I Man a Laughing Animal--Antiquity of Popular Jests--'Night and
Day'--The Plain-featured Bride--The House of Condolence--The
Blind Man's Wife--Two Witty Persian Ladies--Woman's Counsel--The
Turkish Jester: in the Pulpit; the Cauldron; the Beggar; the
Drunken Governor; the Robber; the Hot Broth--Muslim Preachers and
Misers
II The Two Deaf Men and the Traveller--The Deaf Persian and the
Horseman--Lazy Servants--Chinese Humour: The Rich Man and the
Smiths; How to keep Plants alive; Criticising a Portrait--The
Persian Courtier and his old Friend--The Scribe--The Schoolmaster
and the Wit--The Persian and his Cat--A List of Blockheads--The
Arab and his Camel--A Witty Baghdádí--The Unlucky Slippers