Told by the Constable, from the Thousand and One Nights

Introduction: A World-Old Web of Oriental Tales

The Power of Eloquence (Japanese)

The Dishonest Goldsmith and the Ingenious Painter (Turkish)

The Craft of the Three Sharpers, from the Thousand and One Nights

The Cheerful Workman, from the Thousand and One Nights

The Robber and the Woman, from the Thousand and One Nights

The Wonderful Stone (Chinese)

The Weaver Who Became a Leach, from the Thousand and One Nights

Visakha (Tibetan)

The Unjust Sentence (Chinese)

The Scar on the Throat, from the Thousand and One Nights

Devasmitá (Sanskrit)

The Sharpers and the Moneylender, from the Thousand and One Nights

The Withered Hand (Turkish)

The Melancholist and the Sharper, from the Thousand and One Nights

Lakshadatta and Labdhadatta (Sanskrit)

The Cunning Crone, from the Thousand and One Nights

Judgement of a Solomon (Chinese)

The Sultan and his Three Sons, from the Thousand and One Nights