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The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 10

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 10

by Sir Richard Francis Burton

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Translator
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890
Title
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 (of 10)
Original Publication
[S.l.] : [The Burton Club], 1886
Credits
This etext was scanned by JC Byers and proofread by JC Byers, Muhammad Hozien, K. C. McGuire, Renate Preuss, Robert Sinton, and Mats Wernersson. Revised by Richard Tonsing.
Language
English
LoC Class
PJ: Language and Literatures: Oriental languages and literatures
Subject
Tales -- Arab countries
Category
Text
eBook-No.
3444
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3444
Release Date
September 1, 2002
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments — Contents of the Tenth Volume
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.MA’ARUF THE COBBLER AND HIS WIFE
  4. 4.Conclusion
  5. 5.Terminal Essay — § I THE ORIGIN OF THE NIGHTS. — A.—The Birth place. — B.—The Date. — C. — § II. THE NIGHTS IN EUROPE. — § III. THE MATTER AND THE MANNER OF THE NIGHTS. — § IV. SOCIAL CONDITION. — § V ON THE PROSE-RHYME AND THE POETRY OF THE NIGHTS — U - - | U - - - | U - - | U - - - | — - U - - | - U - | - U - - | - U - | — - - U - | - U - | - - U - | - U - | — = U - U U - | U - U U - | U - U U - | — = U U - U - | U U - U - | U U - U - | — = U - - - | U - - - | U - - - | U - - - | — - - U - | - - U - | - - U - | — = - U - - | - U - - | - U - - | — U U | U | U U | - - U - | - U - | - - U U | U U - — U U | U { U U - - - U - | - U - { - - — U U | U | - - U - | - U - | - - U - — U - - - | U - - - | — U U | U U | U U | - - U U | - - U - | - - U - | — U U | U U | U | - - U - | - - U - | - - - |
  6. 6.Appendix I.
  7. 7.Index to the Tales and Proper Names.
  8. 8.Alphabetical Table of the Notes (Anthropological, &c.)
  9. 9.Alphabetical Table of First Lines (Metrical Portion) in English.
  10. 10.Alphabetical Table of First Lines (Metrical Portion) in Arabic.
  11. 11.TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE UNFINISHED CALCUTTA (1814-18) EDITION (FIRST TWO HUNDRED NIGHTS ONLY) OF THE ARABIC TEXT OF THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND ONE NIGHT.
  12. 12.INDEX IV.—B. TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE BRESLAU (TUNIS) EDITION OF THE ARABIC TEXT OF THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND ONE NIGHT, FROM MR. PAYNE’S VERSION.
  13. 13.INDEX IV.—C. TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE MCNAUGHTEN OR TURNER MACAN TEXT (1839-42) AND BULAK EDITION (A.H. 1251 = A.D. 1835-36) OF THE ARABIC TEXT OF THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT; AS TRANSLATED BY MR. JOHN PAYNE.
  14. 14.INDEX IV.—D. COMPARISON OF THE SAME WITH MR. LANE’S AND MY VERSION.
  15. 15.CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS, AND THEIR IMITATIONS, WITH A TABLE SHOWING THE CONTENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL EDITIONS IND TRANSLATIONS OF THE NIGHTS. — CAZZOTTE’S CONTINUATION, AND THE COMPOSITE EDITIONS OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS. — THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE STORY OF SAIF ZUL YEZN (ZU’L YAZAN) ACCORDING TO HABICHT’S GERMAN VERSION. — SCOTT’S MSS. AND TRANSLATIONS. — WEIL’S TRANSLATION. — VON HAMMER’S MS., AND THE TRANSLATIONS DERIVED FROM IT. — TRANSLATIONS OF THE PRINTED TEXTS. — COLLECTIONS OF SELECTED TALES. — SEPARATE EDITIONS OF SINGLE OR COMPOSITE TALES. — TRANSLATIONS OF COGNATE ORIENTAL ROMANCES ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE NIGHTS. — DR. CLARKE’S M.S. — IMITATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS WORKS HAVING MORE OR LESS CONNECTION WITH THE NIGHTS. — CONCLUSION.

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