Aladdin and the Magic Lamp

The following text has been drawn from Sir Richard Burton's exhaustive translation of "e;The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night"e;, more commonly known as "e;The Arabian Nights"e;. The story of Aladdin, likely the most famous of all the tales of "e;The Arabian Nights"e;, is the story of a poor young boy who is recruited by the sorcerer Maghreb to retrieve a wonderful oil lamp from a booby-trapped magic cave. When Aladdin is trapped in the cave he discovers the magical powers of a ring lent to him by the sorcerer and subsequently of the magical powers of the lamp, which brings him great fortune. "e;Aladdin and the Magic Lamp"e; is presented here in this edition in Burton's original and unexpurgated form.