Arabian Nights Entertainment, OR

THE BOOK OF A You sand NIGHTS AND A NIGHT. Collection of Oriental tales, according to Burton, of Persian origin, the oldest dating from the 8th century, the latest from the 16th century, the work a uming its present form in the 13th century. The stories are probably folk-lore, attributable to no known author. Three printed editions in Arabic exist, Bulak, 1835; Breslau, 1825-43; and Calcutta, 1839-42. The first European version was made in French by Gall and 1704-17, from an Arabic MS.. and was tr. at once into English. Translations have been made in German, English and Eastern languages. In English the best are by Lane 1839, an expurgated work, and complete trs. by Richard F. Burton, 10 vols., 1885–86, and John Payne, 9 vols., 1882-84.