Excerpt from Popular Tales, Vol. 3 This seems undoubtedly to be beautiful china, said the sultan, taking up one of the broken pieces but can the loss of a china vase be the cause of such violent grief and despair? Ah, gentlemen, said the owner of the vase, suspending his lamentations, and looking at the dress of the pretended merchants, I see that you are strangers: you do not know how much cause I have for grief and despair You do not know that you are speaking to Murad the Unlucky! Were you to hear all the unfortunate accidents that have haps pened to me, from the time I was born till this instant, you would perhaps pity me, and acknow ledge I have just cause for despair. Curiosity was strongly expressed by the sultan and the hope of obtaining sympathy inclined Murad to gratify it, by the recital of his adventures. Gentlemen, said he, I scarcely dare invite you into the house of such an unlucky being as I am but, if you will venture to take a night's lodging under my roof, you shall hear at your leisure the story of my misfortunes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.