The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton (Vol. 1&2)
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Lady Isabel Burton. The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton (Vol. 1&2)
The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton (Vol. 1&2)
Table of Contents
VOLUME 1
CHAPTER I
THE EARLY DAYS OF RICHARD F. BURTON. By himself. Copied from his private Journals
Genealogy and Family
"Facts connected with the Last Hours of Napoleon
"The Bust of Buonaparte "Extract from the 'New Times' of September 7th, 1821
CHAPTER II
RICHARD'S BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD
CHAPTER III
THE CHILDREN ARE BROUGHT TO ENGLAND
CHAPTER IV
OXFORD
CHAPTER V
GOING TO INDIA
CHAPTER VI
MY PUBLIC LIFE BEGINS
CHAPTER VII
THE REMINISCENCES WRITTEN FOR MR. HITCHMAN IN 1888—INDIA
Richard Burton's Little Autobiography
CHAPTER VIII
ON RETURN FROM INDIA
Mecca
"The Late Sir Richard Burton "To the Editor of the Times of India
To The Reader
THE KASÎDAH (COUPLETS) OF HAJI ABDU EL-YEZDI. A Lay of the Higher Law
CHAPTER IX
HARAR—THE MOSLEM ABYSSINIA—THE TIMBUCTOO OF EAST AFRICA, THE EXPLORATION OF WHICH HAD BEEN ATTEMPTED IN VAIN BY SOME THIRTY TRAVELLLERS
Ten Days at Harar—the Most Exciting Trial of all
CHAPTER X
WITH BEATSON'S HORSE
CHAPTER XI
BETWEEN THE CRIMEA AND THE LAKE REGIONS OF CENTRAL AFRICA
Obituary in the "Gypsy Lore Society Journal," January, 1891
"An Episode from the Life of Sir Richard Burton, by his Wife
CHAPTER XII
HIS EXPLORATION OF THE LAKE REGIONS, TAKING CAPTAIN SPEKE AS SECOND IN COMMAND. My Foreword
Zanzibar; and Two Months in East Africa (From his own notes.) Preliminary Canter
Zanzibar
CHAPTER XIII
THE REAL START FOR TANGANYIKA IN THE INTERIOR
CHAPTER XIV
OUR REWARD—SUCCESS
Differences begin between Speke and Richard
A Few Details of the Lakes for Geographers
Our Return
Little Irons
CHAPTER XV
RICHARD AND I MEET AGAIN
CHAPTER XVI
WEST COAST OF AFRICA—RICHARD'S FIRST CONSULATE
Gold in Africa
CHAPTER XVII
HIS FIRST LEAVE
CHAPTER XVIII
HOME
Reprinted from Fraser's Magazine, February, 1869 "'WHO LAST WINS.'
Farewell Dinner to Captain R. F. Burton
Nile
CHAPTER XIX
SANTOS, SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL—RICHARD'S SECOND CONSULATE
Santos, Brazil, his Second Consulate
Richard's Account3 of going down the Mine
On nearing the Bottom
Our separate Journeys
"Captain Burton's Carbine-pistol and Projectile (patented)
"A Cavalry Pistol
From the Press
"Dr. Livingstone "To the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
"The Sources of the Nile "To the Editor of the Times
"The Sources of the Nile "To the Editor of the Athenæum
"A Card from the Isle of Africa
"Name! Name!
CHAPTER XX
DAMASCUS—HIS THIRD CONSULATE
Our House
Environs of Damascus
Richard and Children
"Burton at Damascus
Buckle's Grave
Syria
Unexplored Syria
No. 1
No. 2
The Wuld Ali
Rashíd Pasha's Intrigue with the Druzes—My Account from Damascus
Real Copy (translated) to the Shaykhs of the renowned Druze Mountain
False Copy (translated) and sent to England
Another Trip, described by Charley Drake.10
"Fais ce que dois, advienne que pourra."
No. 1
No. 2
No. 3
Cutting from the Boomerang
CHAPTER XXI
RELIGION
"The Christian Revival in Syria
An Account of Richard Burton by Salih (nom de plume of an English Missionary at Damascus)
"The Recall of Captain Burton
"To the Editor of the Civil Service Gazette
"Threatened Troubles in Syria "To the Editor of the Standard
"The Damascus Consulate
"Revival of Christianity in Syria "To the Editor of the Tablet
VOLUME 2
CHAPTER I
TRIESTE—HIS FOURTH AND LAST CONSULATE
"CAPTAIN RICHARD F. BURTON AT TRIESTE
Cicci
Opçina
"To the Editor of the Pall Mall Gazette "Precaution in fighting the Ashantees
"The Overflow of the Tiber "To the Editor of the Tablet
"The Tiber "To the Editor of the Pall Mall Gazette
"Captain Burton's Discoveries in Istria "(Anthropological Report.)
