Flowers from a Persian Garden
by W. A. Clouston
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About this eBook
- Author
- Clouston, W. A. (William Alexander), 1843-1896
- Title
- Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers
- Credits
- Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PJ: Language and Literatures: Oriental languages and literatures
- Subject
- Middle Eastern literature -- History and criticism
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 16949
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16949
- Release Date
- October 26, 2005
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.FLOWERS FROM A PERSIAN GARDEN, AND OTHER PAPERS.
- 2.By W. A. Clouston, — LONDON: DAVID NUTT, 270, 271, STRAND. MDCCCXC. — E. SIDNEY HARTLAND, Esq.,
- 3.CONTENTS. — FLOWERS FROM A PERSIAN GARDEN. — I — II — III — ORIENTAL WIT AND HUMOUR. — I — II — III — IV — V — TALES OF A PARROT. — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — RABBINICAL LEGENDS, TALES, FABLES, AND APHORISMS. — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — AN ARABIAN TALE OF LOVE. — APOCRYPHAL LIFE OF ESOP. — IGNORANCE OF THE CLERGY IN THE MIDDLE AGES. — THE BEARDS OF OUR FATHERS. — INDEX.
- 4.FLOWERS FROM A PERSIAN GARDEN. — I — II — III
- 5.ORIENTAL WIT AND HUMOUR. — I — II — III — IV — V
- 6.TALES OF A PARROT. — I — The Stolen Images. — The Woman Carved out of Wood. — Of the Man whose Mare was kicked by a Merchant’s Horse. — II — The Emperor’s Dream. — The Golden Apparition. — The Four Treasure-Seekers. — III — The Singing Ass. — IV — The Goldsmith who lost his Life through his Covetousness. — The King who died of Love for a Merchant’s beautiful Daughter. — The Discovery of Music. — The Seven Requisites of a Perfect Woman. — V — Story of the Daughter of the Kaysar of Rome, and her trouble by reason of her Son. — The King and his Seven Vazírs. — VI — The Tree of Life. — ADDITIONAL NOTE. — THE MAGIC BOWL, pp. 152 - 156 ; 157 , 158 .
- 7.RABBINICAL LEGENDS, TALES, FABLES, AND APHORISMS. — I — II — Adam and Eve. — Cain and Abel. — The Planting of the Vine. — Luminous Jewels. — Abraham’s Arrival in Egypt. — The Infamous Citizens of Sodom. — Abraham and Ishmael’s Wife. — Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife. — Joseph and his Brethren. — Jacob’s Sorrow. — Moses and Pharaoh. — III — Unheard-of Monsters. — IV — Rabbi Jochonan and the Poor Woman. — A Safe Investment. — The Jewels. — The Capon-Carver. — V — A Dutiful Son. — An Ingenious Will. — The Fox and the Bear. — The Fox in the Garden. — The Desolate Island. — The Man and his Three Friends. — The Garments. — Solomon's Choice — Bride and Bridegroom. — Abraham and the Idols. — The Vanity of Ambition. — The Seven Stages of Human Life. — VI — ADDITIONAL NOTES. — ADAM AND THE OIL OF MERCY. — MUSLIM LEGEND OF ADAM’S PUNISHMENT, PARDON, DEATH, AND BURIAL. — MOSES AND THE POOR WOODCUTTER. — PRECOCIOUS SAGACITY OF SOLOMON. — SOLOMON AND THE SERPENT’S PREY. — THE CAPON-CARVER, p. 231 . — THE FOX AND THE BEAR, p. 240 . — THE DESOLATE ISLAND, p. 243 . — OTHER RABBINICAL LEGENDS AND TALES.
- 8.AN ARABIAN TALE OF LOVE. — Majnún bewails the Death of Laylá. — ADDITIONAL NOTES. — ‘WAMIK AND ASRA,’ p. 289 . — ANOTHER FAMOUS ARABIAN LOVER.
- 9.APOCRYPHAL LIFE OF ESOP, THE FABULIST. — ADDITIONAL NOTE. — DRINKING THE SEA DRY, p. 306 .
- 10.IGNORANCE OF THE CLERGY IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
- 11.THE BEARDS OF OUR FATHERS.
- 12.Footnotes
- 13.INDEX.
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