The perpetual enchantment and all the magical and multi-colored pageantry of The Arabian Nights are offered here in Sir Richard Burton's rendering for the delectation of adult minds. Shahrazad spins her tales without censorial interruption, and the spell that possessed King Shahryar and since then has possessed mankind is not broken, praise be to Allah, by discreet asterisks and decorous euphemisms. The tales in this volume of over 800 pages were chosen because they are the most fascinating and representative of The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night.