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Brief article about Sir Richard Burton, originally published in the periodical "The occult review," published in April of 1921.
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Brief article about Sir Richard Burton, to commemorate the centenary of Burton's birth, originally published in the periodical "Man: A Monthly Record of Anthropological Science," published in May of 1921 (pages 74-76).
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This collection contains approximately 450 articles, offprints, pamphlets and other works, covering a span of 1812 to 1894, collected by the British explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton and forming part of his library. The items are contained in 432 envelopes and cover 17 different categories of material: General; Periodicals, Congress Reports; Anthropology, Archaeology, Folklore; Biography; Geography, Travel; Linguistics; Literature; Medicine, Psychology; Religion, Philosophy; Science, Pure, Natural, Applied; Sword; Africa; Americas; Asia; Europe; Pacific, Australasia. Some of the works include manuscript annotations by Burton as well as correspondence sent to him and insertions of articles and clippings. This is a subsection of the Sir Richard Francis Burton Library Printed Material Collection in the Rare Books Department. Those items can be searched as a whole under the heading: Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890, former owner or Burton, Isabel, Lady, 1831-1896, former owner.
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Brief biographical article about Sir Richard Burton, originally published in Truth in 1881. The article, given no byline, is slightly critical in tone regarding its subject. The final page includes an appendix, a response to the article written by Isabel Burton, addressing the author as "Mistress Truth." The letter, dated June 29 [1881], takes issue with the article's questioning of how Sir Burton came to have a scar on his cheek. Appendix taken from Truth issue July 7, 1881.
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This biography of Sir Richard Francis Burton attempts to explain what drove the famous African explorer throughout his restless life.
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Manuscripts
The Athenæum. Original published pages, with articles by and about Sir Richard Francis Burton; including reviews of his publications and contributions by Burton, (1852-1906), 362 pages.
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