THE STORY OF ALADDIN; OR, THE
WONDERFUL LAMP. |

the large and rich cities of
China, a tailor, named Mus-
tapha. He was very poor.
He could hardly, by his daily
labour, maintain himself and
his family, which consisted
only of his wife and a son.

His son, who was called
Aladdin,! was a very care-
less and idle fellow. He
was disobedient to his father
and mother, and would go
out early in the morning
and stay out all day, play-
ing in the streets and public
places with idle children of
his own age.

When he was old enough
to learn a trade, his father
took him into his own shop,
and taught him how to use
his needle; but all his
father’s endeavours to keep him to his work were vain, for no sooner
was his back turned than he was gone for that day. Mustapha chastisea
him; but Aladdin was incorrigible, and his father, to his great grief.

1 Aladdin signifies ‘The Nobility of the Religion.’—Lane, vol. ii., p. 285
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