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W. A. Clouston. Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers
Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers
Table of Contents
FLOWERS FROM A PERSIAN GARDEN
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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
II
The Emperor’s Dream
The Golden Apparition
The Four Treasure-Seekers
III
The Singing Ass
The Foolish Thieves
The Faggot-maker and the Magic Bowl
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
V
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
ADDITIONAL NOTE
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
III
Unheard-of Monsters
IV
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
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
AN ARABIAN TALE OF LOVE
Majnún bewails the Death of Laylá
ADDITIONAL NOTES
‘WAMIK AND ASRA,’ p. 289
ANOTHER FAMOUS ARABIAN LOVER
APOCRYPHAL LIFE OF ESOP, THE FABULIST
ADDITIONAL NOTE
DRINKING THE SEA DRY, p. 306
IGNORANCE OF THE CLERGY IN THE MIDDLE AGES
THE BEARDS OF OUR FATHERS
Footnotes
INDEX
