preparations made by the chief physician to receive the Shah as his guest, and of the great expense which threatened him.

CHAPTER XXVIII — Concerning the manner of the Shah’s reception; of the present made him, and the conversation which ensued.

CHAPTER XXIX — A description of the entertainment, which is followed by an event destructive to Hajji Baba’s happiness.

CHAPTER XXX — Hajji Baba meets with a rival in the Shah himself, and loses the fair object of his affections.

CHAPTER XXXI — His reflections on the loss of Zeenab—He is suddenly called upon to exert his skill as a doctor.

CHAPTER XXXII — Hajji is appointed to a situation under government—He becomes an executioner.

CHAPTER XXXIII — He accompanies the Shah to his camp, and gets some insight into his profession.

CHAPTER XXXIV — Employed in his official capacity, Hajji Baba gives a specimen of Persian despotism.

CHAPTER XXXV — Fortune, which pretended to frown, in fact smiles upon Hajji Baba, and promotes him to be sub-lieutenant to the chief executioner.

CHAPTER 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.