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Title: Tales of the Caliph

Author: H. N. Crellin

Release Date: August 6, 2007 [EBook #22258]

Language: English

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TALES OF THE CALIPH

BY

H. N. CRELLIN

AUTHOR OF

'ROMANCES OF THE OLD SERAGLIO,' 'THE NAZARENES,' ETC.

A NEW EDITION

London

CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY

1895

CONTENTS.

THE CALIPH AND THE PIRATES
The Arab Merchant's Story

THE CALIPH AND THE BLIND FISHERMAN
The History of the Blind Fisherman and his Brother

THE CALIPH AND ABDURRAHMAN
Abdurrahman's Story

THE CALIPH AND THE FIRST JAR OF OINTMENT
First Adventure: The Caliph and the Emir

THE CALIPH AND THE FIRST JAR OF OINTMENT
Second Adventure: The Caliph and Abou Hassan
The Story of Murad Essed, the Unfortunate Merchant
The Story of Abou Hassan, the Fortunate Merchant

THE CALIPH AND THE SECOND JAR OF OINTMENT
The Story of Hunoman

THE CALIPH AND THE SLAVE MERCHANTS
The Narrative of Sidi ibn Thalabi
The Barber's Story

THE CALIPH AND SIDI IBN THALABI--THE BANQUET
The Story of Mubarek, as told by Abu 'Atahiyeh

THE CALIPH AND THE MAGIC TUBE

TALES OF THE CALIPH.

That stories such as those in the "Arabian Nights," and fairy tales of
every kind, should delight us all, men and women no less than boys and
girls, is very natural. We find it charming to escape for a period,
however brief, from all the familiar surroundings of modern life, and
on opening a volume to pass at once into another region, where all is
strange, and where the sceptical glances of science never intrude to
banish magic and the supernatural.

Emboldened by these reflections, we may forthwith commence the
narration of certain noteworthy occurrences concerning the celebrated
Caliph Haroun Alraschid. He was in the habit, as every one knows, of
wandering very frequently through the town after nightfall in various
disguises to see for himself that justice was done, and also, it may be
confessed, by no means loth to encounter such adven