The Arabian nights
Subtitle: tales of wonder and magnificence
By: selected and edited by Padraic Colum; illustrated by Eric Pape.
Contributors: Colum, Padraic, 1881-1972, ed.; Pape, Eric, b. 1870, ill.
Publisher: The Macmillan Company
Published: 1923
Place of publication: New York
Work titles: Arabian nights.
Description: Selections from the over 600 stories which, according to legend, Shaharazad told a mighty king as a way to save the lives of the girls of her land. Includes stories of the voyages of Es-Sindibad, the magic horse, the wonderful lamp, and Ali Baba and the thieves.