"The Source of the Nile
CHAPTER II
INDIA
Sind
The Indian Army
CHAPTER III
THE DECCAN
The Main Building of Golconda
"The Koh-i-noor
Back to Bombay
Máhábáleshwar
Goa
CHAPTER IV
A QUIET TIME AT TRIESTE
Midian
On Return
CHAPTER V
SPIRITUALISM
From The Spiritualist, December 13, 1878 "The British National Association of Spiritualists "The Debate on Captain Burton's Paper
"Spiritualism in Eastern Lands
"Spirit Guardianship
CHAPTER VI
ON LEAVE IN LONDON
"EGO." mapped out. The Frontiers
"Gold in Midian "To the Editor of the Globe
"'Veritable and Singular Account of an Apparition, and the Saving of a Soul, in Castle Weixelstein, in Krain
"'Veritable and Singular Account of an Apparition, and the Saving of a Soul, in Castle Weixelstein, in Krain
"Gold in Western Arabia
"It."
"To "The Prince of the Lyric Poets of his day, "Algernon Charles Swinburne
"Burton's Camoens (A cutting from the Press.)
The Daily Telegraph, February 21, 1881
The Daily Telegraph, February 21, 1881
"The Baths of Monfalcone "To the Editor of the Medical Times and Gazette
CHAPTER VII
ON SLAVERY
Captain Burton's Reports to Lord Granville on Anti-Slavery. Letter No. 1
Letter No. 2
Letter No. 3
"How to deal with the Slave Scandal in Egypt
"Lettre-Circulaire
"'Ministère de l'Intérieur "'Lettre-Circulaire adressée à tous les Moudirs
CHAPTER VIII
TRIESTE LIFE AGAIN. 1881
From Truth, July 7, 1881
1882
From the Press "West African Mines
"Mining on the Gold Coast "To the Editor of the Mining World and Engineering Record
"To the Editor of the Mining World and Engineering Record
From Mining Journal, February 5th, 1887 "West African Gold Mines "To the Editor of the Mining Journal
"An Explanation
CHAPTER IX
ANOTHER SHORT LEAVE TO LONDON. 1882
"Captain Burton "To the Editor of Vanity Fair
1883
CHAPTER X
MISCELLANEOUS TRAITS OF CHARACTER AND OPINIONS
"Burtons—Husband and Wife
Description of Richard in Egypt. Cutting from the Argonaut
Description of Richard in his Study at Trieste. Cutting from Life
CHAPTER XI
DECLINE IN OUR WELL-BEING. END OF 1883
1884
1885
"Is Gordon dead?
London Figaro, September 26th, 1887
What all the World said. Athenæum, February 6th, 1886
Morning Advertiser, September 15th, 1885
St. James's Gazette, September 12th
Home News, September 18th
Original Verse
"Captain Burton's 'Arabian Nights.'
"Pantagruelism or Pornography? "To the Editor of the Pall Mall Gazette
Glasgow Times, 24th November, 1888 (Anent the Bodleian refusal and the biography of his book.)
"Reprints of the 'Arabian Nights.'
What the World said about Marocco. Pictorial World, March 13th
Manchester Courier, October 18th, 1889
Society, October 28th, 1889
Whitehall Review, July 15th
Evening Post, November 1st, 1888
From the Bat "Burton the Bewildering
CHAPTER XII
RICHARD ON HOME RULE AND THE RELIGIOUS QUESTION
"A 'Diet' for Ireland
Pall Mall Gazette, January 18th, 1886
"A Diet for Ireland "To the Editor of the Morning Post
1886
Politics
The Last Appeal
"Services
What the World thought about it (Press cuttings from many papers.)
