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Bibliography: The Arabian Nights' Entertainment by Lane, Edward William, trans.
- Title
- The Arabian Nights' Entertainment
- Author
- Lane, Edward William, trans.
- Date
- Genre
- fiction
- Note Source
- Collected Short Fiction 1892-1912 196; Collected Short Fiction 1892-1912 180; Index 1/5/1901
- Note Relating to Cather
In Collected Short Fiction 1892-1912 Caroline Noble in "The Garden Lodge" recalls "a tale in which the Genie brought the princess of China to the sleeping prince of Damascus."
In "The Sculptor's Funeral" in Collected Short Fiction 1892-1912 Steavens thinks the sculptor was "like the Arabian prince who fought the enchantress spell for spell."
In a 1901 Index article Cather says of the Chinese embassy in Washington, D.C.: "the interior sets one to reading the Arabian Nights over again."
