Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net The World’s Greatest Literature The Masterpieces of the World’s Greatest Authors in _History_, _Biography_, _Philosophy_, _Economics_, _Politics_; _Epic and Dramatic Literature_, _History of English Literature_, _Oriental Literature (Sacred and Profane)_, _Orations_, _Essays_. Sixty-one Crown Octavo Volumes ILLUSTRATED WITH FRONTISPIECES, EACH A MASTER WORK OF ART IN PORTRAITURE OR HISTORIC PAINTING Editors _LIBRARY COMMITTEE_ JUSTIN McCARTHY, M.P. _Historian and Journalist_ TIMOTHY DWIGHT, D.D., LL.D. _Ex-President Yale University_ RICHARD HENRY STODDARD _Author and Critic_ PAUL VAN DYKE, D.D. _Princeton University_ ALBERT ELLERY BERGH _Managing Editor_ _ADVISORY COMMITTEE_ JOHN T. MORGAN _United States Senate_ FREDERIC R. COUDERT, LL.D. _New York Bar_ EDWARD EVERETT HALE _Author and Editor_ MAURICE FRANCIS EGAN, LL.D. _Catholic University of America_ JULIAN HAWTHORNE _Literary Editor_ [Illustration: Sword Dance in a Café _Photogravure from the original painting by Jean Léon Gérôme, exhibited in the Paris Salon, 1888_ This fine picture is a thoroughly characteristic specimen of the work of the most popular of modern French artists. Oriental subjects especially attracted him, as he had an eye for striking figures and brilliant colors. He died January 10, 1904.] TURKISH LITERATURE COMPRISING FABLES, BELLES-LETTRES, AND SACRED TRADITIONS TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH A SPECIAL INTRODUCTION BY EPIPHANIUS WILSON, A.M. REVISED EDITION NEW YORK P. F. COLLIER & SON COPYRIGHT, 1901 BY THE COLONIAL PRESS SPECIAL INTRODUCTION