diff options
| author | nfenwick <nfenwick@pglaf.org> | 2025-03-31 17:36:55 -0700 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | nfenwick <nfenwick@pglaf.org> | 2025-03-31 17:36:55 -0700 |
| commit | 97d1efee94968dbdc11af8b864e95ddee108d0c1 (patch) | |
| tree | bc81655c65e3d82d7b5cc5ffc79e3e85bf8bc545 | |
| parent | 81c198c0602f5fff59e1233a44a4222356e9dea5 (diff) | |
fileset as of 2008-06-11 19:53:36
| -rw-r--r-- | 57-h.zip | bin | 0 -> 18833 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | 57-h/57-h.htm | 962 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | 57.txt | 851 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | 57.zip | bin | 0 -> 18338 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/alad10.txt | 724 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/alad10.zip | bin | 0 -> 15942 bytes | |||
| -rw-r--r-- | old/alad10h.htm | 859 |
7 files changed, 3396 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/57-h.zip b/57-h.zip Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..85cd4f8 --- /dev/null +++ b/57-h.zip diff --git a/57-h/57-h.htm b/57-h/57-h.htm new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9242713 --- /dev/null +++ b/57-h/57-h.htm @@ -0,0 +1,962 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> +<HTML> +<HEAD> + +<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> + +<TITLE> +The Project Gutenberg E-text of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, by Unknown +</TITLE> + +<STYLE TYPE="text/css"> +BODY { color: Black; + background: White; + margin-right: 10%; + margin-left: 10%; + font-size: medium; + font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; + text-align: justify } + +P {text-indent: 4% } + +P.noindent {text-indent: 0% } + +P.poem {text-indent: 0%; + margin-left: 10%; + font-size: small } + +P.finis { text-align: center ; + text-indent: 0% ; + margin-left: 0% ; + margin-right: 0% } + +</STYLE> + +</HEAD> + +<BODY> + + +<pre> + +The Project Gutenberg EBook of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, by Unknown + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net + + +Title: Aladdin and the Magic Lamp + +Author: Unknown + +Release Date: June 12, 2008 [EBook #57] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ALADDIN AND THE MAGIC LAMP *** + + + + +Produced by Kristin Schultz + + + + + +</pre> + + +<BR><BR> + +<H1 ALIGN="center"> +Aladdin and the Magic Lamp +</H1> + +<BR> + +<P> +There once lived a poor tailor, who had a son called Aladdin, a +careless, idle boy who would do nothing but play all day long in the +streets with little idle boys like himself. This so grieved the father +that he died; yet, in spite of his mother's tears and prayers, Aladdin +did not mend his ways. One day, when he was playing in the streets as +usual, a stranger asked him his age, and if he was not the son of +Mustapha the tailor. "I am, sir," replied Aladdin; "but he died a long +while ago." On this the stranger, who was a famous African magician, +fell on his neck and kissed him saying: "I am your uncle, and knew you +from your likeness to my brother. Go to your mother and tell her I am +coming." Aladdin ran home and told his mother of his newly found +uncle. "Indeed, child," she said, "your father had a brother, but I +always thought he was dead." However, she prepared supper, and bade +Aladdin seek his uncle, who came laden with wine and fruit. He fell +down and kissed the place where Mustapha used to sit, bidding Aladdin's +mother not to be surprised at not having seen him before, as he had +been forty years out of the country. He then turned to Aladdin, and +asked him his trade, at which the boy hung his head, while his mother +burst into tears. On learning that Aladdin was idle and would learn no +trade, he offered to take a shop for him and stock it with merchandise. +Next day he bought Aladdin a fine suit of clothes and took him all over +the city, showing him the sights, and brought him home at nightfall to +his mother, who was overjoyed to see her son so fine. +</P> + +<P> +Next day the magician led Aladdin into some beautiful gardens a long +way outside the city gates. They sat down by a fountain and the +magician pulled a cake from his girdle, which he divided between them. +Then they journeyed onwards till they almost reached the mountains. +Aladdin was so tired that he begged to go back, but the magician +beguiled him with pleasant stories and lead him on in spite of himself. +At last they came to two mountains divided by a narrow valley. "We +will go no farther," said his uncle. "I will show you something +wonderful; only do you gather up sticks while I kindle a fire." When +it was lit the magician threw on it a powder he had about him, at the +same time saying some magical words. The earth trembled a little in +front of them, disclosing a square flat stone with a brass ring in the +middle to raise it by. Aladdin tried to run away, but the magician +caught him and gave him a blow that knocked him down. "What have I +done, uncle?" he said piteously; whereupon the magician said more +kindly: "Fear nothing, but obey me. Beneath this stone lies a +treasure which is to be yours, and no one else may touch it, so you +must do exactly as I tell you." At the word treasure Aladdin forgot +his fears, and grasped the ring as he was told, saying the names of his +father and grandfather. The stone came up quite easily, and some steps +appeared. "Go down," said the magician; "at the foot of those steps +you will find an open door leading into three large halls. Tuck up +your gown and go through them without touching anything, or you will +die instantly. These halls lead into a garden of fine fruit trees. +Walk on till you come to niche in a terrace where stands a lighted +lamp. Pour out the oil it contains, and bring it me." He drew a ring +from his finger and gave it to Aladdin, bidding him prosper. +</P> + +<P> +Aladdin found everything as the magician had said, gathered some fruit +off the trees, and, having got the lamp, arrived at the mouth of the +cave. The magician cried out in a great hurry: "Make haste and give me +the lamp." This Aladdin refused to do until he was out of the cave. +The magician flew into a terrible passion, and throwing some more +powder on to the fire, he said something, and the stone rolled back +into its place. +</P> + +<P> +The man left the country, which plainly showed that he was no uncle of +Aladdin's but a cunning magician, who had read in his magic books of a +wonderful lamp, which would make him the most powerful man in the +world. Though he alone knew where to find it, he could only receive it +from the hand of another. He had picked out the foolish Aladdin for +this purpose, intending to get the lamp and kill him afterwards. +</P> + +<P> +For two days Aladdin remained in the dark, crying and lamenting. At +last he clasped his hands in prayer, and in so doing rubbed the ring, +which the magician had forgotten to take from him. Immediately an +enormous and frightful genie rose out of the earth, saying: "What +wouldst thou with me? I am the Slave of the Ring, and will obey thee +in all things." Aladdin fearlessly replied, "Deliver me from this +place!" whereupon the earth opened, and he found himself outside. As +soon as his eyes could bear the light he went home, but fainted on the +threshold. When he came to himself he told his mother what had passed, +and showed her the lamp and the fruits he had gathered in the garden, +which were in reality precious stones. He then asked for some food. +"Alas! child," she said, "I have nothing in the house, but I have spun +a little cotton and will go sell it." Aladdin bade her keep her +cotton, for he would sell the lamp instead. As it was very dirty, she +began to rub it, that it might fetch a higher price. Instantly a +hideous genie appeared, and asked what she would have. She fainted +away, but Aladdin, snatching the lamp, said boldly: "Fetch me something +to eat!" The genie returned with a silver bowl, twelve silver plates +containing rich meats, two silver cups, and two bottles of wine. +Aladdin's mother, when she came to herself, said: "Whence comes this +splendid feast?" "Ask not, but eat," replied Aladdin. So they sat at +breakfast till it was dinner-time, and Aladdin told his mother about +the lamp. She begged him to sell it, and have nothing to do with +devils. "No," said Aladdin, "since chance hath made us aware of its +virtues, we will use it, and the ring likewise, which I shall always +wear on my finger." When they had eaten all the genie had brought, +Aladdin sold one of the silver plates, and so on until none were left. +He then had recourse to the genie, who gave him another set of plates, +and thus they lived many years. +</P> + +<P> +One day Aladdin heard an order from the Sultan proclaimed that everyone +was to stay at home and close his shutters while the Princess his +daughter went to and from the bath. Aladdin was seized by a desire to +see her face, which was very difficult, as she always went veiled. He +hid himself behind the door of the bath, and peeped through a chink. +The Princess lifted her veil as she went in, and looked so beautiful +that Aladdin fell in love with her at first sight. He went home so +changed that his mother was frightened. He told her he loved the +Princess so deeply he could not live without her, and meant to ask her +in marriage of her father. His mother, on hearing this, burst out +laughing, but Aladdin at last prevailed upon her to go before the +Sultan and carry his request. She fetched a napkin and laid in it the +magic fruits from the enchanted garden, which sparkled and shone like +the most beautiful jewels. She took these with her to please the +Sultan, and set out, trusting in the lamp. The Grand Vizier and the +lords of council had just gone in as she entered the hall and placed +herself in front of the Sultan. He, however, took no notice of her. +She went every day for a week, and stood in the same place. When the +council broke up on the sixth day the Sultan said to his Vizier: "I +see a certain woman in the audience-chamber every day carrying +something in a napkin. Call her next time, that I may find out what +she wants." Next day, at a sign from the vizier, she went up to the +foot of the throne and remained kneeling until the Sultan said to her: +"Rise, good woman, and tell me what you want." She hesitated, so the +Sultan sent away all but the Vizier, and bade her speak freely, +promising to forgive her beforehand for anything she might say. She +then told him of her son's violent love for the Princess. "I prayed +him to forget her," she said, "but in vain; he threatened to do some +desperate deed if I refused to go and ask your Majesty for the hand of +the Princess. Now I pray you to forgive not me alone, but my son +Aladdin." The Sultan asked her kindly what she had in the napkin, +whereupon she unfolded the jewels and presented them. He was +thunderstruck, and turning to the vizier, said: "What sayest thou? +Ought I not to bestow the Princess on one who values her at such a +price?" The Vizier, who wanted her for his own son, begged the Sultan +to withhold her for three months, in the course of which he hoped his +son could contrive to make him a richer present. The Sultan granted +this, and told Aladdin's mother that, though he consented to the +marriage, she must not appear before him again for three months. +</P> + +<P> +Aladdin waited patiently for nearly three months, but after two had +elapsed, his mother, going into the city to buy oil, found everyone +rejoicing, and asked what was going on. "Do you not know," was the +answer, "that the son of the Grand Vizier is to marry the Sultan's +daughter tonight?" Breathless she ran and told Aladdin, who was +overwhelmed at first, but presently bethought him of the lamp. He +rubbed it and the genie appeared, saying: "What is thy will?" Aladdin +replied: "The Sultan, as thou knowest, has broken his promise to me, +and the vizier's son is to have the Princess. My command is that +to-night you bring hither the bride and bridegroom." "Master, I obey," +said the genie. Aladdin then went to his chamber, where, sure enough, +at midnight the genie transported the bed containing the vizier's son +and the Princess. "Take this new-married man," he said, "and put him +outside in the cold, and return at daybreak." Whereupon the genie took +the vizier's son out of bed, leaving Aladdin with the Princess. "Fear +nothing," Aladdin said to her; "you are my wife, promised to me by your +unjust father, and no harm will come to you." The Princess was too +frightened to speak, and passed the most miserable night of her life, +while Aladdin lay down beside her and slept soundly. At the appointed +hour the genie fetched in the shivering bridegroom, laid him in his +place, and transported the bed back to the palace. +</P> + +<P> +Presently the Sultan came to wish his daughter good-morning. The +unhappy Vizier's son jumped up and hid himself, while the Princess +would not say a word and was very sorrowful. The Sultan sent her +mother to her, who said: "How comes it, child, that you will not speak +to your father? What has happened?" The Princess sighed deeply, and +at last told her mother how, during the night, the bed had been carried +into some strange house, and what had passed there. Her mother did not +believe her in the least, but bade her rise and consider it an idle +dream. +</P> + +<P> +The following night exactly the same thing happened, and next morning, +on the Princess's refusing to speak, the Sultan threatened to cut off +her head. She then confessed all, bidding him ask the Vizier's son if +it were not so. The Sultan told the Vizier to ask his son, who owned +the truth, adding that, dearly as he loved the Princess, he had rather +die than go through another such fearful night, and wished to be +separated from her. His wish was granted, and there was an end of +feasting and rejoicing. +</P> + +<P> +When the three months were over, Aladdin sent his mother to remind the +Sultan of his promise. She stood in the same place as before, and the +Sultan, who had forgotten Aladdin, at once remembered him, and sent for +her. On seeing her poverty the Sultan felt less inclined than ever to +keep his word, and asked his Vizier's advice, who counselled him to set +so high a value on the Princess that no man living would come up to it. +The Sultan than turned to Aladdin's mother, saying: "Good woman, a +sultan must remember his promises, and I will remember mine, but your +son must first send me forty basins of gold brimful of jewels, carried +by forty black slaves, led by as many white ones, splendidly dressed. +Tell him that I await his answer." The mother of Aladdin bowed low and +went home, thinking all was lost. She gave Aladdin the message adding, +"He may wait long enough for your answer!" "Not so long, mother, as +you think," her son replied. "I would do a great deal more than that +for the Princess." He summoned the genie, and in a few moments the +eighty slaves arrived, and filled up the small house and garden. +Aladdin made them to set out to the palace, two by two, followed by his +mother. They were so richly dressed, with such splendid jewels, that +everyone crowded to see them and the basins of gold they carried on +their heads. They entered the palace, and, after kneeling before the +Sultan, stood in a half-circle round the throne with their arms +crossed, while Aladdin's mother presented them to the Sultan. He +hesitated no longer, but said: "Good woman, return and tell your son +that I wait for him with open arms." She lost no time in telling +Aladdin, bidding him make haste. But Aladdin first called the genie. +"I want a scented bath," he said, "a richly embroidered habit, a horse +surpassing the Sultan's, and twenty slaves to attend me. Besides this, +six slaves, beautifully dressed, to wait on my mother; and lastly, ten +thousand pieces of gold in ten purses." No sooner said then done. +Aladdin mounted his horse and passed through the streets, the slaves +strewing gold as they went. Those who had played with him in his +childhood knew him not, he had grown so handsome. When the sultan saw +him he came down from his throne, embraced him, and led him into a hall +where a feast was spread, intending to marry him to the Princess that +very day. But Aladdin refused, saying, "I must build a palace fit for +her," and took his leave. Once home, he said to the genie: "Build me +a palace of the finest marble, set with jasper, agate, and other +precious stones. In the middle you shall build me a large hall with a +dome, its four walls of massy gold and silver, each side having six +windows, whose lattices, all except one which is to be left unfinished, +must be set with diamonds and rubies. There must be stables and horses +and grooms and slaves; go and see about it!" +</P> + +<P> +The palace was finished the next day, and the genie carried him there +and showed him all his orders faithfully carried out, even to the +laying of a velvet carpet from Aladdin's palace to the Sultan's. +Aladdin's mother then dressed herself carefully, and walked to the +palace with her slaves, while he followed her on horseback. The Sultan +sent musicians with trumpets and cymbals to meet them, so that the air +resounded with music and cheers. She was taken to the Princess, who +saluted her and treated her with great honour. At night the princess +said good-bye to her father, and set out on the carpet for Aladdin's +palace, with his mother at her side, and followed by the hundred +slaves. She was charmed at the sight of Aladdin, who ran to receive +her. "Princess," he said, "blame your beauty for my boldness if I have +displeased you." She told him that, having seen him, she willingly +obeyed her father in this matter. After the wedding had taken place, +Aladdin led her into the hall, where a feast was spread, and she supped +with him, after which they danced till midnight. +</P> + +<P> +Next day Aladdin invited the Sultan to see the palace. On entering the +hall with the four-and-twenty windows with their rubies, diamonds and +emeralds, he cried, "It is a world's wonder! There is only one thing +that surprises me. Was it by accident that one window was left +unfinished?" "No, sir, by design," returned Aladdin. "I wished your +Majesty to have the glory of finishing this palace." The Sultan was +pleased, and sent for the best jewelers in the city. He showed them +the unfinished window, and bade them fit it up like the others. "Sir," +replied their spokesman, "we cannot find jewels enough." The Sultan +had his own fetched, which they soon used, but to no purpose, for in a +month's time the work was not half done. Aladdin knowing that their +task was vain, bade them undo their work and carry the jewels back, and +the genie finished the window at his command. The Sultan was surprised +to receive his jewels again, and visited Aladdin, who showed him the +window finished. The Sultan embraced him, the envious vizier meanwhile +hinting that it was the work of enchantment. +</P> + +<P> +Aladdin had won the hearts of the people by his gentle bearing. He was +made captain of the Sultan's armies, and won several battles for him, +but remained as courteous as before, and lived thus in peace and +content for several years. +</P> + +<P> +But far away in Africa the magician remembered Aladdin, and by his +magic arts discovered that Aladdin, instead of perishing miserably in +the cave, had escaped, and had married a princess, with whom he was +living in great honour and wealth. He knew that the poor tailor's son +could only have accomplished this by means of the lamp, and travelled +night and day till he reached the capital of China, bent on Aladdin's +ruin. As he passed through the town he heard people talking everywhere +about a marvelous palace. "Forgive my ignorance," he asked, "what is +the palace you speak of?" "Have you not heard of Prince Aladdin's +palace," was the reply, "the greatest wonder in the world? I will +direct you if you have a mind to see it." The magician thanked him who +spoke, and having seen the palace knew that it had been raised by the +Genie of the Lamp, and became half mad with rage. He determined to get +hold of the lamp, and again plunge Aladdin into the deepest poverty. +</P> + +<P> +Unluckily, Aladdin had gone a-hunting for eight days, which gave the +magician plenty of time. He bought a dozen lamps, put them into a +basket, and went to the palace, crying: "New lamps for old!" followed +by a jeering crowd. The Princess, sitting in the hall of +four-and-twenty windows, sent a slave to find out what the noise was +about, who came back laughing, so that the Princess scolded her. +"Madam," replied the slave, "who can help laughing to see an old fool +offering to exchange fine new lamps for old ones?" Another slave, +hearing this, said, "There is an old one on the cornice there which he +can have." Now this was the magic lamp, which Aladdin had left there, +as he could not take it out hunting with him. The Princess, not +knowing its value, laughingly bade the slave take it and make the +exchange. She went and said to the magician: "Give me a new lamp for +this." He snatched it and bade the slave take her choice, amid the +jeers of the crowd. Little he cared, but left off crying his lamps, +and went out of the city gates to a lonely place, where he remained +till nightfall, when he pulled out the lamp and rubbed it. The genie +appeared, and at the magician's command carried him, together with the +palace and the Princess in it, to a lonely place in Africa. +</P> + +<P> +Next morning the Sultan looked out of the window towards Aladdin's +palace and rubbed his eyes, for it was gone. He sent for the Vizier +and asked what had become of the palace. The Vizier looked out too, +and was lost in astonishment. He again put it down to enchantment, and +this time the Sultan believed him, and sent thirty men on horseback to +fetch Aladdin back in chains. They met him riding home, bound him, and +forced him to go with them on foot. The people, however, who loved +him, followed, armed, to see that he came to no harm. He was carried +before the Sultan, who ordered the executioner to cut off his head. +The executioner made Aladdin kneel down, bandaged his eyes, and raised +his scimitar to strike. At that instant the Vizier, who saw that the +crowd had forced their way into the courtyard and were scaling the +walls to rescue Aladdin, called to the executioner to stay his hand. +The people, indeed, looked so threatening that the Sultan gave way and +ordered Aladdin to be