The Life of Sir Richard Burton
Lady Burton, too, comes extremely well out of the fire of criticism. The reader may object to her religious views, he may smile at her weaknesses, he may lament her indiscretions, but he will recognise that at bottom she was a God-fearing, noble-minded woman; and he will, we think, find himself really in love with her almost before knowing it.
The amount of absolutely new information in this work is very large. Thus we are telling for the first time the history of Burton's friendships with Mr. F. F. Arbuthnot, Mr. John Payne, and others; and we are giving for the first time, too, a complete and accurate history of the translation of The Arabian Nights, The Scented Garden, and other works. Hundreds of new facts are recorded respecting these and other absorbing topics, while the citations from the unpublished letters of Burton and Lady Burton will, we are sure, receive a welcome. We are able to give about fifty entirely new anecdotes—many of them extremely piquant and amusing. We also tell the touching story of Burton's brother Edward. In our accounts of Burton's travels will be found a number of interesting facts and some anecdotes not given in Burton's works.
The new material has been derived from many sources—but from ten in particular.
(1) From two hundred unpublished letters of Sir Richard Burton and Lady Burton.
(4) From the Burton collections in the Free Libraries of Camberwell and Kensington.
(5) From unpublished manuscripts written by Burton's friends.
(6) From the church registers of Elstree. By examination of these and other documents I have been able to correct many mistakes.
(7) From the manuscripts of F. F. Arbuthnot and the Oriental scholar, Edward Rehatsek. These are now in the possession of the Royal Asiatic Society.
(8) From Mr. Arbuthnot's typewritten and unpublished Life of Balzac now in my possession. This contains many notes throwing light on the Burton and Arbuthnot friendship.
(9) From the Genealogical Table of the Burtons of Shap, very kindly sent me by Mr. E. S. Mostyn Pryce.
Thomas Wright
THE LIFE OF SIR RICHARD BURTON
Author of "The Life of Edward Fitzgerald," etc.
Two Volumes in One
Preface.
Chapter I. 19th March 1821-October 1840
Childhood and Youth
1. Torquay and Elstree.
2. Tours and Elstree.
3. Death of Richard Baker, 16th September 1824.
4. At School, Richmond, 1829.
5. The Continent Again.
Chapter II. October 1840-April 1842, Oxford
6. Trinity College, October 1840.
7. Expelled, April 1842.
Chapter III. April 1842-20th February 1847, Sind
8. To Bombay, 18th June 1842.
9. Baroda. The Bubu.
10. Karachi. Love of Disguise.
11. A Dangerous Mission, 1845.
12. The Persian Beauty.
13. A Simian Dictionary.
14. Duality.
Chapter IV. 20th February 1847-1849. Under the Spell of Camoens
Bibliography:
15. Goa and Camoens.
16. "Would you a Sufi be?"
17. Letter to Sarah Burton, 14th Nov. 1848.
18. Allahdad.
Chapter V. 1849 to 3rd April, 1853, Chiefly Boulogne
Bibliography:
19. A Motto from Ariosto.
21. Forster FitzGerald Arbuthnot 1853.
Chapter VI. 3rd April 1853 to 29th October 1854, Pilgrimage to Mecca
Bibliography:
11. The Kasidah (commenced). 12. El Islam (commenced).
22. The Man Wants to Wander.
23. Haji Wali, 1853.
24. The Pilgrim Ship, 6th July 1853.
25. Medina.
26. Mecca.
27. Burton's Delight in Shocking.
28. El Islam.
Chapter VII. 29th October 1854—9th February, 1855 To Harar
Bibliography: 13. Pilgrimage to Al-Madimah and Meccah. 3 vols. 1855-1856.
