IN THE MIDDLE AGES

STUDIES FROM THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS BY

EDWARD WILLIAM LANE

HON. DOCTOR OF LITERATURE, LEYDEN CORRESPONDANT DE L'INSTITUT DE FRANCE EDITED BY HIS GRANDNEPHEW

STANLEY LANE-POOLE

B.A., M.R.A.S., LAUREAT DE L'INSTITUT

London CHATTO AND WINDUS, PICCADILLY 1883 [All rights reserved]

PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BECCLES.

TO THE MEMORY OF E. H. PALMER, THE TRUE SUCCESSOR OF EDWARD WILLIAM LANE, IN HIS INSIGHT INTO EASTERN CHARACTER AND THOUGHT AND HIS GENIUS FOR THE ARABIC LANGUAGE, THIS BOOK IS SORROWFULLY DEDICATED.