unbound, and pardoned him in the sight of the +crowd. Aladdin now begged to know what he had done. "False wretch!" +said the Sultan, "come hither," and showed him from the window the +place where his palace had stood. Aladdin was so amazed he could not +say a word. "Where is your palace and my daughter?" demanded the +Sultan. "For the first I am not so deeply concerned, but my daughter I +must have, and you must find her or lose your head." Aladdin begged +for forty days in which to find her, promising if he failed to return +to suffer death at the Sultan's pleasure. His prayer was granted, and +he went forth sadly from the Sultan's presence. +</P> + +<P> +For three days he wandered about like a madman, asking everyone what +had become of his palace, but they only laughed and pitied him. He +came to the banks of a river, and knelt down to say his prayers before +throwing himself in. In doing so he rubbed the ring he still wore. +The genie he had seen in the cave appeared, and asked his will. "Save +my life, genie," said Aladdin, "and bring my palace back." "That is +not in my power," said the genie; "I am only the Slave of the Ring; you +must ask him of the lamp." "Even so," said Aladdin, "but thou canst +take me to the palace, and set me down under my dear wife's window." +He at once found himself in Africa, under the window of the Princess, +and fell asleep out of sheer weariness. +</P> + +<P> +He was awakened by the singing of the birds, and his heart was lighter. +He saw plainly that all his misfortunes were owning to the loss of the +lamp, and vainly wondered who had robbed him of it. +</P> + +<P> +That morning the Princess rose earlier than she had done since she had +been carried into Africa by the magician, whose company she was forced +to endure once a day. She, however, treated him so harshly that he +dared not live there altogether. As she was dressing, one of her women +looked out and saw Aladdin. The Princess ran and opened the window, +and at the noise she made, Aladdin looked up. She called to him to +come to her, and great was the joy of these lovers at seeing each other +again. After he had kissed her Aladdin said: "I beg of you, Princess, +in God's name, before we speak of anything else, for your own sake and +mine, tell me what has become of an old lamp I left on the cornice in +the hall of four-and-twenty windows when I went a-hunting." "Alas," she +said, "I am the innocent cause of our sorrows," and told him of the +exchange of the lamp. "Now I know," cried Aladdin, "that we have to +thank the African magician for this! Where is the lamp?" "He carries +it about with him," said the Princess. "I know, for he pulled it out +of his breast to show me. He wishes me to break my faith with you and +marry him, saying that you were beheaded by my father's command. He is +forever speaking ill of you, but I only reply by my tears. If I +persist, I doubt not but he will use violence." Aladdin comforted her, +and left her for a while. He changed clothes with the first person he +met in the town, and having bought a certain powder returned to the +Princess, who let him in by a little side door. "Put on your most +beautiful dress," he said to her, "and receive the magician with +smiles, leading him to believe that you have forgotten me. Invite him +to sup with you, and say you wish to taste the wine of his country. He +will go for some, and while he is gone I will tell you what to do." +She listened carefully to Aladdin and when he left her, arrayed herself +gaily for the first time since she left China. She put on a girdle and +head-dress of diamonds and seeing in a glass that she was more +beautiful than ever, received the magician, saying, to his great +amazement: "I have made up my mind that Aladdin is dead, and that all +my tears will not bring him back to me, so I am resolved to mourn no +more, and have therefore invited you to sup with me; but I am tired of +the wines of China, and would fain taste those of Africa." The +magician flew to his cellar, and the Princess put the powder Aladdin +had given her in her cup. When he returned she asked him to drink her +health in the wine of Africa, handing him her cup in exchange for his, +as a sign she was reconciled to him. Before drinking the magician made +her a speech in praise of her beauty, but the Princess cut him short, +saying: "Let us drink first, and you shall say what you will +afterwards." She set her cup to her lips and kept it there, while the +magician drained his to the dregs and fell back lifeless. The Princess +then opened the door to Aladdin, and flung her arms around his neck; +but Aladdin went to the dead magician, took the lamp out of his vest, +and bade the genie carry the palace and all in it back to China. This +was done, and the Princess in her chamber felt only two little shocks, +and little thought she was home again. +</P> + +<P> +The Sultan, who was sitting in his closet, mourning for his lost +daughter, happened to look up, and rubbed his eyes, for there stood the +palace as before! He hastened thither, and Aladdin received him in the +hall of the four-and-twenty windows, with the Princess at his side. +Aladdin told him what had happened, and showed him the dead body of the +magician, that he might believe. A ten days' feast was proclaimed, and +it seemed as if Aladdin might now live the rest of his life in peace; +but it was not meant to be. +</P> + +<P> +The African magician had a younger brother, who was, if possible, more +wicked and more cunning than himself. He travelled to China to avenge +his brother's death, and went to visit a pious woman called Fatima, +thinking she might be of use to him. He entered her cell and clapped a +dagger to her breast, telling her to rise and do his bidding on pain of +death. He changed clothes with her, coloured his face like hers, put +on her veil, and murdered her, that she might tell no tales. Then he +went towards the palace of Aladdin, and all the people, thinking he was +the holy woman, gathered round him, kissing his hands and begging his +blessing. When he got to the palace there was such a noise going on +round him that the Princess bade her slave look out the window and ask +what was the matter. The slave said it was the holy woman, curing +people by her touch of their ailments, whereupon the Princess, who had +long desired to see Fatima, sent for her. On coming to the Princess +the magician offered up a prayer for her health and prosperity. When +he had done the Princess made him sit by her, and begged him to stay +with her always. The false Fatima, who wished for nothing better, +consented, but kept his veil down for fear of discovery. The princess +showed him the hall, and asked him what he thought of it. "It is truly +beautiful," said the false Fatima. "In my mind it wants but one +thing." "And what is that?" said the Princess. "If only a roc's egg," +replied he, "were hung up from the middle of this dome, it would be the +wonder of the world." +</P> + +<P> +After this the Princess could think of nothing but the roc's egg, and +when Aladdin returned from hunting he found her in a very ill humour. +He begged to know what was amiss, and she told him that all her +pleasure in the hall was spoilt for want of a roc's egg hanging from +the dome. "If that is all," replied Aladdin, "you shall soon be +happy." He left her and rubbed the lamp, and when the genie appeared +commanded him to bring a roc's egg. The genie gave such a loud and +terrible shriek that the hall shook. +</P> + +<P> +"Wretch!" he cried, "is it not enough that I have done everything for +you, but you must command me to bring my master and hang him up in the +midst of this dome? You and your wife and your palace deserve to be +burnt to ashes, but that this request does not come from you, but from +the brother of the African magician, whom you destroyed. He is now in +your palace disguised as the holy woman, whom he murdered. He it was +who put that wish into your wife's head. Take care of yourself, for he +means to kill you." So saying, the genie disappeared. +</P> + +<P> +Aladdin went back to the Princess, saying his head ached, and +requesting that the holy Fatima should be fetched to lay her hands on +it. But when the magician came near, Aladdin, seizing his dagger, +pierced him to the heart. "What have you done?" cried the Princess. +"You have killed the holy woman!" "Not so," replied Aladdin, "but a +wicked magician," and told her of how she had been deceived. +</P> + +<P> +After this Aladdin and his wife lived in peace. He succeeded the +Sultan when he died, and reigned for many years, leaving behind him a +long line of kings. +</P> + +<BR><BR><BR><BR> + + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, by Unknown + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ALADDIN AND THE MAGIC LAMP *** + +***** This file should be named 57-h.htm or 57-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/5/57/ + +Produced by Kristin Schultz + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, +set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to +copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to +protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project +Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you +charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you +do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the +rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose +such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and +research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do +practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is +subject to the trademark license, especially commercial +redistribution. + + + +*** START: FULL LICENSE *** + +THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE +PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK + +To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free +distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work +(or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project +Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project +Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at +http://gutenberg.net/license). + + +Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm +electronic works + +1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm +electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to +and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property +(trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all +the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy +all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession. +If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the +terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or +entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. + +1.B. "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. It may only be +used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who +agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few +things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works +even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See +paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement +and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic +works. See paragraph 1.E below. + +1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" +or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the +collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an +individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are +located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from +copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative +works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg +are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project +Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by +freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of +this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with +the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by +keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project +Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. + +1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern +what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in +a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check +the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement +before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or +creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project +Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning +the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United +States. + +1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: + +1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate +access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently +whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the +phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project +Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, +copied or distributed: + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net + +1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived +from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is +posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied +and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees +or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work +with the phrase "Project Gutenberg" associated with or appearing on the +work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 +through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the +Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or +1.E.9. + +1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted +with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution +must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional +terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked +to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the +permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. + +1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm +License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this +work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. + +1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this +electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without +prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with +active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project +Gutenberg-tm License. + +1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, +compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any +word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or +distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than +"Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version +posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), +you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a +copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon +request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other +form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm +License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. + +1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, +performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works +unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. + +1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing +access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided +that + +- You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from + the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method + you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is + owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he + has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the + Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments + must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you + prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax + returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and + sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the + address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to + the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." + +- You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies + you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he + does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm + License. You must require such a user to return or + destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium + and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of + Project Gutenberg-tm works. + +- You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any + money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the + electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days + of receipt of the work. + +- You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free + distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. + +1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm +electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set +forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from +both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael +Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the +Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. + +1.F. + +1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable +effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread +public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm +collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic +works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain +"Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or +corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual +property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a +computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by +your equipment. + +1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right +of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project +Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project +Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all +liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal +fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT +LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE +PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE +TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE +LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR +INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH +DAMAGE. + +1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a +defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can +receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a +written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you +received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with +your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with +the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a +refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity +providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to +receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy +is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further +opportunities to fix the problem. + +1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth +in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS' WITH NO OTHER +WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO +WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. + +1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied +warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. +If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the +law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be +interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by +the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any +provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. + +1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the +trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone +providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance +with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, +promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, +harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, +that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do +or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm +work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any +Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. + + +Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm + +Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of +electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers +including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists +because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from +people in all walks of life. + +Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the +assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's +goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will +remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project +Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure +and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. +To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation +and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 +and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. + + +Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive +Foundation + +The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit +501(c)(3) educational corporation organized under the laws of the +state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal +Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification +number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at +http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg +Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent +permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. + +The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. +Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered +throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at +809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email +business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact +information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official +page at http://pglaf.org + +For additional contact information: + Dr. Gregory B. Newby + Chief Executive and Director + gbnewby@pglaf.org + + +Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg +Literary Archive Foundation + +Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide +spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of +increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be +freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest +array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations +($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt +status with the IRS. + +The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating +charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United +States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a +considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up +with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations +where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To +SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any +particular state visit http://pglaf.org + +While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we +have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition +against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who +approach us with offers to donate. + +International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make +any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from +outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. + +Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation +methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other +ways including including checks, online payments and credit card +donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate + + +Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic +works. + +Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm +concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared +with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project +Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. + + +Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed +editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. +unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily +keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. + + +Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: + + http://www.gutenberg.net + +This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, +including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary +Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to +subscribe to our email newsletter to hear about new eBooks. + + +</pre> + +</BODY> + +</HTML> + + @@ -0,0 +1,851 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, by Unknown + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net + + +Title: Aladdin and the Magic Lamp + +Author: Unknown + +Release Date: June 12, 2008 [EBook #57] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ALADDIN AND THE MAGIC LAMP *** + + + + +Produced by Kristin Schultz + + + + + + + + + +Aladdin and the Magic Lamp + + +There once lived a poor tailor, who had a son called Aladdin, a +careless, idle boy who would do nothing but play all day long in the +streets with little idle boys like himself. This so grieved the father +that he died; yet, in spite of his mother's tears and prayers, Aladdin +did not mend his ways. One day, when he was playing in the streets as +usual, a stranger asked him his age, and if he was not the son of +Mustapha the tailor. "I am, sir," replied Aladdin; "but he died a long +while ago." On this the stranger, who was a famous African magician, +fell on his neck and kissed him saying: "I am your uncle, and knew you +from your likeness to my brother. Go to your mother and tell her I am +coming." Aladdin ran home and told his mother of his newly found +uncle. "Indeed, child," she said, "your father had a brother, but I +always thought he was dead." However, she prepared supper, and bade +Aladdin seek his uncle, who came laden with wine and fruit. He fell +down and kissed the place where Mustapha used to sit, bidding Aladdin's +mother not to be surprised at not having seen him before, as he had +been forty years out of the country. He then turned to Aladdin, and +asked him his trade, at which the boy hung his head, while his mother +burst into tears. On learning that Aladdin was idle and would learn no +trade, he offered to take a shop for him and stock it with merchandise. +Next day he bought Aladdin a fine suit of clothes and took him all over +the city, showing him the sights, and brought him home at nightfall to +his mother, who was overjoyed to see her son so fine. + +Next day the magician led Aladdin into some beautiful gardens a long +way outside the city gates. They sat down by a fountain and the +magician pulled a cake from his girdle, which he divided between them. +Then they journeyed onwards till they almost reached the mountains. +Aladdin was so tired that he begged to go back, but the magician +beguiled him with pleasant stories and lead him on in spite of himself. +At last they came to two mountains divided by a narrow valley. "We +will go no farther," said his uncle. "I will show you something +wonderful; only do you gather up sticks while I kindle a fire." When +it was lit the magician threw on it a powder he had about him, at the +same time saying some magical words. The earth trembled a little in +front of them, disclosing a square flat stone with a brass ring in the +middle to raise it by. Aladdin tried to run away, but the magician +caught him and gave him a blow that knocked him down. "What have I +done, uncle?" he said piteously; whereupon the magician said more +kindly: "Fear nothing, but obey me. Beneath this stone lies a +treasure which is to be yours, and no one else may touch it, so you +must do exactly as I tell you." At the word treasure Aladdin forgot +his fears, and grasped the ring as he was told, saying the names of his +father and grandfather. The stone came up quite easily, and some steps +appeared. "Go down," said the magician; "at the foot of those steps +you will find an open door leading into three large halls. Tuck up +your gown and go through them without touching anything, or you will +die instantly. These halls lead into a garden of fine fruit trees. +Walk on till you come to niche in a terrace where stands a lighted +lamp. Pour out the oil it contains, and bring it me." He drew a ring +from his finger and gave it to Aladdin, bidding him prosper. + +Aladdin found everything as the magician had said, gathered some fruit +off the trees, and, having got the lamp, arrived at the mouth of the +cave. The magician cried out in a great hurry: "Make haste and give me +the lamp." This Aladdin refused to do until he was out of the cave. +The magician flew into a terrible passion, and throwing some more +powder on to the fire, he said something, and the stone rolled back +into its place. + +The man left the country, which plainly showed that he was no uncle of +Aladdin's but a cunning magician, who had read in his magic books of a +wonderful lamp, which would make him the most powerful man in the +world. Though he alone knew where to find it, he could only receive it +from the hand of another. He had picked out the foolish Aladdin for +this purpose, intending to get the lamp and kill him afterwards. + +For two days Aladdin remained in the dark, crying and lamenting. At +last he clasped his hands in prayer, and in so doing rubbed the ring, +which the magician had forgotten to take from him. Immediately an +enormous and frightful genie rose out of the earth, saying: "What +wouldst thou with me? I am the Slave of the Ring, and will obey thee +in all things." Aladdin fearlessly replied, "Deliver me from this +place!" whereupon the earth opened, and he found himself outside. As +soon as his eyes could bear the light he went home, but fainted on the +threshold. When he came to himself he told his mother what had passed, +and showed her the lamp and the fruits he had gathered in the garden, +which were in reality precious stones. He then asked for some food. +"Alas! child," she said, "I have nothing in the house, but I have spun +a little cotton and will go sell it." Aladdin bade her keep her +cotton, for he would sell the lamp instead. As it was very dirty, she +began to rub it, that it might fetch a higher price. Instantly a +hideous genie appeared, and asked what she would have. She fainted +away, but Aladdin, snatching the lamp, said boldly: "Fetch me something +to eat!" The genie returned with a silver bowl, twelve silver plates +containing rich meats, two silver cups, and two bottles of wine. +Aladdin's mother, when she came to herself, said: "Whence comes this +splendid feast?" "Ask not, but eat," replied Aladdin. So they sat at +breakfast till it was dinner-time, and Aladdin told his mother about +the lamp. She begged him to sell it, and have nothing to do with +devils. "No," said Aladdin, "since chance hath made us aware of its +virtues, we will use it, and the ring likewise, which I shall always +wear on my finger." When they had eaten all the genie had brought, +Aladdin sold one of the silver plates, and so on until none were left. +He then had recourse to the genie, who gave him another set of plates, +and thus they lived many years. + +One day Aladdin heard an order from the Sultan proclaimed that everyone +was to stay at home and close his shutters while the Princess his +daughter went to and from the bath. Aladdin was seized by a desire to +see her face, which was very difficult, as she always went veiled. He +hid himself behind the door of the bath, and peeped through a chink. +The Princess lifted her veil as she went in, and looked so beautiful +that Aladdin fell in love with her at first sight. He went home so +changed that his mother was frightened. He told her he loved the +Princess so deeply he could not live without her, and meant to ask her +in marriage of her father. His mother, on hearing this, burst out +laughing, but Aladdin at last prevailed upon her to go before the +Sultan and carry his request. She fetched a napkin and laid in it the +magic fruits from the enchanted garden, which sparkled and shone like +the most beautiful jewels. She took these with her to please the +Sultan, and set out, trusting in the lamp. The Grand Vizier and the +lords of council had just gone in as she entered the hall and placed +herself in front of the Sultan. He, however, took no notice of her. +She went every day for a week, and stood in the same place. When the +council broke up on the sixth day the Sultan said to his Vizier: "I +see a certain woman in the audience-chamber every day carrying +something in a napkin. Call her next time, that I may find out what +she wants." Next day, at a sign from the vizier, she went up to the +foot of the throne and remained kneeling until the Sultan said to her: +"Rise, good woman, and tell me what you want." She hesitated, so the +Sultan sent away all but the Vizier, and bade her speak freely, +promising to forgive her beforehand for anything she might say. She +then told him of her son's violent love for the Princess. "I prayed +him to forget her," she said, "but in vain; he threatened to do some +desperate deed if I refused to go and ask your Majesty for the hand of +the Princess. Now I pray you to forgive not me alone, but my son +Aladdin." The Sultan asked her kindly what she had in the napkin, +whereupon she unfolded the jewels and presented them. He was +thunderstruck, and turning to the vizier, said: "What sayest thou? +Ought I not to bestow the Princess on one who values her at such a +price?" The Vizier, who wanted her for his own son, begged the Sultan +to withhold her for three months, in the course of which he hoped his +son could contrive to make him a richer present. The Sultan granted +this, and told Aladdin's mother that, though he consented to the +marriage, she must not appear before him again for three months. + +Aladdin waited patiently for nearly three months, but after two had +elapsed, his mother, going into the city to buy oil, found everyone +rejoicing, and asked what was going on. "Do you not know," was the +answer, "that the son of the Grand Vizier is to marry the Sultan's +daughter tonight?" Breathless she ran and told Aladdin, who was +overwhelmed at first, but presently bethought him of the lamp. He +rubbed it and the genie appeared, saying: "What is thy will?" Aladdin +replied: "The Sultan, as thou knowest, has broken his promise to me, +and the vizier's son is to have the Princess. My command is that +to-night you bring hither the bride and bridegroom." "Master, I obey," +said the genie. Aladdin then went to his chamber, where, sure enough, +at midnight the genie transported the bed containing the vizier's son +and the Princess. "Take this new-married man," he said, "and put him +outside in the cold, and return at daybreak." Whereupon the genie took +the vizier's son out of bed, leaving Aladdin with the Princess. "Fear +nothing," Aladdin said to her; "you are my wife, promised to me by your +unjust father, and no harm will come to you." The Princess was too +frightened to speak, and passed the most miserable night of her life, +while Aladdin lay down beside her and slept soundly. At the appointed +hour the genie fetched in the shivering bridegroom, laid him in his +place, and transported the bed back to the palace. + +Presently the Sultan came to wish his daughter good-morning. The +unhappy Vizier's son jumped up and hid himself, while the Princess +would not say a word and was very sorrowful. The Sultan sent her +mother to her, who said: "How comes it, child, that you will not speak +to your father? What has happened?" The Princess sighed deeply, and +at last told her mother how, during the night, the bed had been carried +into some strange house, and what had passed there. Her mother did not +believe her in the least, but bade her rise and consider it an idle +dream. + +The following night exactly the same thing happened, and next morning, +on the Princess's refusing to speak, the Sultan threatened to cut off +her head. She then confessed all, bidding him ask the Vizier's son if +it were not so. The Sultan told the Vizier to ask his son, who owned +the truth, adding that, dearly as he loved the Princess, he had rather +die than go through another such fearful night, and wished to be +separated from her. His wish was granted, and there was an end of +feasting and rejoicing. + +When the three months were over, Aladdin sent his mother to remind the +Sultan of his promise. She stood in the same place as before, and the +Sultan, who had forgotten Aladdin, at once remembered him, and sent for +her. On seeing her poverty the Sultan felt less inclined than ever to +keep his word, and asked his Vizier's advice, who counselled him to set +so high a value on the Princess that no man living would come up to it. +The Sultan than turned to Aladdin's mother, saying: "Good woman, a +sultan must remember his promises, and I will remember mine, but your +son must first send me forty basins of gold brimful of jewels, carried +by forty black slaves, led by as many white ones, splendidly dressed. +Tell him that I await his answer." The mother of Aladdin bowed low and +went home, thinking all was lost. She gave Aladdin the message adding, +"He may wait long enough for your answer!" "Not so long, mother, as +you think," her son replied. "I would do a great deal more than that +for the Princess." He summoned the genie, and in a few moments the +eighty slaves arrived, and filled up the small house and garden. +Aladdin made them to set out to the palace, two by two, followed by his +mother. They were so richly dressed, with such splendid jewels, that +everyone crowded to see them and the basins of gold they carried on +their heads. They entered the palace, and, after kneeling before the +Sultan, stood in a half-circle round the throne with their arms +crossed, while Aladdin's mother presented them to the Sultan. He +hesitated no longer, but said: "Good woman, return and tell your son +that I wait for him with open arms." She lost no time in telling +Aladdin, bidding him make haste. But Aladdin first called the genie. +"I want a scented bath," he said, "a richly embroidered habit, a horse +surpassing the Sultan's, and twenty slaves to attend me. Besides this, +six slaves, beautifully dressed, to wait on my mother; and lastly, ten +thousand pieces of gold in ten purses." No sooner said then done. +Aladdin mounted his horse and passed through the streets, the slaves +strewing gold as they went. Those who had played with him in his +childhood knew him not, he had grown so handsome. When the sultan saw +him he came down from his throne, embraced him, and led him into a hall +where a feast was spread, intending to marry him to the Princess that +very day. But Aladdin refused, saying, "I must build a palace fit for +her," and took his leave. Once home, he said to the genie: "Build me +a palace of the finest marble, set with jasper, agate, and other +precious stones. In the middle you shall build me a large hall with a +dome, its four walls of massy gold and silver, each side having six +windows, whose lattices, all except one which is to be left unfinished, +must be set with diamonds and rubies. There must be stables and horses +and grooms and slaves; go and see about it!" + +The palace was finished the next day, and the genie carried him there +and showed him all his orders faithfully carried out, even to the +laying of a velvet carpet from Aladdin's palace to the Sultan's. +Aladdin's mother then dressed herself carefully, and walked to the +palace with her slaves, while he followed her on horseback. The Sultan +sent musicians with trumpets and cymbals to meet them, so that the air +resounded with music and cheers. She was taken to the Princess, who +saluted her and treated her with great honour. At night the princess +said good-bye to her father, and set out on the carpet for Aladdin's +palace, with his mother at her side, and followed by the hundred +slaves. She was charmed at the sight of Aladdin, who ran to receive +her. "Princess," he said, "blame your beauty for my boldness if I have +displeased you." She told him that, having seen him, she willingly +obeyed her father in this matter. After the wedding had taken place, +Aladdin led her into the hall, where a feast was spread, and she supped +with him, after which they danced till midnight. + +Next day Aladdin invited the Sultan to see the palace. On entering the +hall with the four-and-twenty windows with their rubies, diamonds and +emeralds, he cried, "It is a world's wonder! There is only one thing +that surprises me. Was it by accident that one window was left +unfinished?" "No, sir, by design," returned Aladdin. "I wished your +Majesty to have the glory of finishing this palace." The Sultan was +pleased, and sent for the best jewelers in the city. He showed them +the unfinished window, and bade them fit it up like the others. "Sir," +replied their spokesman, "we cannot find jewels enough." The Sultan +had his own fetched, which they soon used, but to no purpose, for in a +month's time the work was not half done. Aladdin knowing that their +task was vain, bade them undo their work and carry the jewels back, and +the genie finished the window at his command. The Sultan was surprised +to receive his jewels again, and visited Aladdin, who showed him the +window finished. The Sultan embraced him, the envious vizier meanwhile +hinting that it was the work of enchantment. + +Aladdin had won the hearts of the people by his gentle bearing. He was +made captain of the Sultan's armies, and won several battles for him, +but remained as courteous as before, and lived thus in peace and +content for several years. + +But far away in Africa the magician remembered Aladdin, and by his +magic arts discovered that Aladdin, instead of perishing miserably in +the cave, had escaped, and had married a princess, with whom he was +living in great honour and wealth. He knew that the poor tailor's son +could only have accomplished this by means of the lamp, and travelled +night and day till he reached the capital of China, bent on Aladdin's +ruin. As he passed through the town he heard people talking everywhere +about a marvelous palace. "Forgive my ignorance," he asked, "what is +the palace you speak of?" "Have you not heard of Prince Aladdin's +palace," was the reply, "the greatest wonder in the world? I will +direct you if you have a mind to see it." The magician thanked him who +spoke, and having seen the palace knew that it had been raised by the +Genie of the Lamp, and became half mad with rage. He determined to get +hold of the lamp, and again plunge Aladdin into the deepest poverty. + +Unluckily, Aladdin had gone a-hunting for eight days, which gave the +magician plenty of time. He bought a dozen lamps, put them into a +basket, and went to the palace, crying: "New lamps for old!" followed +by a jeering crowd. The Princess, sitting in the hall of +four-and-twenty windows, sent a slave to find out what the noise was +about, who came back laughing, so that the Princess scolded her. +"Madam," replied the slave, "who can help laughing to see an old fool +offering to exchange fine new lamps for old ones?" Another slave, +hearing this, said, "There is an old one on the cornice there which he +can have." Now this was the magic lamp, which Aladdin had left there, +as he could not take it out hunting with him. The Princess, not +knowing its value, laughingly bade the slave take it and make the +exchange. She went and said to the magician: "Give me a new lamp for +this." He snatched it and bade the slave take her choice, amid the +jeers of the crowd. Little he cared, but left off crying his lamps, +and went out of the city gates to a lonely place, where he remained +till nightfall, when he pulled out the lamp and rubbed it. The genie +appeared, and at the magician's command carried him, together with the +palace and the Princess in it, to a lonely place in Africa. + +Next morning the Sultan looked out of the window towards Aladdin's +palace and rubbed his eyes, for it was gone. He sent for the Vizier +and asked what had become of the palace. The Vizier looked out too, +and was lost in astonishment. He again put it down to enchantment, and +this time the Sultan believed him, and sent thirty men on horseback to +fetch Aladdin back in chains. They met him riding home, bound him, and +forced him to go with them on foot. The people, however, who loved +him, followed, armed, to see that he came to no harm. He was carried +before the Sultan, who ordered the executioner to cut off his head. +The executioner made Aladdin kneel down, bandaged his eyes, and raised +his scimitar to strike. At that instant the Vizier, who saw that the +crowd had forced their way into the courtyard and were scaling the +walls to rescue Aladdin, called to the executioner to stay his hand. +The people, indeed, looked so threatening that the Sultan gave way and +ordered Aladdin to be unbound, and pardoned him in the sight of the +crowd. Aladdin now begged to know what he had done. "False wretch!" +said the Sultan, "come hither," and showed him from the window the +place where his palace had stood. Aladdin was so amazed he could not +say a word. "Where is your palace and my daughter?" demanded the +Sultan. "For the first I am not so deeply concerned, but my daughter I +must have, and you must find her or lose your head." Aladdin begged +for forty days in which to find her, promising if he failed to return +to suffer death at the Sultan's pleasure. His prayer was granted, and +he went forth sadly from the Sultan's presence. + +For three days he wandered about like a madman, asking everyone what +had become of his palace, but they only laughed and pitied him. He +came to the banks of a river, and knelt down to say his prayers before +throwing himself in. In doing so he rubbed the ring he still wore. +The genie he had seen in the cave appeared, and asked his will. "Save +my life, genie," said Aladdin, "and bring my palace back." "That is +not in my power," said the genie; "I am only the Slave of the Ring; you +must ask him of the lamp." "Even so," said Aladdin, "but thou canst +take me to the palace, and set me down under my dear wife's window." +He at once found himself in Africa, under the window of the Princess, +and fell asleep out of sheer weariness. + +He was awakened by the singing of the birds, and his heart was lighter. +He saw plainly that all his misfortunes were owning to the loss of the +lamp, and vainly wondered who had robbed him of it. + +That morning the Princess rose earlier than she had done since she had +been carried into Africa by the magician, whose company she was forced +to endure once a day. She, however, treated him so harshly that he +dared not live there altogether. As she was dressing, one of her women +looked out and saw Aladdin. The Princess ran and opened the window, +and at the noise she made, Aladdin looked up. She called to him to +come to her, and great was the joy of these lovers at seeing each other +again. After he had kissed her Aladdin said: "I beg of you, Princess, +in God's name, before we speak of anything else, for your own sake and +mine, tell me what has become of an old lamp I left on the cornice in +the hall of four-and-twenty windows when I went a-hunting." "Alas," she +said, "I am the innocent cause of our sorrows," and told him of the +exchange of the lamp. "Now I know," cried Aladdin, "that we have to +thank the African magician for this! Where is the lamp?" "He carries +it about with him," said the Princess. "I know, for he pulled it out +of his breast to show me. He wishes me to break my faith with you and +marry him, saying that you were beheaded by my father's command. He is +forever speaking ill of you, but I only reply by my tears. If I +persist, I doubt not but he will use violence." Aladdin comforted her, +and left her for a while. He changed clothes with the first person he +met in the town, and having bought a certain powder returned to the +Princess, who let him in by a little side door. "Put on your most +beautiful dress," he said to her, "and receive the magician with +smiles, leading him to believe that you have forgotten me. Invite him +to sup with you, and say you wish to taste the wine of his country. He +will go for some, and while he is gone I will tell you what to do." +She listened carefully to Aladdin and when he left her, arrayed herself +gaily for the first time since she left China. She put on a girdle and +head-dress of diamonds and seeing in a glass that she was more +beautiful than ever, received the magician, saying, to his great +amazement: "I have made up my mind that Aladdin is dead, and that all +my tears will not bring him back to me, so I am resolved to mourn no +more, and have therefore invited you to sup with me; but I am tired of +the wines of China, and would fain taste those of Africa." The +magician flew to his cellar, and the Princess put the powder Aladdin +had given her in her cup. When he returned she asked him to drink her +health in the wine of Africa, handing him her cup in exchange for his, +as a sign she was reconciled to him. Before drinking the magician made +her a speech in praise of her beauty, but the Princess cut him short, +saying: "Let us drink first, and you shall say what you will +afterwards." She set her cup to her lips and kept it there, while the +magician drained his to the dregs and fell back lifeless. The Princess +then opened the door to Aladdin, and flung her arms around his neck; +but Aladdin went to the dead magician, took the lamp out of his vest, +and bade the genie carry the palace and all in it back to China. This +was done, and the Princess in her chamber felt only two little shocks, +and little thought she was home again. + +The Sultan, who was sitting in his closet, mourning for his lost +daughter, happened to look up, and rubbed his eyes, for there stood the +palace as before! He hastened thither, and Aladdin received him in the +hall of the four-and-twenty windows, with the Princess at his side. +Aladdin told him what had happened, and showed him the dead body of the +magician, that he might believe. A ten days' feast was proclaimed, and +it seemed as if Aladdin might now live the rest of his life in peace; +but it was not meant to be. + +The African magician had a younger brother, who was, if possible, more +wicked and more cunning than himself. He travelled to China to avenge +his brother's death, and went to visit a pious woman called Fatima, +thinking she might be of use to him. He entered her cell and clapped a +dagger to her breast, telling her to rise and do his bidding on pain of +death. He changed clothes with her, coloured his face like hers, put +on her veil, and murdered her, that she might tell no tales. Then he +went towards the palace of Aladdin, and all the people, thinking he was +the holy woman, gathered round him, kissing his hands and begging his +blessing. When he got to the palace there was such a noise going on +round him that the Princess bade her slave look out the window and ask +what was the matter. The slave said it was the holy woman, curing +people by her touch of their ailments, whereupon the Princess, who had +long desired to see Fatima, sent for her. On coming to the Princess +the magician offered up a prayer for her health and prosperity. When +he had done the Princess made him sit by her, and begged him to stay +with her always. The false Fatima, who wished for nothing better, +consented, but kept his veil down for fear of discovery. The princess +showed him the hall, and asked him what he thought of it. "It is truly +beautiful," said the false Fatima. "In my mind it wants but one +thing." "And what is that?" said the Princess. "If only a roc's egg," +replied he, "were hung up from the middle of this dome, it would be the +wonder of the world." + +After this the Princess could think of nothing but the roc's egg, and +when Aladdin returned from hunting he found her in a very ill humour. +He begged to know what was amiss, and she told him that all her +pleasure in the hall was spoilt for want of a roc's egg hanging from +the dome. "If that is all," replied Aladdin, "you shall soon be +happy." He left her and rubbed the lamp, and when the genie appeared +commanded him to bring a roc's egg. The genie gave such a loud and +terrible shriek that the hall shook. + +"Wretch!" he cried, "is it not enough that I have done everything for +you, but you must command me to bring my master and hang him up in the +midst of this dome? You and your wife and your palace deserve to be +burnt to ashes, but that this request does not come from you, but from +the brother of the African magician, whom you destroyed. He is now in +your palace disguised as the holy woman, whom he murdered. He it was +who put that wish into your wife's head. Take care of yourself, for he +means to kill you." So saying, the genie disappeared. + +Aladdin went back to the Princess, saying his head ached, and +requesting that the holy Fatima should be fetched to lay her hands on +it. But when the magician came near, Aladdin, seizing his dagger, +pierced him to the heart. "What have you done?" cried the Princess. +"You have killed the holy woman!" "Not so," replied Aladdin, "but a +wicked magician," and told her of how she had been deceived. + +After this Aladdin and his wife lived in peace. He succeeded the +Sultan when he died, and reigned for many years, leaving behind him a +long line of kings. + + + + + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, by Unknown + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ALADDIN AND THE MAGIC LAMP *** + +***** This file should be named 57.txt or 57.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/5/57/ + +Produced by Kristin Schultz + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, +set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to +copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to +protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project +Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you +charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If you +do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the +rules is very easy. You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose +such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and +research. They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do +practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks. Redistribution is +subject to the trademark license, especially commercial +redistribution. + + + +*** START: FULL LICENSE *** + +THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE +PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK + +To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free +distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work +(or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project +Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project +Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at +http://gutenberg.net/license). + + +Section 1. General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm +electronic works + +1.A. By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm +electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to +and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property +(trademark/copyright) agreement. If you do not agree to abide by all +the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy +all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession. +If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the +terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or +entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8. + +1.B. "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark. It may only be +used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who +agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement. There are a few +things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works +even without complying with the full terms of this agreement. See +paragraph 1.C below. There are a lot of things you can do with Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement +and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic +works. See paragraph 1.E below. + +1.C. The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation" +or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic works. Nearly all the individual works in the +collection are in the public domain in the United States. If an +individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are +located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from +copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative +works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg +are removed. Of course, we hope that you will support the Project +Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by +freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of +this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with +the work. You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by +keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project +Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others. + +1.D. The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern +what you can do with this work. Copyright laws in most countries are in +a constant state of change. If you are outside the United States, check +the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement +before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or +creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project +Gutenberg-tm work. The Foundation makes no representations concerning +the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United +States. + +1.E. Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg: + +1.E.1. The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate +access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently +whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the +phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project +Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed, +copied or distributed: + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net + +1.E.2. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived +from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is +posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied +and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees +or charges. If you are redistributing or providing access to a work +with the phrase "Project Gutenberg" associated with or appearing on the +work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1 +through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the +Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or +1.E.9. + +1.E.3. If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted +with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution +must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional +terms imposed by the copyright holder. Additional terms will be linked +to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the +permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work. + +1.E.4. Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm +License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this +work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm. + +1.E.5. Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this +electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without +prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with +active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project +Gutenberg-tm License. + +1.E.6. You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary, +compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any +word processing or hypertext form. However, if you provide access to or +distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than +"Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version +posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.net), +you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a +copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon +request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other +form. Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm +License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1. + +1.E.7. Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying, +performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works +unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9. + +1.E.8. You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing +access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided +that + +- You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from + the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method + you already use to calculate your applicable taxes. The fee is + owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he + has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the + Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. Royalty payments + must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you + prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax + returns. Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and + sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the + address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to + the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation." + +- You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies + you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he + does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm + License. You must require such a user to return or + destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium + and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of + Project Gutenberg-tm works. + +- You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any + money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the + electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days + of receipt of the work. + +- You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free + distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works. + +1.E.9. If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm +electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set +forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from +both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael +Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark. Contact the +Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below. + +1.F. + +1.F.1. Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable +effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread +public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm +collection. Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic +works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain +"Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or +corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual +property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a +computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by +your equipment. + +1.F.2. LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right +of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project +Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project +Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project +Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all +liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal +fees. YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT +LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE +PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE +TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE +LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR +INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH +DAMAGE. + +1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a +defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can +receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a +written explanation to the person you received the work from. If you +received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with +your written explanation. The person or entity that provided you with +the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a +refund. If you received the work electronically, the person or entity +providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to +receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund. If the second copy +is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further +opportunities to fix the problem. + +1.F.4. Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth +in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS' WITH NO OTHER +WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO +WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. + +1.F.5. Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied +warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages. +If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the +law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be +interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by +the applicable state law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any +provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions. + +1.F.6. INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the +trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone +providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance +with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production, +promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works, +harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees, +that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do +or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm +work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any +Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause. + + +Section 2. Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm + +Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of +electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers +including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers. It exists +because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from +people in all walks of life. + +Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the +assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's +goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will +remain freely available for generations to come. In 2001, the Project +Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure +and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations. +To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation +and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4 +and the Foundation web page at http://www.pglaf.org. + + +Section 3. Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive +Foundation + +The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit +501(c)(3) educational corporation organized under the laws of the +state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal +Revenue Service. The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification +number is 64-6221541. Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at +http://pglaf.org/fundraising. Contributions to the Project Gutenberg +Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent +permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws. + +The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S. +Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered +throughout numerous locations. Its business office is located at +809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email +business@pglaf.org. Email contact links and up to date contact +information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official +page at http://pglaf.org + +For additional contact information: + Dr. Gregory B. Newby + Chief Executive and Director + gbnewby@pglaf.org + + +Section 4. Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg +Literary Archive Foundation + +Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide +spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of +increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be +freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest +array of equipment including outdated equipment. Many small donations +($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt +status with the IRS. + +The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating +charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United +States. Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a +considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up +with these requirements. We do not solicit donations in locations +where we have not received written confirmation of compliance. To +SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any +particular state visit http://pglaf.org + +While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we +have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition +against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who +approach us with offers to donate. + +International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make +any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from +outside the United States. U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff. + +Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation +methods and addresses. Donations are accepted in a number of other +ways including including checks, online payments and credit card +donations. To donate, please visit: http://pglaf.org/donate + + +Section 5. General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic +works. + +Professor Michael S. Hart is the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm +concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared +with anyone. For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project +Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support. + + +Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed +editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. +unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we do not necessarily +keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. + + +Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility: + + http://www.gutenberg.net + +This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm, +including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary +Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to +subscribe to our email newsletter to hear about new eBooks. Binary files differdiff --git a/old/alad10.txt b/old/alad10.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2eff132 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/alad10.txt @@ -0,0 +1,724 @@ +******The Project Gutenberg Etext of Aladdin and the Lamp****** +******This file should be named alad10.txt or alad10.zip******* + +Corrected EDITIONS of our etexts get a new NUMBER, alad11.txt +VERSIONS based on separate sources get new LETTER, alad10a.txt + +This choice was made by popular demand for an etext companion to +Walt Disney's movie Aladdin. We are considering another follow- +up piece of Beauty and the Beast, if you are interested. + +This electronic text was prepared by Kristin Schultz: +KSCHULTZ@MACC.WISC.EDU + +Information about Project Gutenberg (one page) + +We produce about two million dollars for each hour we work. The +fifty hours is one conservative estimate for how long it we take +to get any etext selected, entered, proofread, edited, copyright +searched and analyzed, the copyright letters written, etc. This +projected audience is one hundred million readers. If our value +per text is nominally estimated at one dollar, then we produce 2 +million dollars per hour; this year we will have to do four text +files per month: thus upping our productivity from one million. +The Goal of Project Gutenberg is to Give Away One Trillion Etext +Files by the December 31, 2001. [10,000 x 100,000,000=Trillion] +This is ten thousand titles each to one hundred million readers, +which is 10% of the expected number of computer users by the end +of the year 2001. + +We need your donations more than ever! + +All donations should be made to "Project Gutenberg/IBC", and are +tax deductible to the extent allowable by law ("IBC" is Illinois +Benedictine College). (Subscriptions to our paper newsletter go +to IBC, too) + +For these and other matters, please mail to: + +David Turner, Project Gutenberg +Illinois Benedictine College +5700 College Road +Lisle, IL 60532-0900 + +Email requests to: +Internet: chipmonk@eagle.ibc.edu (David Turner) +Compuserve: >INTERNET: chipmonk@eagle.ibc.edu (David Turner) +Attmail: internet!chipmonk@eagle.ibc.edu (David Turner) +MCImail: (David Turner) +ADDRESS TYPE: MCI / EMS: INTERNET / MBX:chipmonk@eagle.ibc.edu + +When all other email fails try our Michael S. Hart, Executive Director: +hart@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu (internet) hart@uiucvmd (bitnet) + +We would prefer to send you this information by email +(Internet, Bitnet, Compuserve, ATTMAIL or MCImail). + +****** +If you have an FTP program (or emulator), please: + +FTP directly to the Project Gutenberg archives: ftp mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu +login: anonymous +password: your@login +cd etext/etext91 +or cd etext92 +or cd etext93 [for new books] [now also in cd etext/etext93] +or cd etext/articles [get suggest gut for more information] +dir [to see files] +get or mget [to get files. . .set bin for zip files] +GET 0INDEX.GUT +for a list of books +and +GET NEW GUT for general information +and +MGET GUT* for newsletters. + +**Information prepared by the Project Gutenberg legal advisor** +(Three Pages) + +****START**THE SMALL PRINT!**FOR PUBLIC DOMAIN ETEXTS**START**** + +Why is this "Small Print!" statement here? You know: lawyers. +They tell us you might sue us if there is something wrong with +your copy of this etext, even if you got it for free from +someone other than us, and even if what's wrong is not our +fault. So, among other things, this "Small Print!" statement +disclaims most of our liability to you. It also tells you how +you can distribute copies of this etext if you want to. + +*BEFORE!* YOU USE OR READ THIS ETEXT + +By using or reading any part of this PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm etext, +you indicate that you understand, agree to and accept this +"Small Print!" statement. If you do not, you can receive a +refund of the money (if any) you paid for this etext by sending +a request within 30 days of receiving it to the person you got +it from. If you received this etext on a physical medium (such +as a disk), you must return it with your request. + +ABOUT PROJECT GUTENBERG-TM ETEXTS + +This PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm etext, like most PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm +etexts, is a "public domain" work distributed by Professor +Michael S. Hart through the Project Gutenberg Association (the +"Project"). Among other things, this means that no one owns a +United States copyright on or for this work, so the Project (and +you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special +rules, set forth below, apply if you wish to copy and distribute +this etext under the Project's "PROJECT GUTENBERG" trademark. + +To create these etexts, the Project expends considerable efforts +to identify, transcribe and proofread public domain works. +Despite these efforts, the Project's etexts and any medium they +may be on may contain "Defects". Among other things, Defects +may take the form of incomplete, inaccurate or corrupt data, +transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual property +infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other etext medium, +a computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be +read by your equipment. + +DISCLAIMER + +But for the "Right of Replacement or Refund" described below, +[1] the Project (and any other party you may receive this etext +from as a PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm etext) disclaims all liability to +you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal fees, and +[2] YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE OR UNDER STRICT LIABILI- +TY, OR FOR BREACH OF WARRANTY OR CONTRACT, INCLUDING BUT NOT +LIMITED TO INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR INCIDENTAL +DAMAGES, EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH +DAMAGES. + +If you discover a Defect in this etext within 90 days of +receiving it, you can receive a refund of the money (if any) you +paid for it by sending an explanatory note within that time to +the person you received it from. If you received it on a +physical medium, you must return it with your note, and such +person may choose to alternatively give you a replacement copy. +If you received it electronically, such person may choose to +alternatively give you a second opportunity to receive it elec- +tronically. + +THIS ETEXT IS OTHERWISE PROVIDED TO YOU "AS-IS". NO OTHER +WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ARE MADE TO YOU AS +TO THE ETEXT OR ANY MEDIUM IT MAY BE ON, INCLUDING BUT NOT +LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A +PARTICULAR PURPOSE. + +Some states do not allow disclaimers of implied warranties or +the exclusion or limitation of consequential damages, so the +above disclaimers and exclusions may not apply to you, and you +may have other legal rights. + +INDEMNITY + +You will indemnify and hold the Project, its directors, +officers, members and agents harmless from all liability, cost +and expense, including legal fees, that arise from any +distribution of this etext for which you are responsible, and +from [1] any alteration, modification or addition to the etext +for which you are responsible, or [2] any Defect. + +DISTRIBUTION UNDER "PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm" + +You may distribute copies of this etext electronically, or by +disk, book or any other medium if you either delete this "Small +Print!" and all other references to Project Gutenberg, or: + +[1] Only give exact copies of it. Among other things, this re- + quires that you do not remove, alter or modify the etext or + this "small print!" statement. You may however, if you + wish, distribute this etext in machine readable binary, + compressed, mark-up, or proprietary form, including any + form resulting from conversion by word processing or hyper- + text software, but only so long as *EITHER*: + + [*] The etext, when displayed, is clearly readable. We + consider an etext *not* clearly readable if it + contains characters other than those intended by the + author of the work, although tilde (~), asterisk (*) + and underline (_) characters may be used to convey + punctuation intended by the author, and additional + characters may be used to indicate hypertext links. + + [*] The etext may be readily converted by the reader at no + expense into plain ASCII, EBCDIC or equivalent form by + the program that displays the etext (as is the case, + for instance, with most word processors). + + [*] You provide, or agree to also provide on request at no + additional cost, fee or expense, a copy of the etext + in its original plain ASCII form (or in EBCDIC or + other equivalent proprietary form). + +[2] Honor the etext refund and replacement provisions of this + "Small Print!" statement. + +[3] Pay a trademark license fee of 20% (twenty percent) of the + net profits you derive from distributing this etext under + the trademark, determined in accordance with generally + accepted accounting practices. The license fee: + + [*] Is required only if you derive such profits. In + distributing under our trademark, you incur no + obligation to charge money or earn profits for your + distribution. + + [*] Shall be paid to "Project Gutenberg Association / + Illinois Benedictine College" (or to such other person + as the Project Gutenberg Association may direct) + within the 60 days following each date you prepare (or + were legally required to prepare) your year-end tax + return with respect to your income for that year. + +WHAT IF YOU *WANT* TO SEND MONEY EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO? + +The Project gratefully accepts contributions in money, time, +scanning machines, OCR software, public domain etexts, royalty +free copyright licenses, and every other sort of contribution +you can think of. Money should be paid to "Project Gutenberg +Association / Illinois Benedictine College". + +WRITE TO US! We can be reached at: + +Internet: dircompg@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu +Bitnet: hart@uiucvmd +CompuServe: >internet:dircompg@.vmd.cso.uiuc.edu +Attmail: internet!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!dircomp + +or +Project Gutenberg +Illinois Benedictine College +5700 College Road +Lisle, IL 60532 + +Drafted by CHARLES B. KRAMER, Attorney +CompuServe: 72600,2026 + Internet: 72600.2026@compuserve.com + Tel: (212) 254-5093 +*END*THE SMALL PRINT! FOR PUBLIC DOMAIN ETEXTS*Ver.08.29.92*END* + + +The Project Gutenberg Etext of Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp + + +There once lived a poor tailor, who had a son called Aladdin, +a careless, idle boy who would do nothing but play all day long in +the streets with little idle boys like himself. This so grieved the +father that he died; yet, in spite of his mother's tears and prayers, +Aladdin did not mend his ways. One day, when he was playing in the +streets as usual, a stranger asked him his age, and if he was not +the son of Mustapha the tailor. "I am, sir," replied Aladdin; +"but he died a long while ago." On this the stranger, who was +a famous African magician, fell on his neck and kissed him saying: +"I am your uncle, and knew you from your likeness to my brother. +Go to your mother and tell her I am coming." Aladdin ran home +and told his mother of his newly found uncle. "Indeed, child," she +said, "your father had a brother, but I always thought he was dead." +However, she prepared supper, and bade Aladdin seek his uncle, +who came laden with wine and fruit. He fell down and kissed the +place where Mustapha used to sit, bidding Aladdin's mother not to +be surprised at not having seen him before, as he had been forty +years out of the country. He then turned to Aladdin, and asked +him his trade, at which the boy hung his head, while his mother +burst into tears. On learning that Aladdin was idle and would +learn no trade, he offered to take a shop for him and stock it with +merchandise. Next day he bought Aladdin a fine suit of clothes and +took him all over the city, showing him the sights, and brought him home +at nightfall to his mother, who was overjoyed to see her son so fine. + +Next day the magician led Aladdin into some beautiful gardens a +long way outside the city gates. They sat down by a fountain and +the magician pulled a cake from his girdle, which he divided +between them. Then they journeyed onwards till they almost reached +the mountains. Aladdin was so tired that he begged to go back, +but the magician beguiled him with pleasant stories and lead him +on in spite of himself. At last they came to two mountains +divided by a narrow valley. "We will go no farther," said +his uncle. "I will show you something wonderful; only do you +gather up sticks while I kindle a fire." When it was lit the +magician threw on it a powder he had about him, at the same time +saying some magical words. The earth trembled a little in front +of them, disclosing a square flat stone with a brass ring in the +middle to raise it by. Aladdin tried to run away, but the +magician caught him and gave him a blow that knocked him down. +"What have I done, uncle?" he said piteously; whereupon the +magician said more kindly: "Fear nothing, but obey me. Beneath +this stone lies a treasure which is to be yours, and no one else +may touch it, so you must do exactly as I tell you." At the word +treasure Aladdin forgot his fears, and grasped the ring as he was +told, saying the names of his father and grandfather. The stone +came up quite easily, and some steps appeared. "Go down," said +the magician; "at the foot of those steps you will find an open +door leading into three large halls. Tuck up your gown and go +through them without touching anything, or you will die instantly. +These halls lead into a garden of fine fruit trees. Walk on till +you come to niche in a terrace where stands a lighted lamp. Pour +out the oil it contains, and bring it me." He drew a ring from +his finger and gave it to Aladdin, bidding him prosper. + +Aladdin found everything as the magician had said, gathered some +fruit off the trees, and, having got the lamp, arrived at the +mouth of the cave. The magician cried out in a great hurry: +"Make haste and give me the lamp." This Aladdin refused to do until +he was out of the cave. The magician flew into a terrible passion, +and throwing some more powder on to the fire, he said something, +and the stone rolled back into its place. + +The man left the country, which plainly showed that he was no +uncle of Aladdin's but a cunning magician, who had read in his +magic books of a wonderful lamp, which would make him the most +powerful man in the world. Though he alone knew where to find it, +he could only receive it from the hand of another. He had picked +out the foolish Aladdin for this purpose, intending to get the +lamp and kill him afterwards. + +For two days Aladdin remained in the dark, crying and lamenting. +At last he clasped his hands in prayer, and in so doing rubbed +the ring, which the magician had forgotten to take from him. +Immediately an enormous and frightful genie rose out of the earth, +saying: "What wouldst thou with me? I am the Slave of the Ring, +and will obey thee in all things." Aladdin fearlessly replied, +"Deliver me from this place!" whereupon the earth opened, and he +found himself outside. As soon as his eyes could bear the light +he went home, but fainted on the threshold. When he came to +himself he told his mother what had passed, and showed her the +lamp and the fruits he had gathered in the garden, which were in +reality precious stones. He then asked for some food. "Alas! +child," she said, "I have nothing in the house, but I have spun a +little cotton and will go sell it." Aladdin bade her keep her +cotton, for he would sell the lamp instead. As it was very dirty, +she began to rub it, that it might fetch a higher price. +Instantly a hideous genie appeared, and asked what she would have. +She fainted away, but Aladdin, snatching the lamp, said boldly: +"Fetch me something to eat!" The genie returned with a silver +bowl, twelve silver plates containing rich meats, two silver cups, +and two bottles of wine. Aladdin's mother, when she came to herself, +said: "Whence comes this splendid feast?" "Ask not, but eat," +replied Aladdin. So they sat at breakfast till it was dinner-time, +and Aladdin told his mother about the lamp. She begged him to sell it, +and have nothing to do with devils. "No," said Aladdin, "since chance +hath made us aware of its virtues, we will use it, and the ring likewise, +which I shall always wear on my finger." When they had eaten all the +genie had brought, Aladdin sold one of the silver plates, and so on +until none were left. He then had recourse to the genie, who gave him +another set of plates, and thus they lived many years. + +One day Aladdin heard an order from the Sultan proclaimed that +everyone was to stay at home and close his shutters while the +Princess his daughter went to and from the bath. Aladdin was +seized by a desire to see her face, which was very difficult, +as she always went veiled. He hid himself behind the door of +the bath, and peeped through a chink. The Princess lifted her veil +as she went in, and looked so beautiful that Aladdin fell in love +with her at first sight. He went home so changed that his mother +was frightened. He told her he loved the Princess so deeply he +could not live without her, and meant to ask her in marriage of +her father. His mother, on hearing this, burst out laughing, but +Aladdin at last prevailed upon her to go before the Sultan and +carry his request. She fetched a napkin and laid in it the magic +fruits from the enchanted garden, which sparkled and shone like +the most beautiful jewels. She took these with her to please the +Sultan, and set out, trusting in the lamp. The Grand Vizier and +the lords of council had just gone in as she entered the hall and +placed herself in front of the Sultan. He, however, took no +notice of her. She went every day for a week, and stood in the +same place. When the council broke up on the sixth day the Sultan +said to his Vizier: "I see a certain woman in the audience-chamber +every day carrying something in a napkin. Call her next time, +that I may find out what she wants." Next day, at a sign from +the vizier, she went up to the foot of the throne and remained +kneeling until the Sultan said to her: "Rise, good woman, and +tell me what you want." She hesitated, so the Sultan sent away +all but the Vizier, and bade her speak freely, promising to +forgive her beforehand for anything she might say. She then told +him of her son's violent love for the Princess. "I prayed him to +forget her," she said, "but in vain; he threatened to do some +desperate deed if I refused to go and ask your Majesty for the +hand of the Princess. Now I pray you to forgive not me alone, +but my son Aladdin." The Sultan asked her kindly what she had in +the napkin, whereupon she unfolded the jewels and presented them. +He was thunderstruck, and turning to the vizier, said: "What +sayest thou? Ought I not to bestow the Princess on one who +values her at such a price?" The Vizier, who wanted her for his +own son, begged the Sultan to withhold her for three months, in +the course of which he hoped his son could contrive to make him a +richer present. The Sultan granted this, and told Aladdin's +mother that, though he consented to the marriage, she must not +appear before him again for three months. + +Aladdin waited patiently for nearly three months, but after two +had elapsed, his mother, going into the city to buy oil, found +everyone rejoicing, and asked what was going on. "Do you not +know," was the answer, "that the son of the Grand Vizier is to +marry the Sultan's daughter tonight?" Breathless she ran and told +Aladdin, who was overwhelmed at first, but presently bethought +him of the lamp. He rubbed it and the genie appeared, saying: +"What is thy will?" Aladdin replied: "The Sultan, as thou knowest, +has broken his promise to me, and the vizier's son is to have +the Princess. My command is that to-night you bring hither +the bride and bridegroom." "Master, I obey," said the genie. +Aladdin then went to his chamber, where, sure enough, at +midnight the genie transported the bed containing the vizier's +son and the Princess. "Take this new-married man," he said, "and +put him outside in the cold, and return at daybreak." Whereupon +the genie took the vizier's son out of bed, leaving Aladdin with +the Princess. "Fear nothing," Aladdin said to her; "you are my +wife, promised to me by your unjust father, and no harm will come +to you." The Princess was too frightened to speak, and passed +the most miserable night of her life, while Aladdin lay down +beside her and slept soundly. At the appointed hour the genie +fetched in the shivering bridegroom, laid him in his place, +and transported the bed back to the palace. + +Presently the Sultan came to wish his daughter good-morning. +The unhappy Vizier's son jumped up and hid himself, while the +Princess would not say a word and was very sorrowful. The Sultan +sent her mother to her, who said: "How comes it, child, that you +will not speak to your father? What has happened?" The Princess +sighed deeply, and at last told her mother how, during the night, +the bed had been carried into some strange house, and what had +passed there. Her mother did not believe her in the least, +but bade her rise and consider it an idle dream. + +The following night exactly the same thing happened, and next +morning, on the Princess's refusing to speak, the Sultan +threatened to cut off her head. She then confessed all, bidding +him ask the Vizier's son if it were not so. The Sultan told the +Vizier to ask his son, who owned the truth, adding that, dearly +as he loved the Princess, he had rather die than go through +another such fearful night, and wished to be separated from her. +His wish was granted, and there was an end of feasting and rejoicing. + +When the three months were over, Aladdin sent his mother to +remind the Sultan of his promise. She stood in the same place as +before, and the Sultan, who had forgotten Aladdin, at once +remembered him, and sent for her. On seeing her poverty the +Sultan felt less inclined than ever to keep his word, and asked +his Vizier's advice, who counselled him to set so high a value on +the Princess that no man living would come up to it. The Sultan +than turned to Aladdin's mother, saying: "Good woman, a sultan +must remember his promises, and I will remember mine, but your +son must first send me forty basins of gold brimful of jewels, +carried by forty black slaves, led by as many white ones, +splendidly dressed. Tell him that I await his answer." The +mother of Aladdin bowed low and went home, thinking all was lost. +She gave Aladdin the message adding, "He may wait long enough for +your answer!" "Not so long, mother, as you think," her son replied. +"I would do a great deal more than that for the Princess." +He summoned the genie, and in a few moments the eighty slaves arrived, +and filled up the small house and garden. Aladdin made them to set +out to the palace, two by two, followed by his mother. They were so +richly dressed, with such splendid jewels, that everyone crowded +to see them and the basins of gold they carried on their heads. +They entered the palace, and, after kneeling before the Sultan, +stood in a half-circle round the throne with their arms crossed, +while Aladdin's mother presented them to the Sultan. He hesitated +no longer, but said: "Good woman, return and tell your son that I +wait for him with open arms." She lost no time in telling Aladdin, +bidding him make haste. But Aladdin first called the genie. +"I want a scented bath," he said, "a richly embroidered habit, +a horse surpassing the Sultan's, and twenty slaves to attend me. +Besides this, six slaves, beautifully dressed, to wait on my mother; +and lastly, ten thousand pieces of gold in ten purses." No sooner said +then done. Aladdin mounted his horse and passed through the streets, +the slaves strewing gold as they went. Those who had played with +him in his childhood knew him not, he had grown so handsome. +When the sultan saw him he came down from his throne, embraced him, +and led him into a hall where a feast was spread, intending +to marry him to the Princess that very day. But Aladdin refused, +saying, "I must build a palace fit for her," and took his leave. +Once home, he said to the genie: "Build me a palace of the finest +marble, set with jasper, agate, and other precious stones. In the +middle you shall build me a large hall with a dome, its four walls +of massy gold and silver, each side having six windows, whose lattices, +all except one which is to be left unfinished, must be set with diamonds +and rubies. There must be stables and horses and grooms and slaves; +go and see about it!" + +The palace was finished the next day, and the genie carried him +there and showed him all his orders faithfully carried out, even +to the laying of a velvet carpet from Aladdin's palace to the Sultan's. +Aladdin's mother then dressed herself carefully, and walked to the +palace with her slaves, while he followed her on horseback. +The Sultan sent musicians with trumpets and cymbals to +meet them, so that the air resounded with music and cheers. +She was taken to the Princess, who saluted her and treated her with +great honour. At night the princess said good-bye to her father, +and set out on the carpet for Aladdin's palace, with his mother +at her side, and followed by the hundred slaves. She was charmed +at the sight of Aladdin, who ran to receive her. "Princess," he +said, "blame your beauty for my boldness if I have displeased you." +She told him that, having seen him, she willingly obeyed +her father in this matter. After the wedding had taken place, +Aladdin led her into the hall, where a feast was spread, and she +supped with him, after which they danced till midnight. + +Next day Aladdin invited the Sultan to see the palace. On +entering the hall with the four-and-twenty windows with their +rubies, diamonds and emeralds, he cried, "It is a world's wonder! +There is only one thing that surprises me. Was it by accident +that one window was left unfinished?" "No, sir, by design," +returned Aladdin. "I wished your Majesty to have the glory of +finishing this palace." The Sultan was pleased, and sent for the +best jewelers in the city. He showed them the unfinished window, +and bade them fit it up like the others. "Sir," replied their +spokesman, "we cannot find jewels enough." The Sultan had his own +fetched, which they soon used, but to no purpose, for in a month's +time the work was not half done. Aladdin knowing that their task +was vain, bade them undo their work and carry the jewels back, and +the genie finished the window at his command. The Sultan was +surprised to receive his jewels again, and visited Aladdin, who +showed him the window finished. The Sultan embraced him, the +envious vizier meanwhile hinting that it was the work of enchantment. + +Aladdin had won the hearts of the people by his gentle bearing. +He was made captain of the Sultan's armies, and won several +battles for him, but remained as courteous as before, and lived +thus in peace and content for several years. + +But far away in Africa the magician remembered Aladdin, and by +his magic arts discovered that Aladdin, instead of perishing +miserably in the cave, had escaped, and had married a princess, +with whom he was living in great honour and wealth. He knew that +the poor tailor's son could only have accomplished this by means +of the lamp, and travelled night and day till he reached the +capital of China, bent on Aladdin's ruin. As he passed through +the town he heard people talking everywhere about a marvelous +palace. "Forgive my ignorance," he asked, "what is the palace you +speak of?" Have you not heard of Prince Aladdin's palace," was +the reply, "the greatest wonder in the world? I will direct you +if you have a mind to see it." The magician thanked him who spoke, +and having seen the palace knew that it had been raised by the Genie +of the Lamp, and became half mad with rage. He determined to get +hold of the lamp, and again plunge Aladdin into the deepest poverty. + +Unluckily, Aladdin had gone a-hunting for eight days, which gave +the magician plenty of time. He bought a dozen lamps, put them +into a basket, and went to the palace, crying: "New lamps for old!" +followed by a jeering crowd. The Princess, sitting in the hall of +four-and-twenty windows, sent a slave to find out what the noise +was about, who came back laughing, so that the Princess scolded her. +"Madam," replied the slave, "who can help laughing to see an old fool +offering to exchange fine new lamps for old ones?" Another slave, +hearing this, said, "There is an old one on the cornice there which +he can have." Now this was the magic lamp, which Aladdin had left there, +as he could not take it out hunting with him. The Princess, not knowing +its value, laughingly bade the slave take it and make the exchange. +She went and said to the magician: "Give me a new lamp for this." +He snatched it and bade the slave take her choice, amid the jeers +of the crowd. Little he cared, but left off crying his lamps, +and went out of the city gates to a lonely place, where he remained till +nightfall, when he pulled out the lamp and rubbed it. The genie +appeared, and at the magician's command carried him, together with +the palace and the Princess in it, to a lonely place in Africa. + +Next morning the Sultan looked out of the window towards Aladdin's +palace and rubbed his eyes, for it was gone. He sent for the +Vizier and asked what had become of the palace. The Vizier looked +out too, and was lost in astonishment. He again put it down to +enchantment, and this time the Sultan believed him, and sent +thirty men on horseback to fetch Aladdin back in chains. They met +him riding home, bound him, and forced him to go with them on foot. +The people, however, who loved him, followed, armed, to see +that he came to no harm. He was carried before the Sultan, who +ordered the executioner to cut off his head. The executioner made +Aladdin kneel down, bandaged his eyes, and raised his scimitar to +strike. At that instant the Vizier, who saw that the crowd had +forced their way into the courtyard and were scaling the walls +to rescue Aladdin, called to the executioner to stay his hand. +The people, indeed, looked so threatening that the Sultan gave +way and ordered Aladdin to be unbound, and pardoned him in the +sight of the crowd. Aladdin now begged to know what he had done. +"False wretch!" said the Sultan, "come hither," and showed him from +the window the place where his palace had stood. Aladdin was so +amazed he could not say a word. "Where is your palace and my +daughter?" demanded the Sultan. "For the first I am not so deeply +concerned, but my daughter I must have, and you must find her or +lose your head." Aladdin begged for forty days in which to find +her, promising if he failed to return to suffer death at the +Sultan's pleasure. His prayer was granted, and he went forth +sadly from the Sultan's presence. + +For three days he wandered about like a madman, asking everyone +what had become of his palace, but they only laughed and pitied him. +He came to the banks of a river, and knelt down to say his prayers +before throwing himself in. In doing so he rubbed the ring he +still wore. The genie he had seen in the cave appeared, and +asked his will. "Save my life, genie," said Aladdin, "and bring +my palace back." That is not in my power," said the genie; +"I am only the Slave of the Ring; you must ask him of the lamp." +"Even so," said Aladdin, "but thou canst take me to the palace, +and set me down under my dear wife's window." He at once found +himself in Africa, under the window of the Princess, and fell +asleep out of sheer weariness. + +He was awakened by the singing of the birds, and his heart was lighter. +He saw plainly that all his misfortunes were owning to the loss of the lamp, +and vainly wondered who had robbed him of it. + +That morning the Princess rose earlier than she had done since +she had been carried into Africa by the magician, whose company +she was forced to endure once a day. She, however, treated him +so harshly that he dared not live there altogether. As she +was dressing, one of her women looked out and saw Aladdin. +The Princess ran and opened the window, and at the noise she made, +Aladdin looked up. She called to him to come to her, and great +was the joy of these lovers at seeing each other again. After he +had kissed her Aladdin said: "I beg of you, Princess, in God's +name, before we speak of anything else, for your own sake and +mine, tell me what has become of an old lamp I left on the cornice +in the hall of four-and-twenty windows when I went a-hunting." +"Alas," she said, "I am the innocent cause of our sorrows," and +told him of the exchange of the lamp. "Now I know," cried +Aladdin, "that we have to thank the African magician for this! +Where is the lamp?" "He carries it about with him," said the +Princess. "I know, for he pulled it out of his breast to show me. +He wishes me to break my faith with you and marry him, saying that +you were beheaded by my father's command. He is forever speaking +ill of you, but I only reply by my tears. If I persist, I doubt +not but he will use violence." Aladdin comforted her, and left +her for a while. He changed clothes with the first person he met +in the town, and having bought a certain powder returned to the +Princess, who let him in by a little side door. "Put on your +most beautiful dress," he said to her, "and receive the magician +with smiles, leading him to believe that you have forgotten me. +Invite him to sup with you, and say you wish to taste the wine of +his country. He will go for some, and while he is gone I will tell +you what to do." She listened carefully to Aladdin and when he +left her, arrayed herself gaily for the first time since she left +China. She put on a girdle and head-dress of diamonds and seeing +in a glass that she was more beautiful than ever, received the +magician, saying, to his great amazement: "I have made up my mind +that Aladdin is dead, and that all my tears will not bring him +back to me, so I am resolved to mourn no more, and have therefore +invited you to sup with me; but I am tired of the wines of China, +and would fain taste those of Africa." The magician flew to his +cellar, and the Princess put the powder Aladdin had given her in +her cup. When he returned she asked him to drink her health in +the wine of Africa, handing him her cup in exchange for his, as a +sign she was reconciled to him. Before drinking the magician made +her a speech in praise of her beauty, but the Princess cut him +short, saying: "Let us drink first, and you shall say what you +will afterwards." She set her cup to her lips and kept it there, +while the magician drained his to the dregs and fell back lifeless. +The Princess then opened the door to Aladdin, and flung her arms +around his neck; but Aladdin went to the dead magician, took the +lamp out of his vest, and bade the genie carry the palace and all +in it back to China. This was done, and the Princess in her chamber +felt only two little shocks, and little thought she was home again. + +The Sultan, who was sitting in his closet, mourning for his lost +daughter, happened to look up, and rubbed his eyes, for there +stood the palace as before! He hastened thither, and Aladdin +received him in the hall of the four-and-twenty windows, with the +Princess at his side. Aladdin told him what had happened, and +showed him the dead body of the magician, that he might believe. +A ten days' feast was proclaimed, and it seemed as if Aladdin might +now live the rest of his life in peace; but it was not meant to be. + +The African magician had a younger brother, who was, if possible, +more wicked and more cunning than himself. He travelled to China +to avenge his brother's death, and went to visit a pious woman +called Fatima, thinking she might be of use to him. He entered +her cell and clapped a dagger to her breast, telling her to rise +and do his bidding on pain of death. He changed clothes with her, +coloured his face like hers, put on her veil, and murdered her, +that she might tell no tales. Then he went towards the palace of +Aladdin, and all the people, thinking he was the holy woman, +gathered round him, kissing his hands and begging his blessing. +When he got to the palace there was such a noise going on round +him that the Princess bade her slave look out the window and ask +what was the matter. The slave said it was the holy woman, curing +people by her touch of their ailments, whereupon the Princess, +who had long desired to see Fatima, sent for her. On coming to +the Princess the magician offered up a prayer for her health and +prosperity. When he had done the Princess made him sit by her, +and begged him to stay with her always. The false Fatima, who +wished for nothing better, consented, but kept his veil down for +fear of discovery. The princess showed him the hall, and asked +him what he thought of it. "It is truly beautiful," said the +false Fatima. "In my mind it wants but one thing." And what is +that?" said the Princess. "If only a roc's egg," replied he, +"were hung up from the middle of this dome, it would be the +wonder of the world." + +After this the Princess could think of nothing but the roc's egg, +and when Aladdin returned from hunting he found her in a very ill +humour. He begged to know what was amiss, and she told him that +all her pleasure in the hall was spoilt for want of a roc's egg +hanging from the dome. "If that is all," replied Aladdin, "you +shall soon be happy." He left her and rubbed the lamp, and when +the genie appeared commanded him to bring a roc's egg. The genie +gave such a loud and terrible shriek that the hall shook. + +"Wretch!" he cried, "is it not enough that I have done everything +for you, but you must command me to bring my master and hang him +up in the midst of this dome? You and your wife and your palace +deserve to be burnt to ashes, but that this request does not come +from you, but from the brother of the African magician, whom you +destroyed. He is now in your palace disguised as the holy woman, +whom he murdered. He it was who put that wish into your wife's head. +Take care of yourself, for he means to kill you." So saying, the +genie disappeared. + +Aladdin went back to the Princess, saying his head ached, +and requesting that the holy Fatima should be fetched to +lay her hands on it. But when the magician came near, +Aladdin, seizing his dagger, pierced him to the heart. +"What have you done?" cried the Princess. "You have +killed the holy woman!" "Not so," replied Aladdin, +"but a wicked magician," and told her of how she had +been deceived. + +After this Aladdin and his wife lived in peace. +He succeeded the Sultan when he died, and reigned +for many years, leaving behind him a long line of kings. + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg Etext of Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp + + + diff --git a/old/alad10.zip b/old/alad10.zip Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..506a84f --- /dev/null +++ b/old/alad10.zip diff --git a/old/alad10h.htm b/old/alad10h.htm new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cb65ccc --- /dev/null +++ b/old/alad10h.htm @@ -0,0 +1,859 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> +<HTML><HEAD> +<TITLE>The Project Gutenberg eBook of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp</TITLE> +<META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> +<STYLE TYPE="text/css"> +<!-- +DIV.book { margin-left: 5%; margin-right: 5%; text-align: justify; } +P { text-indent: 2em; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; } +P.pg { text-indent: 0em; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; } +--> +</STYLE> +</HEAD> +<BODY> +<center><h1>The Project Gutenberg EBook of<br><a href="#title"><i>Aladdin and the Magic Lamp</i></a><br>Traditional</h1></center> +<DIV align="justify"> +<p class="pg"><br> +Copyright laws are changing all over the world. Be sure to check the +copyright laws for your country before downloading or redistributing +this or any other Project Gutenberg eBook. +<p class="pg"> +This header should be the first thing seen when viewing this Project +Gutenberg file. Please do not remove it. Do not change or edit the +header without written permission. +<p class="pg"> +Please read the <a href="#legal">“legal small print,”</a> and <a href="#footer">other information</a> about the +eBook and Project Gutenberg at the bottom of this file. Included is +important information about your specific rights and restrictions in +how the file may be used. You can also find out about how to make a +donation to Project Gutenberg, and how to get involved. +<p class="pg"> +**Welcome To The World of Free Plain Vanilla Electronic Texts** +<p class="pg"> +**eBooks Readable By Both Humans and By Computers, Since 1971** +<p class="pg"> +*****These eBooks Were Prepared By Thousands of Volunteers!