In the six volumes of the Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, 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)
Chapters
1 Introduction: A World-Old Web of Oriental Tales 11 min 2 The Power of Eloquence (Japanese) 22 min 3 The Dishonest Goldsmith and the Ingenious Painter (Turkish) 10 min 4 The Craft of the Three Sharpers, from the Thousand and One Nights 24 min 5 The Cheerful Workman, from the Thousand and One Nights 5 min 6 The Robber and the Woman, from the Thousand and One Nights 7 min 7 The Wonderful Stone (Chinese) 12 min 8 The Weaver Who Became a Leach, from the Thousand and One Nights 10 min 9 Visakha (Tibetan) 16 min 10 Told by the Constable, from the Thousand and One Nights 19 min 11 The Unjust Sentence (Chinese) 8 min 12 The Scar on the Throat, from the Thousand and One Nights 42 min 13 Devasmitá (Sanskrit) 19 min 14 The Sharpers and the Moneylender, from the Thousand and One Nights 5 min 15 The Withered Hand (Turkish) 7 min 16 The Melancholist and the Sharper, from the Thousand and One Nights 4 min 17 Lakshadatta and Labdhadatta (Sanskrit) 10 min 18 The Cunning Crone, from the Thousand and One Nights 7 min 19 Judgement of a Solomon (Chinese) 8 min 20 The Sultan and his Three Sons, from the Thousand and One Nights 13 min 21 A Tale of a Demon (Sanskrit) 28 min 22 The Jar of Olives and the Boy Kazir, from the Thousand and One Nights 24 min 23 Another Solomon (Chinese) 4 min 24 Calamity Ahmad and Habzalam Bazazah, from the Thousand and One Nights 56 min 25 A Man-hating Maiden (Sanskrit) 15 min 26 Told by the Constable, from the Thousand and One Nights 19 min 27 The Clever Thief (Tibetan) 9 min 28 The King Who Made Mats (Persian) 13 min 29 The Brahman Who Lost His Treasure (Sanskrit) 5 min 30 The Duel of the Two Sharpers, from the Thousand and One Nights 20 min 31 The Lady and the Kazi (Persian) 19 min 32 Mahaushadha (Tibetan) 6 min 33 Avicenna and the Observant Young Man (Turkish) 7 min 34 A Conjurer's Confession, part I 11 min 35 A Conjurer's Confession, part II 36 min 36 A Conjurer's Confession, part III 23 min 37 A Conjurer's Confession, part IV 15 min 38 Fraudulent Spiritualism Unveiled, part 1 22 min 39 Fraudulent Spiritualism Unveiled, part 2 23 min 40 Fraudulent Spiritualism Unveiled, part 3 34 min 41 Fraudulent Spiritualism Unveiled, part 4 8 min 42 More Tricks of Spiritualists 25 min 43 How Spirits Materialize 32 min
