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Tales by Many Story Tellers, by Various
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Title: Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers
Author: Various
Release Date: August 19, 2008 [EBook #26358]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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THE "CHANDOS CLASSICS."
EASTERN TALES
BY
MANY STORY TELLERS
COMPILED AND EDITED FROM ANCIENT AND MODERN AUTHORS BY
MRS. VALENTINE
Author of "Sea Fights and Land Battles," &c., &c., &c.
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON
FREDERICK WARNE & CO.
BEDFORD STREET, STRAND
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PREFACE.
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In compiling this volume of Eastern Tales, the Editor has been careful to select only those best suited to youthful readers. They have been gathered from both ancient and modern, French, Italian, and English sources, and therefore offer great variety of style and subject.
In the stories taken from the Tales of the Genii, an omission of a few words has been made, to fit them for their place in this volume.
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CONTENTS
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