Chapter I: Introduction: 1

I. RASHÎD THE FAIR 11

II. A MOUNTAIN GARRISON 20

III. THE RHINOCEROS WHIP 28

IV. THE COURTEOUS JUDGE 36

V. NAWÂDIR 45

VI. NAWÂDIR (_continued_) 54

VII. THE SACK WHICH CLANKED 68

VIII. POLICE WORK 77

IX. MY COUNTRYMAN 87

X. THE PARTING OF THE WAYS 96

XI. THE KNIGHT ERRANT 106

XII. THE FANATIC 117

XIII. RASHÎD'S REVENGE 125

XIV. THE HANGING DOG 134

XV. TIGERS 142

XVI. PRIDE AND A FALL 151

XVII. TRAGEDY 161

XVIII. BASTIRMA 171

XIX. THE ARTIST-DRAGOMAN 181

XX. LOVE AND THE PATRIARCH 188

XXI. THE UNPOPULAR LANDOWNER 198

XXII. THE CAÏMMACÂM 209

XXIII. CONCERNING BRIBES 218

XXIV. THE BATTLEFIELD 226

XXV. MURDERERS 237

XXVI. THE TREES ON THE LAND 245

XXVII. BUYING A HOUSE 255

XXVIII. A DISAPPOINTMENT 264

XXIX. CONCERNING CRIME AND PUNISHMENT 273

XXX. THE UNWALLED VINEYARD 282

XXXI. THE ATHEIST 291

XXXII. THE SELLING OF OUR GUN 302

XXXIII. MY BENEFACTOR 311