ular in Germany, and several of
his songs may be heard to-day rising on the evening air from out the
beautiful valleys he loved so well.

Because of his genius and his early death, Hauff becomes associated in
our mind with the English poets, Chatterton, Keats and Shelley; and in
thinking of him we recall his own sad words--

"Oh, how soon
Vanish grace and beauty's bloom;
Dost thou boast of cheeks ne'er paling,
Glowing red and white unfailing?
See! the roses wither all!"

Chicago, _October_, 1881. E. L. S.

CONTENTS.

PART I.

Tales of the Caravan.

THE CARAVAN, 11
THE CALIPH STORK, 15
THE AMPUTATED HAND, 30
THE RESCUE OF FATIMA, 49
LITTLE MUCK, 70
THE FALSE PRINCE, 91

PART II.

Tales of the Inn.

THE INN IN THE SPESSART, 119
THE HIRSCH-GULDEN, 126
THE MARBLE HEART (_First Part_), 151
SAID'S ADVENTURES, 182
THE CAVE OF STEENFOLL, 229
THE MARBLE HEART (_Second Part_), 260

PART III.

Tales of the Palace.

THE SHEIK'S PALACE AND HIS SLAVES, 295
THE DWARF NOSEY, 304
ABNER, THE JEW, 340
THE YOUNG ENGLISHMAN, 353
THE STORY OF ALMANSOR, 381

PART I.

TALES OF THE CARAVAN.

THE CARAVAN,

[Illustration]

Once upon a time, a large caravan moved slowly over the desert. On the
vast plain, where nothing was to be seen but sand and sky, might have
been heard in the far distance the tinkling bells of the camels and the