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Allan Ramsay. Told in the Coffee House: Turkish Tales
Told in the Coffee House: Turkish Tales
Table of Contents
PREFACE
HOW THE HODJA SAVED ALLAH
BETTER IS THE FOLLY OF WOMAN THAN THE WISDOM OF MAN
THE HANOUM AND THE UNJUST CADI
WHAT HAPPENED TO HADJI, A MERCHANT OF THE BEZESTAN
HOW THE JUNKMAN TRAVELLED TO FIND TREASURE IN HIS OWN YARD
HOW CHAPKIN HALID BECAME CHIEF DETECTIVE
HOW COBBLER AHMET BECAME THE CHIEF ASTROLOGER
THE WISE SON OF ALI PASHA
THE MERCIFUL KHAN
KING KARA-KUSH OF BITHYNIA
THE PRAYER RUG AND THE DISHONEST STEWARD
THE GOOSE, THE EYE, THE DAUGHTER, AND THE ARM
THE FORTY WISE MEN
HOW THE PRIEST KNEW THAT IT WOULD SNOW
WHO WAS THE THIRTEENTH SON
PARADISE SOLD BY THE YARD
JEW TURNED TURK
THE METAMORPHOSIS
THE CALIF OMAR
KALAIDJI AVRAM OF BALATA
HOW MEHMET ALI PASHA OF EGYPT ADMINISTERED JUSTICE
HOW THE FARMER LEARNED TO CURE HIS WIFE—A TURKISH ÆSOP
THE LANGUAGE OF BIRDS
THE SWALLOW'S ADVICE
WE KNOW NOT WHAT THE DAWN MAY BRING FORTH
OLD MEN MADE YOUNG
THE BRIBE
HOW THE DEVIL LOST HIS WAGER
THE EFFECTS OF RAKI
ON THE FACE OF THE WATERS
By FLORA ANNIE STEEL,
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TALES OF THE PUNJAB
TOLD BY THE PEOPLE. By MRS. F. A. STEEL
16mo. Cloth, Gilt. $2.00
UNIFORM EDITION OF THE STORIES AND POEMS OF RUDYARD KIPLING
Seven Volumes. 12mo. Cloth. $1.25 each. PLAIN TALES FROM THE HILLS
THE LIGHT THAT FAILED
LIFE'S HANDICAP. Stories of Mine Own People
THE NAULAHKA. A Story of East and West
UNDER THE DEODARS, THE PHANTOM 'RICKSHAW, AND WEE WILLIE WINKIE
SOLDIERS THREE, THE STORY OF THE GADSBYS, and BLACK AND WHITE
BALLADS AND BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS
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