[THE LIFE OF SIR RICHARD BURTON.]
CHAPTER I.
THE EARLY DAYS OF RICHARD F. BURTON.
By himself. Copied from his private Journals.
"He travels and expatriates; as the bee
From flower to flower, so he from land to land,
The manners, customs, policy of all
Pay contributions to the store he gleans;
He seeks intelligence from every clime,
And spreads the honey of his deep research
At his return—a rich repast for me!"
Genealogy and Family.
Autobiographers generally begin too late.
Elderly gentlemen of eminence sit down to compose memories, describe with fond minuteness babyhood, childhood, and boyhood, and drop the pen before reaching adolescence.