mirror of the Arabian Nights. Even his city preserves its mediaeval tone. Much has been destroyed by time or innovation, but the European fringe is still a fringe, and the old Muslim city...
CHAPTER IVCHAPTER VCHAPTER VISaladin's Castle CHAPTER VIIThe Dome Buildersintra murosCHAPTER VIIIThe City of the ArabianCHAPTER IXBeys and Pashas...

and yataghán,—the blind beggar,—the dirty naked child, and the veiled female,” afforded a picture beyond even what his dreams of the land of the Arabian Nights had conjured up. It is true the shady...
confessed he had deserted from the Páshà's army and could not enter the villages, and claimed Lane's hospitality, which was of course immediately granted. The young fellow used to amuse his host...