***** +<p class="pg"> +Title: Aladdin and the Magic Lamp +<p class="pg"> +Author: Traditional +<p class="pg"> +Release Date: March, 1993 [EBook #57] +<br>[Yes, we are more than one year ahead of schedule] +<br>[This HTML edition was first posted on April 15, 2003] +<p class="pg"> +Edition: 10 +<p class="pg"> +Language: English +<p class="pg"> +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 +<p class="pg"> +*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK, ALADDIN AND THE MAGIC LAMP *** +<p class="pg"><br> +This eBook was converted to HTML, with additional editing, by Jose Menendez +from the text edition produced by Kristin Schultz. +<br><br><br></DIV> +<DIV class="book"> +<a name="title"></a><hr size="3" noshade> +<center> +<h1>ALADDIN</h1><h2>AND</h2><h1>THE MAGIC LAMP</h1><br><h3><font face="wingdings">v v v v</font></h3><br><h2>TRADITIONAL</h2></center> +<hr size="3" noshade> +<p><br> +<big><big>T</big></big>HERE once lived a poor tailor, who had a son called Aladdin, +a careless, idle boy who would do nothing but play all day long in +the streets with little idle boys like himself. This so grieved the +father that he died; yet, in spite of his mother’s tears and prayers, +Aladdin did not mend his ways. One day, when he was playing in the +streets as usual, a stranger asked him his age, and if he was not +the son of Mustapha the tailor. “I am, sir,” replied Aladdin; +“but he died a long while ago.” On this the stranger, who was +a famous African magician, fell on his neck and kissed him saying: +“I am your uncle, and knew you from your likeness to my brother. +Go to your mother and tell her I am coming.” Aladdin ran home +and told his mother of his newly found uncle. “Indeed, child,” she +said, “your father had a brother, but I always thought he was dead.” +However, she prepared supper, and bade Aladdin seek his uncle, +who came laden with wine and fruit. He fell down and kissed the +place where Mustapha used to sit, bidding Aladdin’s mother not to +be surprised at not having seen him before, as he had been forty +years out of the country. He then turned to Aladdin, and asked +him his trade, at which the boy hung his head, while his mother +burst into tears. On learning that Aladdin was idle and would +learn no trade, he offered to take a shop for him and stock it with +merchandise. Next day he bought Aladdin a fine suit of clothes and +took him all over the city, showing him the sights, and brought him home +at nightfall to his mother, who was overjoyed to see her son so fine. +<p> +Next day the magician led Aladdin into some beautiful gardens a +long way outside the city gates. They sat down by a fountain and +the magician pulled a cake from his girdle, which he divided +between them. Then they journeyed onwards till they almost reached +the mountains. Aladdin was so tired that he begged to go back, +but the magician beguiled him with pleasant stories and lead him +on in spite of himself. At last they came to two mountains +divided by a narrow valley. “We will go no farther,” said +his uncle. “I will show you something wonderful; only do you +gather up sticks while I kindle a fire.” When it was lit, the +magician threw on it a powder he had about him, at the same time +saying some magical words. The earth trembled a little in front +of them, disclosing a square flat stone with a brass ring in the +middle to raise it by. Aladdin tried to run away, but the +magician caught him and gave him a blow that knocked him down. +“What have I done, uncle?” he said piteously; whereupon the +magician said more kindly: “Fear nothing, but obey me. Beneath +this stone lies a treasure which is to be yours, and no one else +may touch it, so you must do exactly as I tell you.” At the word +treasure Aladdin forgot his fears, and grasped the ring as he was +told, saying the names of his father and grandfather. The stone +came up quite easily, and some steps appeared. “Go down,” said +the magician; “at the foot of those steps you will find an open +door leading into three large halls. Tuck up your gown and go +through them without touching anything, or you will die instantly. +These halls lead into a garden of fine fruit trees. Walk on till +you come to a niche in a terrace where stands a lighted lamp. Pour +out the oil it contains, and bring it to me.” He drew a ring from +his finger and gave it to Aladdin, bidding him prosper. +<p> +Aladdin found everything as the magician had said, gathered some +fruit off the trees, and, having got the lamp, arrived at the +mouth of the cave. The magician cried out in a great hurry: +“Make haste and give me the lamp.” This Aladdin refused to do until +he was out of the cave. The magician flew into a terrible passion, +and throwing some more powder on to the fire, he said something, +and the stone rolled back into its place. +<p> +The man left the country, which plainly showed that he was no +uncle of Aladdin’s but a cunning magician, who had read in his +magic books of a wonderful lamp, which would make him the most +powerful man in the world. Though he alone knew where to find it, +he could only receive it from the hand of another. He had picked +out the foolish Aladdin for this purpose, intending to get the +lamp and kill him afterwards. +<p> +For two days Aladdin remained in the dark, crying and lamenting. +At last he clasped his hands in prayer, and in so doing rubbed +the ring, which the magician had forgotten to take from him. +Immediately an enormous and frightful genie rose out of the earth, +saying: “What wouldst thou with me? I am the Slave of the Ring, +and will obey thee in all things.” Aladdin fearlessly replied, +“Deliver me from this place!” whereupon the earth opened, and he +found himself outside. As soon as his eyes could bear the light +he went home, but fainted on the threshold. When he came to +himself, he told his mother what had passed, and showed her the +lamp and the fruits he had gathered in the garden, which were in +reality precious stones. He then asked for some food. “Alas! +child,” she said, “I have nothing in the house, but I have spun a +little cotton and will go sell it.” Aladdin bade her keep her +cotton, for he would sell the lamp instead. As it was very dirty, +she began to rub it, that it might fetch a higher price. +Instantly a hideous genie appeared, and asked what she would have. +She fainted away, but Aladdin, snatching the lamp, said boldly: +“Fetch me something to eat!” The genie returned with a silver +bowl, twelve silver plates containing rich meats, two silver cups, +and two bottles of wine. Aladdin’s mother, when she came to herself, +said: “Whence comes this splendid feast?” “Ask not, but eat,” +replied Aladdin. So they sat at breakfast till it was dinner-time, +and Aladdin told his mother about the lamp. She begged him to sell it, +and have nothing to do with devils. “No,” said Aladdin, “since chance +hath made us aware of its virtues, we will use it, and the ring likewise, +which I shall always wear on my finger.” When they had eaten all the +genie had brought, Aladdin sold one of the silver plates, and so on +until none were left. He then had recourse to the genie, who gave him +another set of plates, and thus they lived many years. +<p> +One day Aladdin heard an order from the Sultan proclaimed that +everyone was to stay at home and close his shutters while the +Princess his daughter went to and from the bath. Aladdin was +seized by a desire to see her face, which was very difficult, +as she always went veiled. He hid himself behind the door of +the bath, and peeped through a chink. The Princess lifted her veil +as she went in, and looked so beautiful that Aladdin fell in love +with her at first sight. He went home so changed that his mother +was frightened. He told her he loved the Princess so deeply he +could not live without her, and meant to ask her in marriage of +her father. His mother, on hearing this, burst out laughing, but +Aladdin at last prevailed upon her to go before the Sultan and +carry his request. She fetched a napkin and laid in it the magic +fruits from the enchanted garden, which sparkled and shone like +the most beautiful jewels. She took these with her to please the +Sultan, and set out, trusting in the lamp. The Grand Vizier and +the lords of council had just gone in as she entered the hall and +placed herself in front of the Sultan. He, however, took no +notice of her. She went every day for a week, and stood in the +same place. When the council broke up on the sixth day, the Sultan +said to his Vizier: “I see a certain woman in the audience-chamber +every day carrying something in a napkin. Call her next time, +that I may find out what she wants.” Next day, at a sign from +the Vizier, she went up to the foot of the throne and remained +kneeling until the Sultan said to her: “Rise, good woman, and +tell me what you want.” She hesitated, so the Sultan sent away +all but the Vizier, and bade her speak freely, promising to +forgive her beforehand for anything she might say. She then told +him of her son’s violent love for the Princess. “I prayed him to +forget her,” she said, “but in vain; he threatened to do some +desperate deed if I refused to go and ask your Majesty for the +hand of the Princess. Now I pray you to forgive not me alone, +but my son Aladdin.” The Sultan asked her kindly what she had in +the napkin, whereupon she unfolded the jewels and presented them. +He was thunderstruck, and turning to the Vizier, said: “What +sayest thou? Ought I not to bestow the Princess on one who +values her at such a price?” The Vizier, who wanted her for his +own son, begged the Sultan to withhold her for three months, in +the course of which he hoped his son could contrive to make him a +richer present. The Sultan granted this, and told Aladdin’s +mother that, though he consented to the marriage, she must not +appear before him again for three months. +<p> +Aladdin waited patiently for nearly three months, but after two +had elapsed, his mother, going into the city to buy oil, found +everyone rejoicing, and asked what was going on. “Do you not +know,” was the answer, “that the son of the Grand Vizier is to +marry the Sultan’s daughter tonight?” Breathless she ran and told +Aladdin, who was overwhelmed at first, but presently bethought +him of the lamp. He rubbed it and the genie appeared, saying: +“What is thy will?” Aladdin replied: “The Sultan, as thou knowest, +has broken his promise to me, and the Vizier’s son is to have +the Princess. My command is that to-night you bring hither +the bride and bridegroom.” “Master, I obey,” said the genie. +Aladdin then went to his chamber, where, sure enough, at +midnight the genie transported the bed containing the Vizier’s +son and the Princess. “Take this new-married man,” he said, “and +put him outside in the cold, and return at daybreak.” Whereupon +the genie took the Vizier’s son out of bed, leaving Aladdin with +the Princess. “Fear nothing,” Aladdin said to her; “you are my +wife, promised to me by your unjust father, and no harm will come +to you.” The Princess was too frightened to speak, and passed +the most miserable night of her life, while Aladdin lay down +beside her and slept soundly. At the appointed hour the genie +fetched in the shivering bridegroom, laid him in his place, +and transported the bed back to the palace. +<p> +Presently the Sultan came to wish his daughter good-morning. +The unhappy Vizier’s son jumped up and hid himself, while the +Princess would not say a word and was very sorrowful. The Sultan +sent her mother to her, who said: “How comes it, child, that you +will not speak to your father? What has happened?” The Princess +sighed deeply, and at last told her mother how, during the night, +the bed had been carried into some strange house, and what had +passed there. Her mother did not believe her in the least, +but bade her rise and consider it an idle dream. +<p> +The following night exactly the same thing happened, and next +morning, on the Princess’s refusing to speak, the Sultan +threatened to cut off her head. She then confessed all, bidding +him ask the Vizier’s son if it were not so. The Sultan told the +Vizier to ask his son, who owned the truth, adding that, dearly +as he loved the Princess, he had rather die than go through +another such fearful night, and wished to be separated from her. +His wish was granted, and there was an end of feasting and rejoicing. +<p> +When the three months were over, Aladdin sent his mother to +remind the Sultan of his promise. She stood in the same place as +before, and the Sultan, who had forgotten Aladdin, at once +remembered him, and sent for her. On seeing her poverty, the +Sultan felt less inclined than ever to keep his word, and asked +his Vizier’s advice, who counselled him to set so high a value on +the Princess that no man living would come up to it. The Sultan +then turned to Aladdin’s mother, saying: “Good woman, a sultan +must remember his promises, and I will remember mine, but your +son must first send me forty basins of gold brimful of jewels, +carried by forty black slaves, led by as many white ones, +splendidly dressed. Tell him that I await his answer.” The +mother of Aladdin bowed low and went home, thinking all was lost. +She gave Aladdin the message adding, “He may wait long enough for +your answer!” “Not so long, mother, as you think,” her son replied. +“I would do a great deal more than that for the Princess.” +He summoned the genie, and in a few moments the eighty slaves arrived, +and filled up the small house and garden. Aladdin made them to set +out to the palace, two by two, followed by his mother. They were so +richly dressed, with such splendid jewels, that everyone crowded +to see them and the basins of gold they carried on their heads. +They entered the palace, and, after kneeling before the Sultan, +stood in a half-circle round the throne with their arms crossed, +while Aladdin’s mother presented them to the Sultan. He hesitated +no longer, but said: “Good woman, return and tell your son that I +wait for him with open arms.” She lost no time in telling Aladdin, +bidding him make haste. But Aladdin first called the genie. +“I want a scented bath,” he said, “a richly embroidered habit, +a horse surpassing the Sultan’s, and twenty slaves to attend me. +Besides this, six slaves, beautifully dressed, to wait on my mother; +and lastly, ten thousand pieces of gold in ten purses.” No sooner said +than done. Aladdin mounted his horse and passed through the streets, +the slaves strewing gold as they went. Those who had played with +him in his childhood knew him not, he had grown so handsome. +When the sultan saw him, he came down from his throne, embraced him, +and led him into a hall where a feast was spread, intending +to marry him to the Princess that very day. But Aladdin refused, +saying, “I must build a palace fit for her,” and took his leave. +Once home, he said to the genie: “Build me a palace of the finest +marble, set with jasper, agate, and other precious stones. In the +middle you shall build me a large hall with a dome, its four walls +of massy gold and silver, each side having six windows, whose lattices, +all except one which is to be left unfinished, must be set with diamonds +and rubies. There must be stables and horses and grooms and slaves; +go and see about it!” +<p> +The palace was finished the next day, and the genie carried him +there and showed him all his orders faithfully carried out, even +to the laying of a velvet carpet from Aladdin’s palace to the Sultan’s. +Aladdin’s mother then dressed herself carefully, and walked to the +palace with her slaves, while he followed her on horseback. +The Sultan sent musicians with trumpets and cymbals to +meet them, so that the air resounded with music and cheers. +She was taken to the Princess, who saluted her and treated her with +great honour. At night the princess said good-bye to her father, +and set out on the carpet for Aladdin’s palace, with his mother +at her side, and followed by the hundred slaves. She was charmed +at the sight of Aladdin, who ran to receive her. “Princess,” he +said, “blame your beauty for my boldness if I have displeased you.” +She told him that, having seen him, she willingly obeyed +her father in this matter. After the wedding had taken place, +Aladdin led her into the hall, where a feast was spread, and she +supped with him, after which they danced till midnight. +<p> +Next day Aladdin invited the Sultan to see the palace. On +entering the hall with the four-and-twenty windows with their +rubies, diamonds and emeralds, he cried, “It is a world’s wonder! +There is only one thing that surprises me. Was it by accident +that one window was left unfinished?” “No, sir, by design,” +returned Aladdin. “I wished your Majesty to have the glory of +finishing this palace.” The Sultan was pleased, and sent for the +best jewellers in the city. He showed them the unfinished window, +and bade them fit it up like the others. “Sir,” replied their +spokesman, “we cannot find jewels enough.” The Sultan had his own +fetched, which they soon used, but to no purpose, for in a month’s +time the work was not half done. Aladdin knowing that their task +was vain, bade them undo their work and carry the jewels back, and +the genie finished the window at his command. The Sultan was +surprised to receive his jewels again, and visited Aladdin, who +showed him the window finished. The Sultan embraced him, the +envious Vizier meanwhile hinting that it was the work of enchantment. +<p> +Aladdin had won the hearts of the people by his gentle bearing. +He was made captain of the Sultan’s armies, and won several +battles for him, but remained as courteous as before, and lived +thus in peace and contentment for several years. +<p> +But far away in Africa the magician remembered Aladdin, and by +his magic arts discovered that Aladdin, instead of perishing +miserably in the cave, had escaped, and had married a princess, +with whom he was living in great honour and wealth. He knew that +the poor tailor’s son could only have accomplished this by means +of the lamp, and travelled night and day till he reached the +capital of China, bent on Aladdin’s ruin. As he passed through +the town he heard people talking everywhere about a marvellous +palace. “Forgive my ignorance,” he asked, “what is the palace you +speak of?” “Have you not heard of Prince Aladdin’s palace,” was +the reply, “the greatest wonder in the world? I will direct you +if you have a mind to see it.” The magician thanked him who spoke, +and having seen the palace knew that it had been raised by the Genie +of the Lamp, and became half mad with rage. He determined to get +hold of the lamp, and again plunge Aladdin into the deepest poverty. +<p> +Unluckily, Aladdin had gone a-hunting for eight days, which gave +the magician plenty of time. He bought a dozen lamps, put them +into a basket, and went to the palace, crying: “New lamps for old!” +followed by a jeering crowd. The Princess, sitting in the hall of +four-and-twenty windows, sent a slave to find out what the noise +was about, who came back laughing, so that the Princess scolded her. +“Madam,” replied the slave, “who can help laughing to see an old fool +offering to exchange fine new lamps for old ones?” Another slave, +hearing this, said, “There is an old one on the cornice there which +he can have.” Now this was the magic lamp, which Aladdin had left there, +as he could not take it out hunting with him. The Princess, not knowing +its value, laughingly bade the slave take it and make the exchange. +She went and said to the magician: “Give me a new lamp for this.” +He snatched it and bade the slave take her choice, amid the jeers +of the crowd. Little he cared, but left off crying his lamps, +and went out of the city gates to a lonely place, where he remained till +nightfall, when he pulled out the lamp and rubbed it. The genie +appeared, and at the magician’s command carried him, together with +the palace and the Princess in it, to a lonely place in Africa. +<p> +Next morning the Sultan looked out of the window towards Aladdin’s +palace and rubbed his eyes, for it was gone. He sent for the +Vizier and asked what had become of the palace. The Vizier looked +out too, and was lost in astonishment. He again put it down to +enchantment, and this time the Sultan believed him, and sent +thirty men on horseback to fetch Aladdin back in chains. They met +him riding home, bound him, and forced him to go with them on foot. +The people, however, who loved him, followed, armed, to see +that he came to no harm. He was carried before the Sultan, who +ordered the executioner to cut off his head. The executioner made +Aladdin kneel down, bandaged his eyes, and raised his scimitar to +strike. At that instant the Vizier, who saw that the crowd had +forced their way into the courtyard and were scaling the walls +to rescue Aladdin, called to the executioner to stay his hand. +The people, indeed, looked so threatening that the Sultan gave +way and ordered Aladdin to be unbound, and pardoned him in the +sight of the crowd. Aladdin now begged to know what he had done. +“False wretch!” said the Sultan, “come hither,” and showed him from +the window the place where his palace had stood. Aladdin was so +amazed he could not say a word. “Where is your palace and my +daughter?” demanded the Sultan. “For the first I am not so deeply +concerned, but my daughter I must have, and you must find her or +lose your head.” Aladdin begged for forty days in which to find +her, promising if he failed to return to suffer death at the +Sultan’s pleasure. His prayer was granted, and he went forth +sadly from the Sultan’s presence. +<p> +For three days he wandered about like a madman, asking everyone +what had become of his palace, but they only laughed and pitied him. +He came to the banks of a river, and knelt down to say his prayers +before throwing himself in. In doing so he rubbed the ring he +still wore. The genie he had seen in the cave appeared, and +asked his will. “Save my life, genie,” said Aladdin, “and bring +my palace back.” “That is not in my power,” said the genie; +“I am only the Slave of the Ring; you must ask him of the lamp.” +“Even so,” said Aladdin, “but thou canst take me to the palace, +and set me down under my dear wife’s window.” He at once found +himself in Africa, under the window of the Princess, and fell +asleep out of sheer weariness. +<p> +He was awakened by the singing of the birds, and his heart was lighter. +He saw plainly that all his misfortunes were owing to the loss of the lamp, +and vainly wondered who had robbed him of it. +<p> +That morning the Princess rose earlier than she had done since +she had been carried into Africa by the magician, whose company +she was forced to endure once a day. She, however, treated him +so harshly that he dared not live there altogether. As she +was dressing, one of her women looked out and saw Aladdin. +The Princess ran and opened the window, and at the noise she made, +Aladdin looked up. She called to him to come to her, and great +was the joy of these