London: For The Daily Telegraph by Hodder and Stoughton, 1915. First edition. Hardback in mustard yellow boards with black title and decorations. Complete with all 20 unnumbered tipped-in colour illustrations. Frontispiece of Asenath - from a love story set in Egypt. Full contents: The story of the bird Feng; Young Rousselle; Laylá and Majnún; The nightingale;Three kings of Orient; Sindbad, the sailor; The little seamstress; The real princess; My Lisette; Cinderella;
The chilly lover; The story of Aucassin and Nicolette; Blue Beard; Cerberus, the black dog of Hades; The lady Badoura; The sleeper awakened; Jusef and Asenath. With an appeal on the last page on behalf of Croix rouge francaise, Comité de Londres to ask for the reader's help with funds for Allied Soldiers during WW1. Contents have some offsetting and spotting, but overall a good copy. 134 pages. 280 x 220 mm (11 x 8¾ inches).