Two Volumes in One

This Work is
Dedicated to
Sir Richard Burton's Kinsman
And Friend,
Major St. George Richard Burton,
The Black Watch.


CONTENTS


[ Preface.
]

[
Chapter I. 19th March 1821-October 1840 ]

[ 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 ]

[ 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 ]

[ 19. A Motto from Ariosto. ]

[ 20. Isabel Arundell & "My Dear Louisa." 1851. ]

[ 21. Forster FitzGerald Arbuthnot 1853. ]

[
Chapter VI. 3rd April 1853 to 29th October 1854, Pilgrimage to Mecca ]

[ 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 ]

[ 34. The Crimea. ]

[ 35. Engaged to Isabel Arundell, August 1856. ]

[
Chapter IX. December 1856-21st May 1859, The Unveiling of Isis ]

[ 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 ]

[ 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 ]

[ 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 ]

[ 47. Whydah and its Deity. 29th November 1863. ]

[ 48. The Amazons. ]

[ 49. "The Customs." ]

[ 50. Death of Speke, 15th September 1864. ]

[
Chapter XIII. September 1865-October 1869 Santos, Burton's Second Consulate ]

[ 51. To Santos. ]

[ 52. Aubertin. Death of Steinhauser, 27th July 1866. ]

[ 53. The Facetious Cannibals. ]

[ 54. Down the Sao Francisco. ]

[ The next event was a canoe journey which Burton made alone down the river Sao Francisco from its source to the falls ]

[ 55. In Paraguay. August 15th to September 15th 1868. April 4th to April 18th 1869. ]

[
Chapter XIV. October 1869-16th August 1871, "Emperor and Empress of Damascus." ]

[ 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 ]

[ 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 ]

[ 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 ]

[ 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 ]

[ 90. "The New Joseph." 31st March 1877-21st April 1877. 19th October 1877-20th April 1878. ]

[ Burton now felt that the time was ripe to broach his views concerning the golden Chersonese to the Khedive (Ismail), and ]

[ 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 ]

[ 114. The Azure Apollo. ]

[ 115. The Kama Sutra. ]

[
Chapter XXVI. The Ananga Ranga or Lila Shastra ]

[ 116. The Ananga Ranga. [403] ]

[ 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. ]

[ 127. W. F. Kirby, [418] 25th March 1885. ]

[
Chapter XXVII. May 1885-5th Feb. 1886, A Glance through "The Arabian Nights" ]

[ 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. ]

[ 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. ]

[
Chapter XXXII. 5th June 1886-15th April 1888, Burton and Social Questions: Anecdotes ]

[ 147. The Population Question. ]

[ 148. New Projects. ]

[ 149. Mr. A. G. Ellis and Professor Blumhardt. 5th June 1886-5th April 1887. ]

[ 150. Dr. Leslie and Dr. Baker: Anecdotes. April 1887. ]

[ 151. Three Months at Abbazia. 1st Dec. 1887-5th March 1888. ]

[
Chapter XXXIII. 19th March 1888-15th October 1888, The Last Visit to England "The Supplemental Nights" ]

[ 152. Meeting with Mr. Swinburne and others, 18th July 1888-15th October 1888. ]

[ 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" ]

[ 158. Nafzawi. ]

[ 159. Origin of The Scented Garden. ]

[ 160. Contents of The Scented Garden. ]

[ 161. Sir Richard Burton's Translation. ]

[
Chapter XXXV. 15th October 1888 to 21st July 1890. Working at the "Catullus" and "The Scented Garden" ]

[ 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" ]

[ 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. ]

[
Chapter XXXVIII. 20th October 1890-December 1890, The Fate of "The Scented Garden" ]

[ 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! ]

[ 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 ]

[ 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. ]

[ Verses on the Death of Richard Burton [703] By Algernon Charles Swinburne ]


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