Pension. Court and Society Review
The Bat, December 7th
Cutting from Truth, October 7th, 1886
CHAPTER XIII
WE LEAVE ENGLAND. 1887
"Her Majesty's Jubilee at Trieste
CHAPTER XIV
CHANGES
"The Position at Suákin "To the Editor of the Times
Extract from a cutting
"Richard's Notes from Vevey
"Notes from Lausanne
CHAPTER XV
AT MONTREUX
Malta
Carthage
Daily Chronicle, February 20th "Sir Richard Burton and Mr. Stanley
Home again, 19th March, 1890
"Illness of Sir Richard Burton
"Sir Richard Burton "To the Editor of the Morning Post
Our Last Trip
Home for the Last Few Weeks
CHAPTER XVI
WE RETURN HOME FOR THE LAST TIME
The End
Cutting from Black and White, June 20th, 1891
"Burton and Speke "To the Editor of the Times
CHAPTER XVII
THE TWO CONTESTED POINTS BETWEEN A SMALL SECTION OF ANTAGONISTS AND MYSELF
The "Scented Garden" Controversy
Lady Burton's Last Words to the "Echo."
"The Second Bone of Contention is Religion
APPENDIX A
LIST OF CAPTAIN SIR RICHARD F. BURTON'S WORKS
LIST OF LADY BURTON'S BOOKS
LIST OF SIR RICHARD BURTON'S UNPUBLISHED WORKS
APPENDIX B
NOTES ON "THE KASÎDAH." "NOTE I.—Hâjî Abdû, the Man
"Note II
"Conclusion
APPENDIX C
BHUJANG AND THE COCK-FIGHT. Specimen of his early writings in Scinde
APPENDIX D
VISIT TO THE VILLAGE OF MEER IBRAHIM KHAN TALPUR. A BELOCH CHIEF. Another specimen of Richard's fresh writings in Scinde
APPENDIX E
POLITICS. RICHARD'S VIEWS UPON THEM, AND WHAT OUGHT TO BE DONE—A SUBJECT TO BE CONTINUED IN THE FUTURE WORK, "LABOURS AND WISDOM OF RICHARD BURTON."
"How Cholera spreads—The Jeddah Massacre of 1858
The Massacre
"The Nizam Diamond—The Diamond in India
"'The Undeveloped Resources of India "'To the Editor of the Times of India
"A Peep into the Future of North-Western India
"The Partition of Turkey
APPENDIX F
LETTERS ON THE JEDDAH MASSACRE, AND CHOLERA—HIS WARNING TO THE GOVERNMENT, WHICH CALLED DOWN A REPRIMAND ON HIM
The Official "Judicious" (?) Reply. No. 961 of 1857
(Extracts from the Telegraph Courier, Overland Summary, Bombay, August 4, 1858.)
No. 2845 of 1857. Political Department
END OF FIRST CORRESPONDENCE
Second Correspondence. 1
2. No. 70 of 1859. Political Department
3
4
5
6
7
8
(In answer to J. Cosmo Melvill's letter.)
APPENDIX G
DESCRIPTION OF AFRICAN CHARACTER—THE RAW MATERIAL IN 1856–59
APPENDIX H
REPORT AFTER GOING TO SEARCH FOR PALMER
APPENDIX I
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS AND OF SCHOLARS ON THE "ARABIAN NIGHTS." "To the Editor of the Pall Mall Gazette
The Bat, September 29th, 1885
Morning Advertiser, September 15th
The Lincoln Gazette, October 10th, 1885
The Lincoln Gazette, October 10th, 1885
Whitehall Review, September 17th, 1885
Nottingham Journal, September 19th, 1885
John Addington Symonds, Am Hof, Davos Platz, Switzerland. Academy, October 3rd, 1885
Lincoln Gazette, November 2nd, 1885
Home News, September 18th, 1885
Daily Exchange, September 19th, 1883
Standard, September 12th
St. James's Gazette, September 12th
South Eastern Herald, October 31st
Morning Advertiser
Whitehall Review, October 29th, 1885
Montreal Daily Herald, September 21st, 1885
"Jehu Junior," Vanity Fair, October 24th, 1885
Morning Post, January 19th, 1886
Whitehall Review, May 24th, 1886
The Bat, July 7th, 1886
Court Society, March 4th, 1886
The Sporting Life, July 17th, 1886
The Bat, July 7th, 1886
LETTERS FROM SCHOLARS. Mr. Floyer, at the Telegraphic Conference, has secured Egypt telegraphic independence, and an annual gain of £7000
Edward Peacock, Bottesford Manor, Brigg, October 3rd, 1885
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Lady Isabel Burton
Biography of Famous British Author and Adventurer, by His Wife
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1. N.B.—This I deny. Richard was the handsomest and most attractive man I have ever seen, and Edward, though smaller, was very good-looking, but there is no doubt that Richard grew handsomer every year of his life, and I can remember Maria exceedingly attractive so far back as 1857.—I. B.
2. "The coffin being too short to admit this array in the order proposed, the hat was placed at the feet before interment."
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