[Section V.]--Here M. Zotenberg discusses the MSS. of the Nights in general, and divides them into three categories. 1. MSS. proceeding from Muslim parts of Asia. These, except the MSS. of Michael Sabbagh and that of Chavis, contain only the first part of the work. They are all more or less incomplete, and stop short in the middle of the text. They are not quite uniform, especially in their readings, but generally contain the same tales arranged in the same order. II. Recent MSS. of Egyptian origin, characterised by a special style, and a more condensed narrative; by the nature and arrangement of the tales, by a great number of anecdotes and fables; and by the early part of the work containing the great romance of chivalry of King Omar Bin Al-Nu'uman. III. MSS. mostly of Egyptian origin, differing as much among themselves in the arrangement of the tales as do those of the other groups. The following MSS. are mentioned as belonging to the first group:-- I. Galland's MS. in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Nos. 1506-1508. II. MS. in the Vatican, No. 782. III. Dr. Russell's MS. from Aleppo. IV. MS. in the Bibl. Nat. (Suppl. 1715, I and II.). V. MS. in the Library of Christ Church College, Oxford (No. ccvii.). VI. MS. in the Library of the India Office, London (No. 2699). VII. Sir W. Jones' MS., used by Richardson. VIII. Rich's MS. in the Library of the British Museum (Addit. 7404). IX. MS. in Bibl. Nat. (Suppl. 2522 and 2523) X. MS. in Bibl. Nat. (Suppl. 1716). The following MSS. are enumerated as belonging to the second group:-- I. Salt's MS. (printed in Calcutta in 4 vols.). II-IV. Three complete MSS. in Bibliothèque Nationale (Suppl. Arabe, Nos. 1717,1718, 1719). V. Incomplete MS. of Vol. II. in Bibl. Nat. (Suppl. Arabe, Nos 2198 to 2200). VI. Incomplete MS. of Vol. 4 (Suppl. Arabe, Nos. 2519 to 2521). VII. Odd vol. containing Nights 656 to 1001 (Suppl. Arabe, No. 1721, III.). XII. MS. containing Nights 284 to 327 (Suppl. Arabe, No. 1720). XIII. MS. in British Museum (Oriental MSS., Nos. 1593 to 1598). XIV. Ditto (Oriental MSS., Nos. 2916 to 2919). XV. Burckhardt's MS. in the University Library at Cambridge (B. MSS. 106 to 109). XVI. MS. in the Vatican (Nos. 778 to 781). XVII. MS. in the Ducal Library at Gotha. XVIII. Odd vol. in ditto. XIX. MS. in the Royal Library at Munich. XX. Ditto, incomplete (De Sacy's). XXI. Fragment in the Library of the Royal and Imperial Library at Vienna (No. CL.). XXII. MS. in the Imperial Public Library at St. Petersburg (Von Hammer's). XXIII.MS. in the Library of the Institute for the Study of Oriental languages at St. Petersburg (Italinski's). XXIV. Mr. Clarke's MS. (cf. Nights, x., App. pp. 444- 448). XXV. Caussin de Perceval's MS. XXVI. Sir W. Ouseley's MSS.