Excerpt from The Arabian Nights Entertainments The pages of the original Lane edition are illustrated with the delicate drawings of William Harvey, who in true Oriental spirit depicts the buildings, costumes and life of Mohammedans. As it is almost impossible to reproduce satisfactorily these old engravings, coloured illustrations are here substituted for the Harvey draw ings. Several of the stories included will be new to most children. Of these are The Story of the City of Brass, which relates the search for bottled ...
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Excerpt from The Arabian Nights Entertainments The pages of the original Lane edition are illustrated with the delicate drawings of William Harvey, who in true Oriental spirit depicts the buildings, costumes and life of Mohammedans. As it is almost impossible to reproduce satisfactorily these old engravings, coloured illustrations are here substituted for the Harvey draw ings. Several of the stories included will be new to most children. Of these are The Story of the City of Brass, which relates the search for bottled Genii; The Adventures of Hassan of Balsora, which describes the wonders of the enchanted Islands of Wak Wak, and the humorous story of Caliph the Fisherman. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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