The Life of Sir Richard Burton | Page 9

The Standard, The Daily News, The Morning Post, The Daily Chronicle, The Daily Mail, The Athenaeum, The Saturday Review, The Academy, for inserting letters for me at different times. These letters put me in touch with several of Burton's old friends. Gardiner, Mr. C. H., 4, Montpelier Crescent, Brighton. George, Mr. William H., 2, Highfield Terrace, Bognor. Hector, Mr. E., Bookseller, 103, John Bright Street, Birmingham. Hutchinson & Co., Messrs, for the loan of the portrait of Khamoor. Jones, Mr. Herbert, The Library, High Street, Kensington. Josling, Mr. A., 36, Lyndhurst Grove, Camberwell. Kirby, Mr. W. F., "Hilden," Sutton Court Road, Chiswick, London. Letchford, Miss Daisy (now Madame Nicastro), Mezellina 178, Naples. McCarthy, The Very Rev. P. J. Canon, Ilkeston, Derbyshire. Mendelssohn, Mr. S., 21, Kensington Court Gardens, London, W. Murray, Mr. T. Douglas, Pyt Cottage, Tisbury, Wilts. MacRitchie, Mr. David, 4, Archibald Place, Edinburgh. Newcombe, Mr. C. F., 16, Champion Park, Denmark Hill, London, S. E. Nicastro, Madame. Payne, Mr. John. Pelham, Dr., President of Trinity College, Oxford. Pryce, Mr. E. S. Mostyn, Gunley Hall, Chirbury, Shropshire. Rankin-Lloyd, Mrs., Wilne House, Pembroke. Royal Asiatic Society (for permission to examine the Arbuthnot and Rehatsek manuscripts). Roe, Rev. Henry, 12, Barnoon Terrace, St. Ives, Cornwall. Sams, Rev. G. F., The Rectory, Emberton, Bucks. Segrave, Mr. H., Seaview, Lyme Regis, Dorset. Snowsill, Mr. W. G., Camberwell Central Library. Spencer, Mr. W. T., Bookseller, 27, New Oxford Street, London, W. C. Steingass, Mrs., 36, Lyndhurst Grove, Camberwell. Tussaud, Mr. John, of "Madame Tussaud's." Tedder, Mr., The Athenaeum. Tuckey, Dr. Charles Lloyd, 88, Park Street, Grosvenor Square, London. Van Zeller, Mrs. (Lady Burton's sister). Wilkins, Mr. W. H., 3, Queen Street, Mayfair, London, W. Wood, Mr. W. Martin, Underwood, Oatlands Avenue, Weybridge. Wyllie, Mr. Francis R. S., 6, Montpellier Villas, Brighton. My wife, too, upon whom devolved the heavy task of transcribing, must also be awarded her meed of praise.

The following is a fairly complete list of the various Books and Magazine Articles that have been laid under contribution.

Arbuthnot, F. F., "Persian Portraits." 1887 "The Mysteries of Chronology." "Life of Balzac (in Manuscript)." "Baily's Monthly Magazine," April 1883. Baddeley, St. Clair (See Richards, A. B.) Burton, Lady. "Life of Sir Richard Burton," 2 vols. 1893. Her Works. 5 vols. Burton, Sir Richard. His Works. 60 vols. "Edinburgh Review," July 1886. No. 335. Hitchman, F., "Richard R. Burton," 2 vols. 1887. Kama Shastra Society's Publications. Magazine Articles by or relating to Burton. Too numerous to mention. Payne, Mr. John, The Book of "The Thousand Nights and One Night," 9 vols., 1882-4, and "Omar Kheyyam." "Perfumed Garden, The." Published in 1904 by Mr. Carrington, of Paris. Its Preface contains letters from several of the leading Arabists of the day, including M. Fagnan and Professor Hartwig Derenbourg, Membre de l'Institut. Richards (A. B.), Wilson (A.), and Baddeley (St. C.), "Sketch of the Career of Richard F. Burton," 1886. Rehatsek (Edward), Translations. Roe, Rev. Henry, "West African Scenes," "Fernando Po Mission." Stisted, Miss Georgiana, "Reminiscences of Sir Richard Burton"-- "Temple Bar," July, 1891. Vol. 92. "The True Life of Sir Richard Burton," 1896. "Saturday Review," "Ultima Thule," 1876, Jan. 15 (p. 82). "Zanzibar," 1872, February 17th (p. 222). Wilkins, W. H., "The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton," 2 vols. 1897. Also the various works by Sir Richard Burton that have been edited by Mr. Wilkins. Wilson, A. (See Richards, A. B.)
Thomas Wright.
Contents of Volume I
Chapter I
19th March 1821-October 1840 Childhood and Youth
1. Torquay and Elstree, 19th March 1821 2. Tours and Elstree 3. Death of Richard Baker, 16th September 1824 4. At School, Richmond, 1829 5. The Continent Again, 1829
Chapter II
October 1840-April 1842 Oxford
6. Trinity College, Oxford, 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. Narachi: 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 November 1848 18. Allahdad
Chapter V
1849-3rd April 1853 Chiefly Boulogne
19. A Motto from Ariosto 20. Isabel Arundell and "My dear Louisa," 1851 21. F. F. Arbuthnot, 1853
Chapter VI
3rd April 1853-29th October 1854 Pilgrimage to Mecca
22. The Man wants to Wander 23. Haji Wali 24. The Pilgrim Ship, 6th July 1853 25. Medina 26. Mecca 27. Burton's Delight in Shocking 28. El Islam
Chapter VII
29th October 1854-22nd April 1855 To Harar
29. The Arabian Nights, October 1854 30. From Zeila to Harar, 27th November 1854 31. At Harar, 2nd January, 1855 32. From Harar to Berbera, 13th January 1855 33. The Fight at Berbera, 22nd April 1855
Chapter VIII
34. The Crimea 35. Engaged to Isabel Arundell, August 1856
Chapter IX
22nd April 1855-December 1856 The Unveiling of Isis
36. To Fuga, January 1857 37. Zanzibar to