[Illustration] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: ‏‏لا لابرار كلّ شي تبر‎‎] “TO THE PURE ALL THINGS ARE PURE.” (Puris omnia pura) —_Arab Proverb._ “Niuna corrotta mente intese mai sanamente parole.” —“_Decameron_”—_conclusion_. “Erubuit, posuitque meum Lucretia librum Sed coram Bruto. Brute! recede, leget.” —_Martial._ “Mieulx est de ris que de larmes escripre, Pour ce que rire est le propre des hommes.” —RABELAIS. “The pleasure we derive from perusing the Thousand-and-One Stories makes us regret that we possess only a comparatively small part of these truly enchanting fictions.” —CRICHTON’S “_History of Arabia_.” [Illustration] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Supplemental Nights _TO THE BOOK OF THE_ Thousand Nights and a Night _WITH NOTES ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND EXPLANATORY_ VOLUME I. BY RICHARD F. BURTON [Illustration] PRINTED BY THE BURTON CLUB FOR PRIVATE SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Shammar Edition Limited to one thousand numbered sets, of which this is Number ____ PRINTED IN U. S. A. TO HENRY IRVING, ESQ. MY DEAR IRVING, To a consummate artist like yourself I need hardly suggest that The Nights still offers many a virgin mine to the Playwright; and I inscribe this volume to you, not only in admiration of your genius but in the hope that you will find means of exploiting the hidden wealth which awaits only your “Open, Sesame!” Ever yours sincerely, RICHARD F. BURTON. LONDON, _August 1, 1886_. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME. Breslau Text. PAGE 13. AL-MALIK AL-ZAHIR RUKN AL-DIN BIBARS AL-BUNDUKDARI AND THE SIXTEEN CAPTAINS OF POLICE 3 _a._ FIRST CONSTABLE’S HISTORY 6 _b._ SECOND CONSTABLE’S HISTORY 16 _c._ THIRD CONSTABLE’S HISTORY 19