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THE LIFE OF
CAPTAIN
SIR RICHARD F. BURTON,
K.C.M.G., F.R.G.S.
ISABEL BURTON.
WITH NUMEROUS PORTRAITS, ILLUSTRATIONS, AND MAPS.
IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
APPENDICES.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
THE LIFE OF SIR RICHARD BURTON.
CHAPTER I.
TRIESTE—HIS FOURTH AND LAST CONSULATE.
"CAPTAIN RICHARD F. BURTON AT TRIESTE.
Cicci.
Opçina.
"Precaution in fighting the Ashantees.
"The Overflow of the Tiber.
"The Tiber.
"Captain Burton's Discoveries in Istria.
"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.
"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.
"'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.
The Daily Telegraph, February 21, 1881.
The Daily Telegraph, February 21, 1881.
"The Baths of Monfalcone.
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.
"West African Mines.
"Mining on the Gold Coast.
"To the Editor of the Mining World and Engineering Record.
"West African Gold Mines.
"An Explanation.
CHAPTER IX.
ANOTHER SHORT LEAVE TO LONDON.
1882.
"Captain Burton.
1883.
CHAPTER X.
MISCELLANEOUS TRAITS OF CHARACTER AND OPINIONS.
"Burtons—Husband and Wife.
Description of Richard in Egypt.
Description of Richard in his Study at Trieste.
CHAPTER XI.
DECLINE IN OUR WELL-BEING.
END OF 1883.
1884.
1885.
"Is Gordon dead?
What all the World said.
Original Verse.
"Captain Burton's 'Arabian Nights.'
"Pantagruelism or Pornography?
"Reprints of the 'Arabian Nights.'
What the World said about Marocco.
"Burton the Bewildering.
CHAPTER XII.
RICHARD ON HOME RULE AND THE RELIGIOUS QUESTION.
"A 'Diet' for Ireland.
"A Diet for Ireland.
1886.
Politics.
The Last Appeal.
"Services.
What the World thought about it.
Pension.
CHAPTER XIII.
WE LEAVE ENGLAND.
1887.
"Her Majesty's Jubilee at Trieste.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHANGES.
"The Position at Suákin.
"Richard's Notes from Vevey.
"Notes from Lausanne.
CHAPTER XV.
AT MONTREUX.
Malta.
Carthage.
"Sir Richard Burton and Mr. Stanley.
Home again, 19th March, 1890.
"Illness of Sir Richard Burton.
"Sir Richard Burton.
Our Last Trip.
Home for the Last Few Weeks.
CHAPTER XVI.
WE RETURN HOME FOR THE LAST TIME.
The End.
"Burton and Speke.
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.
APPENDIX D.
VISIT TO THE VILLAGE OF MEER IBRAHIM KHAN TALPUR A BELOCH CHIEF.
APPENDIX E.
POLITICS.
"How Cholera spreads—The Jeddah Massacre of 1858.
The Massacre.
"The Nizam Diamond—The Diamond in India.
"'The Undeveloped Resources 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.
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."
LETTERS FROM SCHOLARS.
INDEX.
THE END.
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