Retold by Olcott
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Four series of stories set in a frame story, The Fountain of the Genii, that comprises about 10 pages in its five parts.
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Four "series of stories", all "recast with great freedom, and moulded into a continuous narrative; the aim being to keep them truly Oriental ...".
• 1. The History of Abudah and the Search for the Talisman of Oromanes
• 2. The History of the Sultan Misnar and the Four Enchanters
Series 1 and 2 retold from Tales of the Genii; or, The Delightful Lessons of Horam the Son of Asmar (1765)
• 3. "The History of Farrukruz the Favourite of Fortune" – retold from The Delight of the Hearts by Barkhurdar bin Mahmud Turkman Farahi, surnamed Mumtaz
• 4. "The History of King Azad and The Two Royal Sheykhs" – retold from The Bagh O Bahar by Mir Amman of Dilhi
(numerous diacritical marks omitted)
--Foreword and Contents
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As of 2017-06-02 HathiTrust Digital Library (hathitrust.org) provides full view of 1 copy of the 1917 US ed. and 3 copies of the 1919 UK ed., mis-catalogued as three copies of the former and one of the latter. Apparently the print books are identical except cover, title leaf, and one advertisement leaf at the back of the UK ed.
1st ed.
Price from publisher advertisement Chi. Tribune 1917-12-01 p13 "Good Gift Books for Boys and Girls" (earliest found)
Brief review in "Books and Authors" The Living Age 1917-12-22 p765 notes illustrated "end pieces" that are not included in the copy at HathiTrust Digital Library (HDL).
HDL (catalog record) provides full view of one copy with original cover apparently (HDL 39000005835207 from original at Indiana U -- as of 2017-07-28 catalogued as 1 of 3 copies, but two are the 1919 UK ed. mis-catalogued)
-- front cover dark blue with black lettering and green decoration, not illustrated
-- title page: "Retold by [FJO] with Illustrations by Willy Pogany"
-- t.p. verso states copyrights 1917 FJO and "Willy Pogány"; Published November 1917
-- Foreword, p[v]-vii
-- Contents, [ix]-x
-- Illustrations, [xi], lists 4 (frontispiece and 3 color plates not included in the pagination)
-- text spans p[1]-225
-- p[226], three lines: "The Riverside Press // Cambridge · Massachusetts // U · S · A"
The contents are four series of stories set in a brief 5-part frame story (see Title Reference).
As of 2017-07-28 Amazon US provides a front dustjacket image that suggests a square book (truncated image?), with design including illustration that nearly matches the front book cover of the 1919 UK ed.