The Arabian Nights, by Unknown

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Title: The Arabian Nights Their Best-known Tales

Author: Unknown

Editor: Kate Douglas Wiggin Nora A. Smith

Illustrator: Maxfield Parrish

Release Date: March 27, 2007 [EBook #20916]

Language: English

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THE ARABIAN NIGHTS

THEIR BEST-KNOWN TALES

EDITED BY

KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN AND NORA A. SMITH

ILLUSTRATED BY MAXFIELD PARRISH

NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS MCMIX

Published October, 1909

PREFACE

Little excuse is needed, perhaps, for any fresh selection from the famous "Tales of a Thousand and One Nights," provided it be representative enough, and worthy enough, to enlist a new army of youthful readers. Of the two hundred and sixty-four bewildering, unparalleled stories, the true lover can hardly spare one, yet there must always be favourites, even among these. We have chosen some of the most delightful, in our opinion; some, too, that chanced to appeal particularly to the genius of the artist. If, enticed by our choice and the beauty of

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