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ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES.
"The Arabian Nights' Entertainments"

_This Story is the Choice of:_
Dr. Samuel L. Clemens
Dr. Charles William Eliot
Dr. Lyman Abbott
Editor of _The Outlook_

THE SECOND VOYAGE OF SINDBAD THE SAILOR.
"The Arabian Nights' Entertainments"

_This Story is the Choice of:_
Dr. Lyman Abbott

THE HISTORY OF ALI COGIA, A MERCHANT OF BAGDAD.
"The Arabian Nights' Entertainments"

_This Story is the Choice of:_
Dr. William Dean Howells
Author

ILLUSTRATIONS

"CAN'T YOU RENDER ME SOME ASSISTANCE?" _Frontispiece_

"I WILL BROIL YOU FOR MY BREAKFAST" _Facing p._ 2

THE SLIPPER FITTED EXACTLY " 48

JUST AS HE LAID HIS HAND UPON ONE OF THEM,
THE LITTLE DOG BARKED MOST FURIOUSLY " 66

A YOUNG GIRL OF WONDERFUL BEAUTY LAY ASLEEP
ON AN EMBROIDERED BED " 82

HE ASKED HER POLITELY WHERE SHE WAS GOING " 88

SOME LITTLE CHILDREN THREW PIECES OF BREAD
INTO THE WATER " 114

THE CHILDREN BEGAN TO CRY AS LOUD AS THEY COULD " 120

SHE SAW AT HER FEET A HANDSOME, GRACEFUL YOUNG
PRINCE " 170

"OH, HEAVEN," THEY CRIED, "WHAT A LOVELY CHILD!" " 180

THE VOICE OF THE LITTLE, SMALL, WEE BEAR
AWAKENED HER AT ONCE " 200

ELISE SAW AN ICE PALACE, WITH ONE BOLD COLONNADE
BUILT ABOVE ANOTHER " 238

"I AM THE SLAVE OF THE RING, AND WILL OBEY THEE
IN ALL THINGS" " 260

CASSIM FORGETS THE MAGIC WORD " 294

THE MERCHANTS BEGAN THEIR SHOUTING TO FRIGHTEN
THE EAGLES " 318

THE CALIPH LISTENING TO THE CHILDREN'S COURT " 342

_Decorative borders by
Francis I. Bennett_

INTRODUCTION

What are the best fairy stories? Are they not those which have lived
most vividly in active minds? The ripeness of after