The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 1 by Richard F. Burton The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 1 by Richard F. Burton This etext was produced by J.C. Byers at
[email protected]. Proofreaders were: J.C. Byers, Norm Wolcott, Dianne Doefler and Charles Wilson. THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton VOLUME ONE Inscribed to the Memory of My Lamented Friend page 1 / 634 John Frederick Steinhaeuser, (Civil Surgeon, Aden) who A Quarter of a Century Ago Assisted Me in this Translation. "To the pure all things are pure" (Puris omnia pura) - Arab Proverb. "Niuna corrotta mente intese mai sanamente parole." - "Decameron" - conclusion. "Erubuit, posuitque meum Lucretia librum Sed coram Bruto. Brute! reced, leget. - Martial. "Miculx est de ris que de larmes escripre, Pour ce que rire est le propre des hommes." - Rabelais. "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." page 2 / 634 Contents of the First Volume Introduction Story Of King Shahryar and His Brother a. Tale of the Bull and the Ass 1. Tale of the Trader and the Jinni a. The First Shaykh's Story b. The Second Shaykh's Story c. The Third Shaykh's Story 2. The Fisherman and the Jinni a. Tale of the Wazir and the Sage Duban ab.