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Author's proof for the terminal essay for Arabian nights
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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Proof for the foreword to the Kamashastra edition of Burton's translation of Arabian Nights, found in the first volume. Corrections written in ink and pencil of various colors. Includes table of contents of first volume, which is also corrected and has page numbers written in ink. It is unclear who is responsible for inscribing the corrections found throughout.
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"'Love, War and Fancy,' edited by the eminent British sexologist Kenneth Walker, is the summation of Burton's writings on the social and sexual mores of the Arabs. It consists of Burton's famous 'Terminal Essay' to the privately printed 12-volume edition of the 'The Arabian Nights,' together with his notes on Arabian manners and psychology. To those who know 'The Arabian Nights' only in the bowdlerized version published in the United States, 'Love, War and Fancy' will come as a revelation"--back cover.
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"'Love, War and Fancy' edited by the eminent sexologist, Kenneth Walker is the cream of Burton's writings on the social and sexual practices of the Arabs. It consists of Burton's famous 'Terminal Essay' in the privately printed sixteen volume edition of 'The Arabian Nights,' together with his notes on Arabian manners and psychology. To those who know 'The Arabian Nights' only in the bowdlerised version, 'Love, War and Fancy' will come as a revelation"--back cover.
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"This exhaustive treatise is a supplement to ... the luminous essay by the late John Addington Symonds entitled A problem in Greek ethics." Burton theorizes in this essay that homosexuality is caused by climate, particularly a region known as "The Sotadic zone," and originally appeared as part of the first edition of his translation of the Arabian Nights.
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Review of Jonathan Scott's translation of Arabian nights. Originally published in The Edinburgh Review (or Critical Journal), volume 164 no. 335 (July 1886).
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Manuscripts
Also enclosed: Burton's envelope addressed to W.F. Kirby, postmarked Apr. 27, 1886; "The MS pages of the Nights," autograph, explanatory note by Norman M. Penzer, n.d. (2 p.) and original black cloth folder.
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