ORIENTAL WIT AND HUMOUR.

    I Man a Laughing Animal—­Antiquity of Popular Jests—­’Night and
       Day’—­The Plain-featured Bride—­The House of Condolence—­The
       Blind Man’s Wife—­Two Witty Persian Ladies—­Woman’s Counsel—­The
       Turkish Jester:  in the Pulpit; the Cauldron; the Beggar; the
       Drunken Governor; the Robber; the Hot Broth—­Muslim Preachers and
       Misers

   II The Two Deaf Men and the Traveller—­The Deaf Persian and the
       Horseman—­Lazy Servants—­Chinese Humour:  The Rich Man and the
       Smiths; How to keep Plants alive; Criticising a Portrait—­The
       Persian Courtier and his old Friend—­The Scribe—­The Schoolmaster
       and the Wit—­The Persian and his Cat—­A List of Blockheads—­The
       Arab and his Camel—­A Witty Baghdadi—­The Unlucky Slippers

  III The Young Merchant of Baghdad; or, the Wiles of Woman

   IV Ashaab the Covetous—­The Stingy Merchant and the Hungry
       Bedouin—­The Sect of Samradians—­The Story-teller and the
       King—­Royal Gifts to Poets—­The Persian Poet and the
       Impostor—­’Stealing Poetry’—­The Rich Man and the Poor Poet

    V Unlucky Omens—­The Old Man’s Prayer—­The Old Woman in the
       Mosque—­The Weeping Turkmans—­The Ten Foolish Peasants—­The
       Wakeful Servant—­The Three Dervishes—­The Oilman’s Parrot—­The
       Moghul and his Parrot—­The Persian Shopkeeper and the Prime
       Minister—­Hebrew Facetiae

TALES OF A PARROT.

    I General Plan of Eastern Story-books—­The Tuti Nama, or
       Parrot-Book—­The Frame-story—­The Stolen Images—­The Woman carved
       out of Wood—­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 Covetousness—­The King
       who died of Love for a Merchant’s Daughter—­The Discovery of
       Music—­The Seven Requisites of a Perfect Woman

    V The Princess of Rome and her Son—­The Seven Vazirs

   VI The Tree of Life—­Legend of Raja Rasalu—­Conclusion

  ADDITIONAL NOTE:
       The Magic Bowl, etc.

RABBINICAL LEGENDS, TALES, FABLES, AND APHORISMS.

    I introductory:  Authors, Traducers, and Moral Teachings of Talmud

   II legends of some biblical characters:  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 Wives—­Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife—­Joseph and his
       Brethren—­Jacob’s Sorrow—­Moses and Pharaoh