The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan. James Justinian Morier

XXXVI — Although by trade an executioner, he shows a feeling heart—He meets with a young man and woman in distress.

       CHAPTER XXXVII — The history of Yûsûf, the Armenian, and his wife Mariam.

       CHAPTER XXXVIII — Sequel of the foregoing history, and of the resolution which Hajji Baba takes in consequence.

       CHAPTER XXXIX — The Armenian Yûsûf proves himself worthy of Hajji Baba's confidence.

       CHAPTER XL — Hajji Baba gives an account of his proceedings to his superiors, and shows himself a friend to the distressed.

       CHAPTER XLI — He describes an expedition against the Russians, and does ample justice to the cowardice of his chief.

       CHAPTER XLII — He proceeds to the king's camp, and gives a specimen of lying on a grand scale.

       CHAPTER XLIII — He relates a horrid tale, the consequences of which plunge him in the greatest misery.

       CHAPTER XLIV — Hajji Baba meets with an old friend, who cheers him up, gives him good advice, and secures him from danger.

       CHAPTER XLV — He takes refuge in a sanctuary, where his melancholy thoughts are diverted by a curious story.

       CHAPTER XLVI — He becomes a saint, and associates with the most celebrated divine in Persia.

       CHAPTER XLVII — Hajji Baba is robbed by his friend, and left utterly destitute; but is released from his confinement.

       CHAPTER XLVIII — Hajji Baba reaches Ispahan, and his paternal roof, just time enough to close the eyes of his dying father.

       CHAPTER XLIX — He becomes heir to property which is not to be found, and his suspicions thereon.

       CHAPTER L — Showing the steps he takes to discover his property, and who the diviner, Teez Negah, was.

       CHAPTER LI — Of the diviner's success in making discoveries, and of the resolution which Hajji Baba takes in consequence.

       CHAPTER LII — Hajji Baba quits his mother, and becomes the scribe to a celebrated man of the law.

       CHAPTER LIII — The mollah Nadân gives an account of his new scheme for raising money, and for making men happy.

       CHAPTER LIV — Hajji Baba becomes a promoter of matrimony, and of the register he keeps.

       CHAPTER LV — Of the man Hajji Baba meets, thinking him dead; and of the marriage which he brings about.

       CHAPTER LVI — Showing how the ambition of the mollah Nadân involves both him and his disciples in ruin.

       CHAPTER LVII — Hajji Baba meets with an extraordinary adventure in the bath, which miraculously saves him from the horrors of despair.

       CHAPTER LVIII — Of the consequences of the adventure, which threaten danger, but end in apparent good fortune.

       CHAPTER LIX — Hajji Baba does not shine in honesty—The life and adventures of the mollah Nadân

       CHAPTER LX — Hajji and the mollah make plans suited to their critical situation, showing that no confidence can exist between rogues.

       CHAPTER LXI — The punishment due to Hajji Baba falls upon Nadân, which makes the former a staunch predestinarian.

       CHAPTER LXII — Hajji Baba hears an extraordinary sequel to his adventure in the bath, and feels all the alarms of guilt.

       CHAPTER LXIII — He is discovered and seized, but his good stars again befriend and set him free.

       CHAPTER LXIV — He reaches Bagdad, meets his first master, and turns his views to commerce.

       CHAPTER LXV — He purchases pipe-sticks, and inspires a hopeless passion in the breast of his old master's daughter.

       CHAPTER LXVI — He becomes a merchant, leaves Bagdad, and accompanies a caravan to Constantinople.

       CHAPTER LXVII — Hajji Baba makes a conquest of the widow of an emir, which at first alarms, but afterwards elates him.

       CHAPTER LXVIII — He obtains an interview with the fair Shekerleb, makes a settlement upon her, and becomes her husband.

       CHAPTER LXIX — From a vender of pipe-sticks he becomes a rich Aga, but feels all the inconvenience of supporting a false character.

       CHAPTER LXX — His desire to excite envy lays the foundation of his disgrace—He quarrels with his wife.

       CHAPTER LXXI — He is discovered to be an impostor, loses his wife, and the wide world is again before him.

       CHAPTER LXXII — An incident in the street diverts his despair—He seeks consolation in the advice of old Osman.

       CHAPTER LXXIII — In endeavouring to gain satisfaction from his enemies he acquires a friend—Some account of Mirza Firouz.

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