Chapter 5

ANECDOTES AND ANA.

In Persian literature the Gulistan, Negaristan, and Beharistan contain many anecdotes.--In Arabic literature there are works of the same kind.--'The Naphut-ul-Yaman,' or Breath of Yaman.--Six stories translated from it.--The Merzuban namah, with newly translated extracts from it.--Remarks on this work.--The Al-Mustatraf, or the Gleaner or the Collector.--Two stories from it.--Two anecdotes taken from the Sehr-ul-oyoon, or Magic of the Eyes.--A philosophic discourse, translated from the Siraj-ul-Muluk, or Lamp of Kings.--The Ilam en Nas, or Warnings for Men.--Eighteen stories from Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary.--Seven anecdotes from various sources.--Verses from the Arabic about the places where certain Arabs wished to be buried.--Translation of the verses upon Alfred de Musset's tomb in Paris.

Appendix.

Index.