The beautiful Scheherazade's royal husband threatens to kill her, so each night she diverts him by weaving wonderful tales of fantastic adventure, leaving each story unfinished so that he spares her life to hear the ending the next night.
This is the background to the Arabian Nights. In this selection made by that master of folklore and fairy-tale Andrew Lang, the reader meets Aladdin with his wonderful lamp, the Enchanted Horse, the Princess Badoura, Sinbad the Sailor, and the great Caliph of Bagdad, Haroun-al-Raschid.
The stories are beautifully illustrated by H.J. Ford.
Tales include:
The Story of the Merchant and the Genius
The Story of the First Old Man and of the Hind
The Story of the Second Old Man and of the Two Black Dogs
The Story of the Fisherman
The Story of the Greek King and the Physician Douban
The Story of the Husband and the Parrot
The Story of the Vizir who was Punished
The Story of the Young King of the Black Isles
The Story of the Three Calenders, Sons of Kings, and of Five Ladies of Bagdad
The Story of the First Calender, Son of a King
The Story of the Second Calender, Son of a King
The Story of the Envious Man and of Him who was Envied
The Story of the Third Calender, Son of a King
The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor
The First Voyage of Sindbad
The Second Voyage of Sindbad
The Third Voyage of Sindbad
The Fourth Voyage of Sindbad
The Fifth Voyage of Sindbad
The Sixth Voyage of Sindbad
The Seventh and Last Voyage
The Little Hunchback
The Story of the Barber’s Fifth Brother
The Story of the Barber’s Sixth Brother
The Adventures of Prince Camaralzaman and the Princess Badoura
Noureddin and the Fair Persian
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
The Adventures of Haroun-al-Raschid, Caliph of Bagdad
The Story of the Blind Baba-Abdalla
The Story of Sidi-Nouman
The Story of Ali Cogia, Merchant of Bagdad
The Enchanted Horse
The Story of Two Sisters who were Jealous of their Younger Sister
