ls and storms--
Of Kaf ... That centre of miracles
The sole, unparalleled Arabian Nights."_

KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN.
August, 1909.

CONTENTS

THE TALKING BIRD, THE SINGING TREE, AND THE
GOLDEN WATER 3

THE STORY OF THE FISHERMAN AND THE GENIE 52

THE HISTORY OF THE YOUNG KING OF THE BLACK ISLES 67

THE STORY OF GULNARE OF THE SEA 81

THE STORY OF ALADDIN; OR, THE WONDERFUL LAMP 97

THE STORY OF PRINCE AGIB 190

THE STORY OF THE CITY OF BRASS 205

THE STORY OF ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES 229

THE HISTORY OF CODADAD AND HIS BROTHERS 264

THE STORY OF SINBAD THE VOYAGER 290

ILLUSTRATIONS

FROM DRAWINGS IN COLORS
BY MAXFIELD PARRISH

THE TALKING BIRD 32

It will be sufficient to break off a branch and carry it to
plant in your garden

THE FISHERMAN AND THE GENIE 54

The smoke ascended to the clouds, and extending itself along
the sea and upon the shore formed a great mist

THE YOUNG KING OF THE BLACK ISLES 74

When he came to this part of his narrative the young king
could not restrain his tears

GULNARE OF THE SEA 86

And she proceeded to burn perfume and repeat spells until the
sea foamed and was agitated

ALADDIN 106

At the same time the earth, trembling, opened just before the
magician, and uncovered a stone, laid horizontally, with a
brass ring fixed into the middle

PRINCE AGIB 194

And when the boat came to me I found in it a man
of brass, with a tablet of lead upon his breast,
engraven with names and talismans

PRINCE AGIB 202

At the approach of evening I opened the first closet and, entering
it, found a mansion like paradise

THE CITY OF BRASS 218

And when they had ascended that mountain they saw a city than
which eyes had not behel