Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers
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FLOWERS FROM A PERSIAN GARDEN, AND OTHER PAPERS.
LONDON: DAVID NUTT, 270, 271, STRAND. MDCCCXC.
E. SIDNEY HARTLAND, Esq.,
CONTENTS.
FLOWERS FROM A PERSIAN GARDEN.
I
II
III
I
II
III
ORIENTAL WIT AND HUMOUR.
I
II
III
IV
V
I
II
III
IV
V
TALES OF A PARROT.
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
RABBINICAL LEGENDS, TALES, FABLES, AND APHORISMS.
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
AN ARABIAN TALE OF LOVE.
APOCRYPHAL LIFE OF ESOP.
IGNORANCE OF THE CLERGY IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
THE BEARDS OF OUR FATHERS.
INDEX.
FLOWERS FROM A PERSIAN GARDEN.
I
II
III
ORIENTAL WIT AND HUMOUR.
I
II
III
IV
V
TALES OF A PARROT.
I
The Stolen Images.
The Woman Carved out of Wood.
Of the Man whose Mare was kicked by a Merchant’s Horse.
The Stolen Images.
The Woman Carved out of Wood.
Of the Man whose Mare was kicked by a Merchant’s Horse.
II
The Emperor’s Dream.
The Golden Apparition.
The Four Treasure-Seekers.
The Emperor’s Dream.
The Golden Apparition.
The Four Treasure-Seekers.
III
The Singing Ass.
The Singing Ass.
IV
The Goldsmith who lost his Life through his Covetousness.
The King who died of Love for a Merchant’s beautiful Daughter.
The Discovery of Music.
The Seven Requisites of a Perfect Woman.
The Goldsmith who lost his Life through his Covetousness.
The King who died of Love for a Merchant’s beautiful Daughter.
The Discovery of Music.
The Seven Requisites of a Perfect Woman.
V
Story of the Daughter of the Kaysar of Rome, and her trouble by reason of her Son.
The King and his Seven Vazírs.
Story of the Daughter of the Kaysar of Rome, and her trouble by reason of her Son.
The King and his Seven Vazírs.
VI
The Tree of Life.
The Tree of Life.
ADDITIONAL NOTE.
THE MAGIC BOWL, pp. 152-156; 157, 158.
THE MAGIC BOWL, pp. 152-156; 157, 158.
RABBINICAL LEGENDS, TALES, FABLES, AND APHORISMS.
I
II
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 Wife.
Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife.
Joseph and his Brethren.
Jacob’s Sorrow.
Moses and Pharaoh.
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 Wife.
Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife.
Joseph and his Brethren.
Jacob’s Sorrow.
Moses and Pharaoh.
III
Unheard-of Monsters.
Unheard-of Monsters.
IV
Rabbi Jochonan and the Poor Woman.
A Safe Investment.
The Jewels.
The Capon-Carver.
Rabbi Jochonan and the Poor Woman.
A Safe Investment.
The Jewels.
The Capon-Carver.
V
A Dutiful Son.
An Ingenious Will.
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.
A Dutiful Son.
An Ingenious Will.
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
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, p. 231.
THE FOX AND THE BEAR, p. 240.
THE DESOLATE ISLAND, p. 243.
OTHER RABBINICAL LEGENDS AND TALES.
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, p. 231.
THE FOX AND THE BEAR, p. 240.
THE DESOLATE ISLAND, p. 243.
OTHER RABBINICAL LEGENDS AND TALES.
AN ARABIAN TALE OF LOVE.
Majnún bewails the Death of Laylá.
ADDITIONAL NOTES.
‘WAMIK AND ASRA,’ p. 289.
ANOTHER FAMOUS ARABIAN LOVER.
‘WAMIK AND ASRA,’ p. 289.
ANOTHER FAMOUS ARABIAN LOVER.
APOCRYPHAL LIFE OF ESOP, THE FABULIST.
ADDITIONAL NOTE.
DRINKING THE SEA DRY, p. 306.
DRINKING THE SEA DRY, p. 306.
IGNORANCE OF THE CLERGY IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
THE BEARDS OF OUR FATHERS.
Footnotes
INDEX.
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