29. At Aden. The Arabian Nights. Oct. 1854.
30. From Zeila to Harar, 27th November 1854 to 2nd January 1855.
31. At Harar.
32. From Harar to Berbera. 13th Jan. 1855-5th Feb. 1855.
33. The Fight at Berbera, 22nd April, 1855.
Chapter VIII. 9th February 1855-October 1856, The Crimea
Bibliography:
14. First Footsteps in East Africa, 1856.
34. The Crimea.
35. Engaged to Isabel Arundell, August 1856.
Chapter IX. December 1856-21st May 1859, The Unveiling of Isis
Bibliography:
36. To Fuga. January to March 1857.
37. Zanzibar to Tanganyika, 26th June 1857 to 26th May 1858.
38. The Return Journey, 26th May 1858 to 13th February 1859.
Chapter X. 22nd January 1861-to August 1861, Mormons and Marriage
Bibliography:
17. The City of the Saints, 1861.
39. We rushed into each other's arms. 22nd May, 1860.
40. Brigham Young. April 1860 to November 1860.
41. Marriage. 22nd January 1861.
42. At Lord Houghton's.
Chapter XI. August 1861-November 1863, Fernando Po
Bibliography:
43. African Gold.
44. Anecdotes.
45. Fans and Gorillas.
46. The Anthropological Society, 6th Jan. 1863.
Chapter XII. 29th November 1863 to 15th September 1865, Gelele
Bibliography:
47. Whydah and its Deity. 29th November 1863.
48. The Amazons.
49. "The Customs."
50. Death of Speke, 15th September 1864.
Bibliography:
51. To Santos.
52. Aubertin. Death of Steinhauser, 27th July 1866.
53. The Facetious Cannibals.
54. Down the Sao Francisco.
Bibliography:
56. Archbishop Manning and the Odd Fish.
57. 3rd Consulate, Damascus.
58. Jane Digby el Mezrab.
59. To Tadmor.
60. Palmer and Drake. 11th July 1870.
61. Khamoor.
62. The Shazlis.
63. The Recall. 16th August 1871.
Chapter XV. 16th August 1871-4th June 1872, "The Blackness of Darkness"
64. With Sir H. Stisted at Norwood. August 1871.
65. Reduced to £15.
66. An Orgie at Lady Alford's. 2nd November 1871.
67. The Tichborne Trial.
68. Khamoor at the Theatre.
Chapter XVI. 4th June 1872-24th October 1872, In Iceland
Bibliography:
69. In Edinburgh Again, 4th June 1872.
70. Wardour Castle, 5th July 1872.
71. St. George and Frederick Burton.
72. At the Athenaeum.
73. Jane Digby Again.
74. His Book on Zanzibar.
Chapter XVII. 24th October 1872-12th May 1875, Trieste
Bibliography:
75. Burton at Trieste, 24th October 1872.
76. At the Vienna Exhibition, 1873.
77. A Visit from Drake, June 1873.
78. Khamoor returns to Syria, 4th December 1874.
Chapter XVIII. 12th May 1875-18th June 1876, The Trip to India
Bibliography:
79. Visit to England, 12th May 1875.
80. Tonic Bitters.
81. A Trip to India, December 1875, 18th June 1876.
82. Arbuthnot Again. Rehatsek.
83. In Sind.
84. Golconda.
Chapter XIX. 18th June 1876-31st March 1877, Colonel Gordon
85. Ariosto.
86. Death of Rashid Pasha, 24th June 1876.
87. Colonel Gordon 1877.
88. Jane Digby the Second.
89. The Old Baronetcy. 18th January 1877.
Chapter XX. 31st March 1877 to 27th December 1879, Midian
Bibliography:
91. More Advice to "Lazybones." 8th May 1877.
92. Haji Wali Again.
93. Graffiti.
94. Letter to Sir Henry Gordon, 4th July 1878.
95. Death of Maria Stisted, 12th November 1878.
96. Burton's "Six Senses."
97. Still thinking of Midian. April-December 1879.
Chapter XXI. 27th December 1879-August 1881, Camoens
Bibliography
98. The Lusiads.
99. At Ober Ammergau, August 1880.
100. Mrs. Burton's Advice to Novelists. 4th September 1880.
101. The Kasidah, 1880.
102. Lisa.
Chapter XXII. August 1881-May 1882, John Payne
103. With Cameron at Venice, August 1881.
104. John Payne, November 1881.
105. To the Gold Coast, 25th November 1881-20th May 1882.
Chapter XXIII. 20th May 1882-July 1883, The Meeting of Burton and Payne
Bibliography
106. Mrs. Grundy begins to roar. May 1882.
107. The Search for Palmer, October 1882.
Chapter XXIV. July 1883-November 1883, The Palazzone
108. Anecdotes of Burton.
109. Burton and Mrs. Disraeli.
110. "I am an Old English Catholic."
