Page 62 - Aladdin, or, The wonderful lamp

held in her hand, she asked the magician
to change cups, as was the custom, she
said, between lovers in China. He joy­

fully seized the goblet, and drinking it
all at a draught, fell senseless on the

floor.
Aladdin was at hand to snatch the
lamp from his bosom and hastily rubbing

it, he summoned the Genius, who in­
stantly transported the palace and all it

contained back to the place whence they
had come.

Some hours after, the Sultan who had
risen at break of day to give way to his

grief, went to the window to look at
the spot which he expected to see empty
and vacant, and then to his unspeakable

joy, he saw Aladdin’s palace shining in
its place. He summoned his guards and