We have read with fresh delight the story of the
Fisherman and the Genie, (or Jinnee, as Mr. LANE has it,) in the Second Part of the new translation of the Arabian Nights Entertain- ments. The Oriental imagination displays its wealth in the various little episodical tales with which the main narrative is studded. The solemn gravity of the at le, the prayers and pious ejaculations interspersed, and the Scripture phraseology, give an appearance of peel faith to the marvels, that greatly aids their effect on the reader's fancy. The value of the characteristic illus- trations, too, is perceived in the costumes of the fisherman and the cook-maid, the shape of the bottle from which the Efreet escapes, and the construction of the stove where the fish are fried that leap up and answer the Fairy, no less than in the more splendid scenes of Oriental luxury and magnificence.
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