111. Burton begins his Translation, April 1884.
112. The Battle over the Nights.
113. Completion of Mr. Payne's Translation.
Chapter XXV. 1883 to May 1885, The Kama Shastra Society
Bibliography:
69. Publications of the Kama Shastra Society.
114. The Azure Apollo.
115. The Kama Sutra.
Chapter XXVI. The Ananga Ranga or Lila Shastra
Bibliography:
70. The Book of the Sword. 1884.
117. The Beharistan, 1887.
118. The Gulistan, 1888.
119. The Nigaristan.
120. Letters to Payne, 19th January 1884.
121. At Sauerbrunn, 12th August 1884.
122. Burton's Circulars, September 1884.
123. The Book of the Sword.
124. The Lyrics of Camoens, 1884.
125. More Letters to Payne, 1st October 1884.
126. Death of Gordon, January 1885.
Bibliography:
128. Slaving at the Athenaeum, May 1885.
129. A Visit to Mr. Arbuthnot's.
130. Dr. Steingass.
131. Anecdotes.
132. The Pentameron. Burton and Gladstone.
133. A Brief Glance through the Nights.
Chapter XXVIII. The Two Translations Compared
134. The Blacksmith Who, etc.
135. Abu al-Hasan.
136. The Summing Up.
Chapter XXIX. Burton's Notes
137. Burton's Notes.
138. The Terminal Essay.
139. Final Summing up.
140. Mr. Swinburne on Burton.
Chapter XXX. 21st November 1885-5th June 1886 K. C. M. G.
Bibliography:
141. In Morocco, 21st November 1885.
142. K.C.M.G., 5th February 1886.
143. Burton at 65.
144. More Anecdotes.
Chapter XXXI. Burton's Religion
145. Burton's Religion.
146. Burton as a Writer.
147. The Population Question.
148. New Projects.
150. Dr. Leslie and Dr. Baker: Anecdotes. April 1887.
151. Three Months at Abbazia. 1st Dec. 1887-5th March 1888.
Bibliography:
153. H. W. Ashbee.
154. A Bacon Causerie.
155. The Gypsy, August 1888.
156. The Supplemental Nights. 1st December 1886-1st August 1888.
157. Comparison.
Chapter XXXIV. "The Scented Garden"
Bibliography:
77. The Scented Garden. "My new Version," translated 1888-1890.
158. Nafzawi.
159. Origin of The Scented Garden.
160. Contents of The Scented Garden.
161. Sir Richard Burton's Translation.
Bibliography:
162. Switzerland 15th October 1888.
163. Mr. Letchford, August and September 1889.
164. To Dr. Tuckey.
165. To Mr. Kirby 15th May 1889.
166. Tunis and Algiers, November 1889 to March 1890.
Chapter XXXVI. "The Priapeia"
Bibliography:
80. Priapeia. 1890.
168. The Priapeia.
169. Catullus and the Last Trip, July—September 1890.
170. At Maloja, July 1890.
171. The Golden Ass.
Chapter XXXVII. Death of Sir Richard Burton
173. Death. 20th October 1890.
173. The Fate of The Scented Garden.
174. Discrepancies in Lady Burton's Story.
175. The Fate of the Catullus.
176. Lisa Departs, November 1890.
Chapter XXXIX. January 1891 to July 1891, Lady Burton in England
Bibliography (Posthumous works):
177. Lady Burton in England.
178. The Funeral at Mortlake, 15th June 1891.
179. The Scented Garden Storm, June 1891.
Chapter XL. July 1891-December 1893, O Tomb, O Tomb!
Bibliography:
180. A Letter to Miss Stisted.
181. The writing of the Life August 1892-March 1893.
182. The Library Edition of The Nights 1894.
Chapter XLI. Death of Lady Burton
Bibliography:
183. Lady Burton at Eastbourne.
184. Death of Lady Burton, 22nd Mar. 1896.
185. Miss Stisted's "True Life."
186. Mr. Wilkins's Work, 1897.
187. Burton's Friends.
APPENDICES
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