Chapters (18)
- HIEROGLYPHIC TALES.
- PREFACE.
- TALE 1.
- A new Arabian Night's Entertainment.
- TALE II.
- The King and his three Daughters.
- TALE III.
- The Dice-Box. A Fairy Tale.
- TALE IV.
- The Peach in Brandy. A Milesian Tale.
- NOTES ON TALE IV.
- TALE V.
- Mi Li. A Chinese Fairy Tale.
- NOTES ON TALE V.
- TALE VI.
- A true Love Story.
- POSTSCRIPT.
- FINIS.
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