lovers at seeing each other again. After he +had kissed her, Aladdin said: “I beg of you, Princess, in God’s +name, before we speak of anything else, for your own sake and +mine, tell me what has become of an old lamp I left on the cornice +in the hall of four-and-twenty windows when I went a-hunting.” +“Alas,” she said, “I am the innocent cause of our sorrows,” and +told him of the exchange of the lamp. “Now I know,” cried +Aladdin, “that we have to thank the African magician for this! +Where is the lamp?” “He carries it about with him,” said the +Princess. “I know, for he pulled it out of his breast to show me. +He wishes me to break my faith with you and marry him, saying that +you were beheaded by my father’s command. He is forever speaking +ill of you, but I only reply by my tears. If I persist, I doubt +not but he will use violence.” Aladdin comforted her, and left +her for a while. He changed clothes with the first person he met +in the town, and having bought a certain powder, returned to the +Princess, who let him in by a little side door. “Put on your +most beautiful dress,” he said to her, “and receive the magician +with smiles, leading him to believe that you have forgotten me. +Invite him to sup with you, and say you wish to taste the wine of +his country. He will go for some, and while he is gone, I will tell +you what to do.” She listened carefully to Aladdin and when he +left her, arrayed herself gaily for the first time since she left +China. She put on a girdle and head-dress of diamonds, and seeing +in a glass that she was more beautiful than ever, received the +magician, saying, to his great amazement: “I have made up my mind +that Aladdin is dead, and that all my tears will not bring him +back to me, so I am resolved to mourn no more, and have therefore +invited you to sup with me; but I am tired of the wines of China, +and would fain taste those of Africa.” The magician flew to his +cellar, and the Princess put the powder Aladdin had given her in +her cup. When he returned, she asked him to drink her health in +the wine of Africa, handing him her cup in exchange for his, as a +sign she was reconciled to him. Before drinking the magician made +her a speech in praise of her beauty, but the Princess cut him +short, saying: “Let us drink first, and you shall say what you +will afterwards.” She set her cup to her lips and kept it there, +while the magician drained his to the dregs and fell back lifeless. +The Princess then opened the door to Aladdin, and flung her arms +around his neck; but Aladdin went to the dead magician, took the +lamp out of his vest, and bade the genie carry the palace and all +in it back to China. This was done, and the Princess in her chamber +felt only two little shocks, and little thought she was home again. +<p> +The Sultan, who was sitting in his closet, mourning for his lost +daughter, happened to look up, and rubbed his eyes, for there +stood the palace as before! He hastened thither, and Aladdin +received him in the hall of the four-and-twenty windows, with the +Princess at his side. Aladdin told him what had happened, and +showed him the dead body of the magician, that he might believe. +A ten days’ feast was proclaimed, and it seemed as if Aladdin might +now live the rest of his life in peace; but it was not meant to be. +<p> +The African magician had a younger brother, who was, if possible, +more wicked and more cunning than himself. He travelled to China +to avenge his brother’s death, and went to visit a pious woman +called Fatima, thinking she might be of use to him. He entered +her cell and clapped a dagger to her breast, telling her to rise +and do his bidding on pain of death. He changed clothes with her, +coloured his face like hers, put on her veil, and murdered her, +that she might tell no tales. Then he went towards the palace of +Aladdin, and all the people, thinking he was the holy woman, +gathered round him, kissing his hands and begging his blessing. +When he got to the palace, there was such a noise going on round +him that the Princess bade her slave look out the window and ask +what was the matter. The slave said it was the holy woman, curing +people by her touch of their ailments, whereupon the Princess, +who had long desired to see Fatima, sent for her. On coming to +the Princess, the magician offered up a prayer for her health and +prosperity. When he had done, the Princess made him sit by her, +and begged him to stay with her always. The false Fatima, who +wished for nothing better, consented, but kept his veil down for +fear of discovery. The princess showed him the hall, and asked +him what he thought of it. “It is truly beautiful,” said the +false Fatima. “In my mind it wants but one thing.” “And what is +that?” said the Princess. “If only a roc’s egg,” replied he, +“were hung up from the middle of this dome, it would be the +wonder of the world.” +<p> +After this the Princess could think of nothing but the roc’s egg, +and when Aladdin returned from hunting he found her in a very ill +humour. He begged to know what was amiss, and she told him that +all her pleasure in the hall was spoilt for want of a roc’s egg +hanging from the dome. “If that is all,” replied Aladdin, “you +shall soon be happy.” He left her and rubbed the lamp, and when +the genie appeared, commanded him to bring a roc’s egg. The genie +gave such a loud and terrible shriek that the hall shook. +<p> +“Wretch!” he cried, “is it not enough that I have done everything +for you, but you must command me to bring my master and hang him +up in the midst of this dome? You and your wife and your palace +deserve to be burnt to ashes, but that this request does not come +from you, but from the brother of the African magician, whom you +destroyed. He is now in your palace disguised as the holy woman, +whom he murdered. He it was who put that wish into your wife’s head. +Take care of yourself, for he means to kill you.” So saying, the +genie disappeared. +<p> +Aladdin went back to the Princess, saying his head ached, +and requesting that the holy Fatima should be fetched to +lay her hands on it. But when the magician came near, +Aladdin, seizing his dagger, pierced him to the heart. +“What have you done?” cried the Princess. “You have +killed the holy woman!” “Not so,” replied Aladdin, +“but a wicked magician,” and told her of how she had +been deceived. +<p> +After this Aladdin and his wife lived in peace. +He succeeded the Sultan when he died, and reigned +for many years, leaving behind him a long line of kings. +<br><br><hr size="3" noshade></DIV> +<br><DIV align="justify"> +<a name="footer">*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK, ALADDIN AND THE MAGIC LAMP ***</a> +<p class="pg"> +This file should be named alad10h.htm or alad10h.zip<br> +Corrected EDITIONS of our eBooks get a new NUMBER, alad11h.htm<br> +VERSIONS based on separate sources get new LETTER, alad10a.htm +<p class="pg"> +Project Gutenberg eBooks are often created from several printed +editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the US +unless a copyright notice is included. Thus, we usually do not +keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition. +<p class="pg"> +We are now trying to release all our eBooks one year in advance +of the official release dates, leaving time for better editing. +Please be encouraged to tell us about any error or corrections, +even years after the official publication date. +<p class="pg"> +Please note neither this listing nor its contents are final til +midnight of the last day of the month of any such announcement. +The official release date of all Project Gutenberg eBooks is at +Midnight, Central Time, of the last day of the stated month. A +preliminary version may often be posted for suggestion, comment +and editing by those who wish to do so. +<p class="pg"> +Most people start at our Web sites at:<br> +<a href="http://gutenberg.net">http://gutenberg.net</a> or<br> +<a href="http://promo.net/pg">http://promo.net/pg</a> +<p class="pg"> +These Web sites include award-winning information about Project +Gutenberg, including how to donate, how to help produce our new +eBooks, and how to subscribe to our email newsletter (free!). +<p class="pg"><br> +Those of you who want to download any eBook before announcement +can get to them as follows, and just download by date. This is +also a good way to get them instantly upon announcement, as the +indexes our cataloguers produce obviously take a while after an +announcement goes out in the Project Gutenberg Newsletter. +<p class="pg"> +<a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext04">http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext04</a> or<br> +<a href="ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/docs/books/gutenberg/etext04">ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/docs/books/gutenberg/etext04</a> +<p class="pg"> +Or /etext03, 02, 01, 00, 99, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91 or 90 +<p class="pg"> +Just search by the first five letters of the filename you want, +as it appears in our Newsletters. +<p class="pg"><br> +Information about Project Gutenberg (one page) +<p class="pg"> +We produce about two million dollars for each hour we work. The +time it takes us, a rather conservative estimate, is fifty hours +to get any eBook selected, entered, proofread, edited, copyright +searched and analyzed, the copyright letters written, etc. Our +projected audience is one hundred million readers. If the value +per text is nominally estimated at one dollar then we produce $2 +million dollars per hour in 2002 as we release over 100 new text +files per month: 1240 more eBooks in 2001 for a total of 4000+ +We are already on our way to trying for 2000 more eBooks in 2002 +If they reach just 1–2% of the world’s population then the total +will reach over half a trillion eBooks given away by year’s end. +<p class="pg"> +The Goal of Project Gutenberg is to Give Away 1 Trillion eBooks! +This is ten thousand titles each to one hundred million readers, +which is only about 4% of the present number of computer users. +<p class="pg"> +Here is the briefest record of our progress (* means estimated): +<br><br> +<table width="375" cellpadding="0" summary="eBooks released"> +<col align="right" width="100"> +<col align="center" width="100"> +<col align="left" width="175"> +<tr><th>eBooks<th>Year<th>Month</tr> +<tr><td>1<td>1971<td>July</tr> +<tr><td>10<td>1991<td>January</tr> +<tr><td>100<td>1994<td>January</tr> +<tr><td>1000<td>1997<td>August</tr> +<tr><td>1500<td>1998<td>October</tr> +<tr><td>2000<td>1999<td>December</tr> +<tr><td>2500<td>2000<td>December</tr> +<tr><td>3000<td>2001<td>November</tr> +<tr><td>4000<td>2001<td>October/November</tr> +<tr><td>6000<td>2002<td>December*</tr> +<tr><td>9000<td>2003<td>November*</tr> +<tr><td>10000<td>2004<td>January*</tr> +</table> +<p class="pg"><br> +The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation has been created +to secure a future for Project Gutenberg into the next millennium. +<p class="pg"> +We need your donations more than ever! +<p class="pg"> +As of February, 2002, contributions are being solicited from people +and organizations in: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, +Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, +Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, +Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New +Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, +Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South +Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West +Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. +<p class="pg"> +We have filed in all 50 states now, but these are the only ones +that have responded. +<p class="pg"> +As the requirements for other states are met, additions to this list +will be made and fund raising will begin in the additional states. +Please feel free to ask to check the status of your state. +<p class="pg"> +In answer to various questions we have received on this: +<p class="pg"> +We are constantly working on finishing the paperwork to legally +request donations in all 50 states. If your state is not listed and +you would like to know if we have added it since the list you have, +just ask. +<p class="pg"> +While we cannot solicit donations from people in states where we are +not yet registered, we know of no prohibition against accepting +donations from donors in these states who approach us with an offer to +donate. +<p class="pg"> +International donations are accepted, but we don’t know ANYTHING about +how to make them tax-deductible, or even if they CAN be made +deductible, and don’t have the staff to handle it even if there are +ways. +<p class="pg"> +Donations by check or money order may be sent to: +<p class="pg"> +Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation<br> +PMB 113<br> +1739 University Ave.<br> +Oxford, MS 38655–4109<br> +<p class="pg"> +Contact us if you want to arrange for a wire transfer or payment +method other than by check or money order. +<p class="pg"> +The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation has been approved by +the US Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) organization with EIN +[Employee Identification Number] 64–622154. Donations are +tax-deductible to the maximum extent permitted by law. As fund-raising +requirements for other states are met, additions to this list will be +made and fund-raising will begin in the additional states. +<p class="pg"> +We need your donations more than ever! +<p class="pg"> +You can get up to date donation information online at: +<p class="pg"> +<a href="http://www.gutenberg.net/donation.html">http://www.gutenberg.net/donation.html</a> +<p class="pg"><br> +*** +<p class="pg"> +If you can’t reach Project Gutenberg,<br> +you can always email directly to: +<p class="pg"> +Michael S. Hart <a href="mailto:hart@pobox.com">hart@pobox.com</a> +<p class="pg"> +Prof. Hart will answer or forward your message. +<p class="pg"> +We would prefer to send you information by email. +<p class="pg"><br> +<a name="legal">**The Legal Small Print**</a> +<p class="pg"><br> +(Three Pages) +<p class="pg"> +***START**THE SMALL PRINT!**FOR PUBLIC DOMAIN EBOOKS**START***<br> +Why is this “Small Print!” statement here? You know: lawyers. +They tell us you might sue us if there is something wrong with +your copy of this eBook, even if you got it for free from +someone other than us, and even if what’s wrong is not our +fault. So, among other things, this “Small Print!” statement +disclaims most of our liability to you. It also tells you how +you may distribute copies of this eBook if you want to. +<p class="pg"> +*BEFORE!* YOU USE OR READ THIS EBOOK<br> +By using or reading any part of this PROJECT GUTENBERG–tm +eBook, you indicate that you understand, agree to and accept +this “Small Print!” statement. If you do not, you can receive +a refund of the money (if any) you paid for this eBook by +sending a request within 30 days of receiving it to the person +you got it from. If you received this eBook on a physical +medium (such as a disk), you must return it with your request. +<p class="pg"> +ABOUT PROJECT GUTENBERG–TM EBOOKS<br> +This PROJECT GUTENBERG–tm eBook, like most PROJECT GUTENBERG–tm eBooks, +is a “public domain” work distributed by Professor Michael S. Hart +through the Project Gutenberg Association (the “Project”). +Among other things, this means that no one owns a United States copyright +on or for this work, so the Project (and you!) can copy and +distribute it in the United States without permission and +without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, set forth +below, apply if you wish to copy and distribute this eBook +under the “PROJECT GUTENBERG” trademark. +<p class="pg"> +Please do not use the “PROJECT GUTENBERG” trademark to market +any commercial products without permission. +<p class="pg"> +To create these eBooks, the Project expends considerable +efforts to identify, transcribe and proofread public domain +works. Despite these efforts, the Project’s eBooks and any +medium they may be on may contain “Defects”. Among other +things, Defects may take the form of incomplete, inaccurate or +corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other +intellectual property infringement, a defective or damaged +disk or other eBook medium, a computer virus, or computer +codes that damage or cannot be read by your equipment. +<p class="pg"> +LIMITED WARRANTY; DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES<br> +But for the “Right of Replacement or Refund” described below, +[1] Michael Hart and the Foundation (and any other party you may +receive this eBook from as a PROJECT GUTENBERG–tm eBook) disclaims +all liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including +legal fees, and [2] YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE OR +UNDER STRICT LIABILITY, OR FOR BREACH OF WARRANTY OR CONTRACT, +INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE +OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE +POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. +<p class="pg"> +If you discover a Defect in this eBook within 90 days of +receiving it, you can receive a refund of the money (if any) +you paid for it by sending an explanatory note within that +time to the person you received it from. If you received it +on a physical medium, you must return it with your note, and +such person may choose to alternatively give you a replacement +copy. If you received it electronically, such person may +choose to alternatively give you a second opportunity to +receive it electronically. +<p class="pg"> +THIS EBOOK IS OTHERWISE PROVIDED TO YOU “AS-IS”. NO OTHER +WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ARE MADE TO YOU AS +TO THE EBOOK OR ANY MEDIUM IT MAY BE ON, INCLUDING BUT NOT +LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A +PARTICULAR PURPOSE. +<p class="pg"> +Some states do not allow disclaimers of implied warranties or +the exclusion or limitation of consequential damages, so the +above disclaimers and exclusions may not apply to you, and you +may have other legal rights. +<p class="pg"> +INDEMNITY<br> +You will indemnify and hold Michael Hart, the Foundation, +and its trustees and agents, and any volunteers associated +with the production and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm +texts harmless, from all liability, cost and expense, including +legal fees, that arise directly or indirectly from any of the +following that you do or cause: [1] distribution of this eBook, +[2] alteration, modification, or addition to the eBook, +or [3] any Defect. +<p class="pg"> +DISTRIBUTION UNDER “PROJECT GUTENBERG–tm”<br> +You may distribute copies of this eBook electronically, or by +disk, book or any other medium if you either delete this +“Small Print!” and all other references to Project Gutenberg, +or: +<table width="90%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" summary="legal fine print"> +<tr><td width="5%"> </td><td width="5%"> </td><td width="80%"> </td></tr> +<tr valign="top"> +<td align="right">[1]</td> +<td colspan="2"><DIV align="justify">Only give exact copies of it. Among other things, this +requires that you do not remove, alter or modify the +eBook or this “small print!” statement. You may however, +if you wish, distribute this eBook in machine readable +binary, compressed, mark-up, or proprietary form, +including any form resulting from conversion by word +processing or hypertext software, but only so long as +*EITHER*:</DIV></td></tr> +<tr valign="top"> +<td colspan="2" align="right">[*]</td> +<td><DIV align="justify">The eBook, when displayed, is clearly readable, and +does *not* contain characters other than those +intended by the author of the work, although tilde +(~), asterisk (*) and underline (_) characters may +be used to convey punctuation intended by the +author, and additional characters may be used to +indicate hypertext links; OR</DIV></td></tr> +<tr valign="top"> +<td colspan="2" align="right">[*]</td> +<td><DIV align="justify">The eBook may be readily converted by the reader at +no expense into plain ASCII, EBCDIC or equivalent +form by the program that displays the eBook (as is +the case, for instance, with most word processors); +OR</DIV></td></tr> +<tr valign="top"> +<td colspan="2" align="right">[*]</td> +<td><DIV align="justify">You provide, or agree to also provide on request at +no additional cost, fee or expense, a copy of the +eBook in its original plain ASCII form (or in EBCDIC +or other equivalent proprietary form).</DIV></td></tr> +<tr valign="top"> +<td align="right">[2]</td> +<td colspan="2"><DIV align="justify">Honor the eBook refund and replacement provisions of this +“Small Print!” statement.</DIV></td></tr> +<tr valign="top"> +<td align="right">[3]</td> +<td colspan="2"><DIV align="justify">Pay a trademark license fee to the Foundation of 20% of the +gross profits you derive calculated using the method you +already use to calculate your applicable taxes. If you +don’t derive profits, no royalty is due. Royalties are +payable to “Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation” +the 60 days following each date you prepare (or were +legally required to prepare) your annual (or equivalent +periodic) tax return. Please contact us beforehand to +let us know your plans and to work out the details.</DIV></td></tr> +</table> +<p class="pg"> +WHAT IF YOU *WANT* TO SEND MONEY EVEN IF YOU DON’T HAVE TO?<br> +Project Gutenberg is dedicated to increasing the number of +public domain and licensed works that can be freely distributed +in machine readable form. +<p class="pg"> +The Project gratefully accepts contributions of money, time, +public domain materials, or royalty free copyright licenses. +Money should be paid to the:<br> +“Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.” +<p class="pg"> +If you are interested in contributing scanning equipment or +software or other items, please contact Michael Hart at:<br> +<a href="mailto:hart@pobox.com">hart@pobox.com</a> +<p class="pg"> +[Portions of this eBook’s header and trailer may be reprinted only +when distributed free of all fees. Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 by +Michael S. Hart. Project Gutenberg is a TradeMark and may not be +used in any sales of Project Gutenberg eBooks or other materials be +they hardware or software or any other related product without +express permission.] +<p class="pg"> +*END THE SMALL PRINT! FOR PUBLIC DOMAIN EBOOKS*Ver.02/11/02*END* +</DIV></BODY></HTML>
\ No newline at end of file |