Copyright, 1902 by
Fleming H. Revell Company
(July)

DEDICATED
TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS
WHO ARE HELPING TO TURN THE WORLD
UPSIDE DOWN

PREFACE

This is a book of pictures and stories for big children and small grown-up folks; for all who love Sinbad the sailor and his strange country. It is a topsy-turvy book; there is no order about the chapters; and you can begin to read it anywhere. It is intended to give a bird's-eye view to those who cannot take birds' wings. The stories are not as good as those of the Arabian Nights but the morals are better—and so are the pictures. Moreover the stories are true. You must not skip any of the chapters or the pictures but you may the preface, if you like.

{S.M.Z.
{A.E.Z.

Bahrein, Arabia.

Table of Contents

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[WHY IS ARABIA TOPSY-TURVY LAND?]15
II.[A LESSON IN GEOGRAPHY]21
III.[THE SQUARE-HOUSE WITH THE BLACK OVERCOAT]27
IV.[SABBACH-KUM BIL KHEIR!]31
V.[AT THE CORNER GROCERY]37
VI.[BLIND FATIMAH]43
VII.[DATES AND SUGAR-CANE]47
VIII.[THE SHEPHERD OF THE SEWING-MACHINE]54
IX.[THE CHILDREN OF THE DESERT]58
X.[NOORAH'S PRAYER]64
XI.[PICTURES WITH WORDS ONLY]69
XII.[THE QUEER PENNIES OF OMAN AND HASSA]73
XIII.[ARAB BABIES AND THEIR MOTHERS]79
XIV.[BOAT-BUILDERS AND CARPENTERS]85
XV.[ARABIC PROVERBS AND ARABIC HUMOUR]92
XVI.[GOLD, FRANKINCENSE AND MYRRH]97
XVII.[SLAVES AND SLAVE TRADERS]101
XVIII.[ABOUT SOME LITTLE MISSIONARIES]108
XIX.[TURNING THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN]113
XX.[TURNING THE WORLD DOWNSIDE UP]118