OF

A FRIEND

WHO

DURING A FRIENDSHIP OF TWENTY-SIX YEARS

EVER SHOWED ME THE MOST

UNWEARIED KINDNESS

Richard Monckton Milnes

Baron Houghton.

CONTENTS OF THE THIRD VOLUME.

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CONTINUATION OF THE TALE OF KING OMAR BIN AL-NU'UMAN AND HIS SONS SHARRKAN AND ZAU AL-MAKAN.
aa.Continuation of the Tale of Aziz and Azizah[1]
ab.Conclusion of the Tale of King Omar bin al-Nu'uman and his Sons Sharrkan and Zau al-Makan[48]
b.Tale of the Hashish-Eater[91]
c.Tale of Hammad the Badawi[104]
1.THE BIRDS AND BEASTS AND THE CARPENTER[114]
(Lane, II. 52-59. The Fable of the Peacock and Peahen, the Duck, the Young Lion, the Ass, the Horse, the Camel, and the Carpenter, etc.)
2.THE HERMITS[125]
3.THE WATER-FOWL AND THE TORTOISE[129]
4.THE WOLF AND THE FOX[132]
(Lane, II. 59-69. The Fable of the Fox and the Wolf.)
a.Tale of the Falcon and the Partridge[138]
5.THE MOUSE AND THE ICHNEUMON[147]
6.THE CAT AND THE CROW[149]
7.THE FOX AND THE CROW[150]
a.The Flea and the Mouse[151]
b.The Saker and the Birds[154]
c.The Sparrow and the Eagle[155]
8.THE HEDGEHOG AND THE WOOD PIGEONS[156]
a.The Merchant and the Two Sharpers[158]
9.THE THIEF AND HIS MONKEY[159]
The Foolish Weaver[ib.]
10.THE SPARROW AND THE PEACOCK[161]
11.ALI BIN BAKKAR AND SHAMS AL-NAHAR[162]
(Lane, Vol. II., Chapt. ix. Story of Alee the Son of Bakkar, and Shams en-Nahár, p. [1].)
12.TALE OF KAMAR AL-ZAMAN[212]
(Lane, Chapt. x. Story of the Prince Kamar ez-Zeman and the Princess Budur, p. 78 and ibid. p. 149.
Story of the Two Princes El-Amjad and El-As'ad, p. 149.)