who died of Love for a Merchant's Daughter--The Discovery of
Music--The Seven Requisites of a Perfect Woman

V The Princess of Rome and her Son--The Seven Vazirs

VI The Tree of Life--Legend of Raja Rasalu--Conclusion

_ADDITIONAL NOTE:_
The Magic Bowl, etc.

RABBINICAL LEGENDS, TALES, FABLES, AND APHORISMS.

I INTRODUCTORY: Authors, Traducers, and Moral Teachings of Talmud

II LEGENDS OF SOME BIBLICAL CHARACTERS: 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 Wives--Joseph and Potiphar's Wife--Joseph and his
Brethren--Jacob's Sorrow--Moses and Pharaoh

III LEGENDS OF DAVID AND SOLOMON, etc.

IV MORAL AND ENTERTAINING TALES: Rabbi Jochonan and the Poor
Woman--A Safe Investment--The Jewels--The Capon-carver

V MORAL TALES, TABLES, AND PARABLES: The Dutiful Son--An Ingenious
Will--Origin of Beast-Fables--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 WISE SAYINGS OF THE RABBIS

_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
The Fox and the Bear
The Desolate Island
Other Rabbinical Legends and Tales

AN ARABIAN TALE OF LOVE.

_ADDITIONAL NOTES:_
'Wamik and Asra'
Another Famous Arabian Lover

APOCRYPHAL LIFE OF ESOP.

_ADDITIONAL NOTE:_
Drinking the Sea Dry

IGNORANCE OF THE CLERGY IN THE MIDDLE AGES.

THE BEARDS OF OUR FATHERS.

INDEX.

FLOWERS FROM A PERSIAN GARDEN.

I

SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THE PERSIAN POET SAADI--CHARACTER OF HIS
WRITINGS--THE "GULISTAN"--PREFACES TO BOOKS--PREFACE TO THE
"GULISTAN"--EASTERN POETS IN PRAISE OF SPRINGTIDE.

It is remarkable how very little the average general reader knows
regarding the great Persian poet Saadi and his writings. His name is
perhaps more or less familiar to casual readers from its being appended
to one or two of his aphorisms which are sometimes r