’s Story of His Third Brother; The Barber’s Story of His Fourth Brother; The Barber’s Fifth Brother; The Barber’s Story of His Sixth Brother
Nights 32–36: The Story of Nur-Ed-din and Enis-El-Jelis
Nights 537–566: The Story of Es-Sindibad of the Sea and Es-Sindibad of the Land; The First Voyage of Es-Sindibad of the Sea; The Second Voyage of Es-Sindibad of the Sea; The Third Voyage of Es-Sindibad of the Sea; The Fourth Voyage of Es-Sindibad of the Sea; The Fifth Voyage of Es-Sindibad of the Sea; The Sixth Voyage of Es-Sindibad of the Sea; The Seventh Voyage of Es-Sindibad of the Sea
Nights 566–578: The Story of the City of Brass
Nights 738–756: The Story of Jullanar of the Sea
Appendix
The Story of ‘Ala-ed-Din and the Wonderful Lamp: Paras. 1–24; Paras. 25–49; Paras. 50–74; Paras. 75–103
The Story of ‘Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

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