Note 450 — THE BIOGRAPHY OF THE BOOK AND ITS REVIEWERS REVIEWED. (continued 2)
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Mr. Payne, in his Essay, vol ix., 281, computes less than two hundred tales in all omitting the numerous incidentals; and he notices that the number corresponds with the sum of the “Night-stories” attributed to the Hazár Afsán by the learned author of the “Fihrist” (see Terminal Essay, vol. x. pp. 71–73). In p. 367 (ibid.) he assumes the total at 264.