A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, Now Entituled the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night Volume 08 (of 17)

Sir Richard Francis Burton

CONTENTS OF THE EIGHTH VOLUME.

HASAN OF BASSORAH. [5]

KHALIFAH THE FISHERMAN OF BAGHDAD.

KHALIF THE FISHERMAN OF BAGHDAD.

MASRUR AND ZAYN AL-MAWASIF. [307]

ALI NUR AL-DIN AND MIRIAM THE GIRDLE-GIRL. [376]

INDEX.

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

“The pleasure we derive from perusing the Thousand-and-One Stories makes us regret that we possess only a comparatively small part of these truly enchanting fictions.”

—Crichton’s “History of Arabia.”

A PLAIN AND LITERAL TRANSLATION OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS. NOW ENTITULED

THE BOOK OF THE
Thousand Nights and a Night

WITH INTRODUCTION EXPLANATORY NOTES ON THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF MOSLEM MEN AND A TERMINAL ESSAY UPON THE HISTORY OF THE NIGHTS

VOLUME VIII.

RICHARD F. BURTON

PRINTED BY THE BURTON CLUB FOR PRIVATE SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

Shammar Edition

Limited to one thousand numbered sets, of which this is

Number 547

Printed in U. S. A.

A MESSAGE TO

Frederick Hankey,

FORMERLY OF NO. 2, RUE LAFFITTE, PARIS.

My dear Fred,

If there be such a thing as “continuation,” you will see these lines in the far Spirit-land and you will find that your old friend has not forgotten you and Annie.

RICHARD F. BURTON.

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THE BOOK OF THE Thousand Nights and a Night WITH INTRODUCTION EXPLANATORY NOTES ON THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF MOSLEM MEN AND A TERMINAL ESSAY UPON THE HISTORY OF THE NIGHTS VOLUME VIII.

THE BOOK OF THE
Thousand Nights and a Night

WITH INTRODUCTION EXPLANATORY NOTES ON THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF MOSLEM MEN AND A TERMINAL ESSAY UPON THE HISTORY OF THE NIGHTS

VOLUME VIII.