The

BOOK OF SINDIBAD

OR,

THE STORY OF THE KING, HIS SON, THE DAMSEL, AND THE SEVEN VAZIRS.

FROM THE PERSIAN AND ARABIC.

WITH INTRODUCTION, NOTES, AND APPENDIX,

BY

W. A. CLOUSTON

Editor of
"Arabian Poetry for English Readers,"
"The Bakhtyar Nama," Etc.

"Alas, women whose love is scorned are worse than poison!"
Somadeva

P R I V A T E L Y P R I N T E D.

MDCCCLXXXIV

Edition: 300 Copies

TO

DR. REINHOLD ROST, LL.D.,

LIBRARIAN TO THE INDIA OFFICE,

THIS WORK,

WHICH, ALIKE AS A FRIEND AND A SCHOLAR, HE WOULD
CRITICISE WITH INDULGENCE,

IS DEDICATED,

BY

THE EDITOR.