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Title: Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers
Author: Various
Release Date: August 19, 2008 [EBook #26358]
Language: English
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_THE "CHANDOS CLASSICS."_
EASTERN TALES
BY
MANY STORY TELLERS
COMPILED AND EDITED FROM ANCIENT AND MODERN AUTHORS BY
MRS. VALENTINE
_Author of "Sea Fights and Land Battles," &c., &c., &c._
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON
FREDERICK WARNE & CO.
BEDFORD STREET, STRAND
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PREFACE.
[Illustration]
In compiling this volume of Eastern Tales, the Editor has been careful
to select only those best suited to youthful readers. They have been
gathered from both ancient and modern, French, Italian, and English
sources, and therefore offer great variety of style and subject.
In the stories taken from the Tales of the Genii, an omission of a few
words has been made, to fit them for their place in this volume.
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CONTENTS
[Illustration]
PAGE
JALALADDEEN OF BAGDAD 1
THE STORY OF HASCHEM 40
THE PANTOFLES 73
STORY OF THE PRINCE AND THE LIONS 78
THE CITY OF THE DEMONS 95
JUSSUF, THE MERCHANT OF BALSORA 104
THE SEVEN SLEEPERS 169
THE ENCHANTERS; OR, MISNAR, THE SULTAN OF INDIA 200
SADIK BEG 30
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