List of the Chapters

I.

PROFITABLE SAYINGS OF THE GREEK PHILOSOPHERS.

II.

PROFITABLE SAYINGS OF THE PERSIAN SAGES.

III.

PROFITABLE SAYINGS OF THE INDIAN SAGES.

IV.

PROFITABLE SAYINGS OF THE HEBREW SAGES.

V.

PROFITABLE SAYINGS OF THE CHRISTIAN ASCETICS.

VI.

PROFITABLE SAYINGS OF THE MUSLIM KINGS AND OF THEIR SAGES.

VII.

PROFITABLE SAYINGS OF DOCTORS AND SCRIBES.

VIII.

CONCERNING THE EXCELLENT SAYINGS OF ARAB ASCETICS AND OLD MEN.

IX.

STORIES OF PHYSICIANS AND LEGENDS ATTRIBUTED TO THEM.

X.

CHOICE STORIES OF THE SPEECH OF IRRATIONAL ANIMALS.

XI.

STORIES OF MEN WHOSE DREAMS AND DIVINATIONS HAVE COME TRUE.

XII.

STORIES OF RICH AND GENEROUS MEN.

XIII.

STORIES OF AVARICIOUS MEN AND MISERS.

XIV.

STORIES OF WORKMEN WHO FOLLOWED DESPISED HANDICRAFTS.

XV.

LAUGHABLE STORIES OF ACTORS AND COMEDIANS.

XVI.

STORIES OF CLOWNS AND SIMPLETONS.

XVII.

STORIES OF LUNATICS AND OF MEN POSSESSED OF DEVILS.

XVIII.

STORIES OF ROBBERS AND THIEVES.

XIX.

STORIES OF WONDERFUL ACCIDENTS AND OCCURRENCES.

XX.

PHYSIOGNOMICAL CHARACTERISTICS DESCRIBED BY THE SAGES.