Told in the Coffee House
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- Turkish Tales
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1. TOLD IN THE COFFEE HOUSE2. Turkish Tales3. PREFACE4. HOW THE HODJA SAVED ALLAH5. BETTER IS THE FOLLY OF WOMAN THAN THE WISDOM OF MAN6. THE HANOUM AND THE UNJUST CADI7. WHAT HAPPENED TO HADJI, A MERCHANT OF THE BEZESTAN8. HOW THE JUNKMAN TRAVELLED TO FIND TREASURE IN HIS OWN YARD9. HOW CHAPKIN HALID BECAME CHIEF DETECTIVE10. HOW COBBLER AHMET BECAME THE CHIEF ASTROLOGER11. THE WISE SON OF ALI PASHA12. THE MERCIFUL KHAN13. KING KARA-KUSH OF BITHYNIA14. THE PRAYER RUG AND THE DISHONEST STEWARD15. THE GOOSE, THE EYE, THE DAUGHTER, AND THE ARM16. THE FORTY WISE MEN17. HOW THE PRIEST KNEW THAT IT WOULD SNOW18. WHO WAS THE THIRTEENTH SON19. PARADISE SOLD BY THE YARD20. JEW TURNED TURK21. THE METAMORPHOSIS22. THE CALIF OMAR23. KALAIDJI AVRAM OF BALATA24. HOW MEHMET ALI PASHA OF EGYPT ADMINISTERED JUSTICE25. HOW THE FARMER LEARNED TO CURE HIS WIFE—A TURKISH ÆSOP26. THE LANGUAGE OF BIRDS27. THE SWALLOW'S ADVICE28. WE KNOW NOT WHAT THE DAWN MAY BRING FORTH29. OLD MEN MADE YOUNG30. THE BRIBE31. HOW THE DEVIL LOST HIS WAGER32. THE EFFECTS OF RAKI