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CONTENTS.
No I.
INTRODUCTION-The Rabbi's Account of himself-His Studies
and Pursuits-Remains of the Ancient Library of Alexandria,
No II.
Page 13
Concerning a Sect of Philosophers called Rashites-Marks of a
great Linguist-Fable of the Ear and other Members-Story
of the Durwesh and Sceptic-Arabian Nights-STORY OF AB-
DALLAH, THE SON OF ABULFAID,
No III.
30
STORY OF ABDALLAH, THE SON OF ABULFAID-CONTINUED.
Abdallah's Journey to Babylon-The Tower of Babel-Soliloquy
-Vision of Hermes Trismegistus, and his Address to Abdal-
lah,
45
No IV.
CONCLUSION OF THE STORY OF ABDALLAH, THE SON OF
ABULFAID.
Conversation between Hermes and Abdallah-Tale of the Sewah
and Elephant-Panegyric on the Arabic Language-Verses-
Conclusion of the Story,
57
No V.
Concerning a Journey which the Rabbi made to India-Bikram
Dilwalee, a Rajpoot-Indian Castes-Story of Two Scribes-
Of a Bear and a Gardener-The Clay and Rose, a Fragment,
from Sâdee-Oriental Story-tellers,
69
No VI.
Funds of Oriental Story-telling-The "Arabian Nights' Enter-
tainments"-Lokman-The Fable or Parable-Meerkhond-
a
Bidpai or Pilpai-Account of his Work, and the different
Translations of it-The Brahmuns-General Remark on East-
ern Fables-Æsop-Sâdee,
Page 83
No VII.
Notice of the Life of Sâdee-His Termagant Wife-Anagram on
the Year of his Death-Nakhshebi's Tooti Nameh, or "Tales
of a Parrot"-Specimen of a Story-teller's Manner-Effect of
his Exhibition on the Audience-Commencement of the Rab-
bi's Intercourse with the Rajpoot-Story of Cassem the Miser
of Bagdad-Fable of the Miser and Magpie-Anecdote of the
Khalif Hesham,
96
No VIII.
The Subject of Avarice continued-Abdallah, or Ingratitude
Punished; an Arabian Tale,
116
No IX.
Curious Example of Algerine Justice-The Avaricious Punished;
a Circassian History-Indian Stories-The Blind Man and the
Pundit-The Preacher and the Villager,
No X.
132
Story of the Prince and the Shoemaker, (Translation from the
Hindoostanee)-The Rajpoots, Sepoys, or Native Soldiers of
India-Influences of the Heavenly Bodies-Remarkable Ho-
roscope of the Khalif Almotasem-Lucky and Unlucky Days,
No XI.
STORY OF THE RAJPOOT.
149
His Birth and Education-Brahminical Precepts, and Poetical
Aphorisms-Story of the Silent Poet,
168
No XII.
Divine Poems of the Hindoos-The Vedas-Death of Bikram's
Father-A Suttee-Indian Names-Story of the Necromancer
and King Bikramaditya, in Illustration of Suttees,
187-
No XIII.
Conclusion of the Story of the Necromancer and King Bikrama.
ditya-Preparations for the Suttee-Description of the Scene,
Page 201
No XIV.
Consummation of the Suttee-Hindoo Notions of future Beati-
tude-Bikram Escapes from the Brahmins-A Rajpoot Ameer,
No XV.
215
The Bivouack-Omeed Singh-Story of a Brahmin's Orphan-
The March-Journey to Rajasthan-Grassiah Chiefs-The
Ameer's Castle-A Friend,
230
No XVI.
The Doctrine of Metempsychosis or Transmigration of Souls-
Opinions of the Greeks contrasted with those of the Persians,
the Hindoos, and the Jewish Doctors on this Subject-Friend-
ship,
No XVII.
VERSES ON FRIENDSHIP.
248
Introductory Lines-Examples-David and Jonathan-Socrates
Dying-Damon and Pythias-The Theban Band-Their Bat-
tle-Song-Alexander the Great-Euphorbus and Menalcas-
Conclusion of the Poem,
266
No XVIII.
Characteristics of English, Persian, Hebrew, and Chinese Poetry
-The Mahabharata-Meer Tuqee's "Advice to Bad Poets"
-Story of the Poet Hilali and the Vizier of Ispahan-Jami-
Kalidas-The Modern Poets of Hindoostan-Ode to Friend-
280
No XIX.
Opinions of Northern Sages concerning Oriental Literature-
"A Poet's Miseries"-Burmese Scepticism-Story of the Scep-
tic and the Hebraist-Socrates-Continuation of the Story of
the Rajpoot-Story-telling Debate,
300