Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by Richard F. Burton, which is now, at last, again available to you. Enjoy this classic work today. These selected paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: Nur Al-Din Ali and the Damsel Anis Al-Jalis Quoth Shahrazad-It hath reached me, O auspicious King of intelligence penetrating, that there was, amongst the Kings of Bassorah, a King who loved the poor and needy and cherished his lieges, and gave of his wealth to all who believed in Mohammed (whom Allah bless and assain!), and he was even as one of the poets described him.