Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 6 FULL...

Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories

 in the six volumes, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious short stories from all corners of the world. Some of the stories appeared in this collection for the first time translated into English, and many of them come from unexpected sources, such as the letters of Pliny the Younger, or a Tibetan manuscript. In the sixth and last volume, we find stories of Oriental origin. (Summary by Leni)
Introduction: A World-Old Web of Oriental Tales     Charles Johnston
The Power of Eloquence (Japanese)
The Dishonest Goldsmith and the Ingenious Painter (Turkish)
The Craft of the Three Sharpers, from the Thousand and One Nights
The Cheerful Workman, from the Thousand and One Nights
The Robber and the Woman, from the Thousand and One Nights
The Wonderful Stone (Chinese)
The Weaver Who Became a Leach, from the Thousand and One Nights
Visakha (Tibetan)
Told by the Constable, from the Thousand and One Nights
The Unjust Sentence (Chinese)
The Scar on the Throat, from the Thousand and One Nights
Devasmitá (Sanskrit)
The Sharpers and the Moneylender, from the Thousand and One Nights
The Withered Hand (Turkish)
The Melancholist and the Sharper, from the Thousand and One Nights
Lakshadatta and Labdhadatta (Sanskrit)
The Cunning Crone, from the Thousand and One Nights
Judgement of a Solomon (Chinese)
The Sultan and his Three Sons, from the Thousand and One Nights
A Tale of a Demon (Sanskrit)
The Jar of Olives and the Boy Kazir, from the Thousand and One Nights
Another Solomon (Chinese)
Calamity Ahmad and Habzalam Bazazah, from the Thousand and One Nights
A Man-hating Maiden (Sanskrit)
Told by the Constable, from the Thousand and One Nights
The Clever Thief (Tibetan)
The King Who Made Mats (Persian)
The Brahman Who Lost His Treasure (Sanskrit)
The Duel of the Two Sharpers, from the Thousand and One Nights
The Lady and the Kazi (Persian)
Mahaushadha (Tibetan)
Avicenna and the Observant Young Man (Turkish)
A Conjurer's Confession, part I     Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin
A Conjurer's Confession, part II
A Conjurer's Confession, part III
A Conjurer's Confession, part IV
Fraudulent Spiritualism Unveiled, part 1     David P. Abbott
Fraudulent Spiritualism Unveiled, part 2
Fraudulent Spiritualism Unveiled, part 3
Fraudulent Spiritualism Unveiled, part 4
More Tricks of Spiritualists     Hereward Carrington
How Spirits Materialize     Anonymous

Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Detective Fiction, Suspense, Espionage, Political & Thrillers
Language: English
Group: Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories
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