Richard Francis Sir Burton: 51 books
by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
I went to Iceland feeling by instinct that many travellers had prodigiously exaggerated their descriptions, possibly because they had seldom left home. “The most difficult and expensive country in the world” would certainly prove cheap and easy after the Andes and the Haurán. What could be made...
To the Gold Coast for Gold (Complete)
A Personal Narrative
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2015
The following extract from 'Wanderings in West Africa,' a book which I wrote in 1862 and published (anonymously) in 1863, will best explain the reasons which lately sent me to Western Africa:--
In several countries, for instance, Dinkira, Tueful, Wásá (Wassaw), and especially...
Arabian Nights (Volume 14)
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2015
Contents of the Fourteenth Volume.
1. Story of the Sultan of Al-Yaman and His Three Sons 2. Story of the Three Sharpers a. The Sultan Who Fared Forth in the Habit of a Darwaysh b. History of Mohammed, Sultan of Cairo c. Story of the First Lunatic d. Story of the Second Lunatic e. Story of...
Arabian Nights (Volume 8)
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
Contents of the Eighth Volume
King Mohammed Bin Sabaik and the Merchant Hasan (continued) a. Story of Prince Sayf Al-Muluk and the Princess Badi'a Al-Jamal (continued) 155. Hassan of Bassorah 156. Khalifah The Fisherman Of Baghdad The same from the Breslau Edition 157. Masrur and Zayn Al-Mawasif 158. Ali Nur Al-Din and Miriam the Girdle-Girl
by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2015
A few pages by way of "Forespeache."
The plain unvarnished tale of the travel in Midian, undertaken by the second Expedition, which, like the first, owes all to the liberality and the foresight of his Highness Ismail I., Khediv of Egypt, forms the subject of these volumes. During...
Arabian Nights (Volume 12)
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2015
Contents of the Twelfth Volume.
13. Al-Malik Al-Zahir Rukn Al-Din Bibars Al-Bundukdari and the Sixteen Captains of Police a. First Constable's History b. Second Constable's History c. Third Constable's History d. Fourth Constable's History e. Fifth Constable's History f. Sixth Constable's...
by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Before proceeding to develop my New Sword Exercise for Infantry, I would offer a few remarks upon the changes proposed in these pages. Whilst the last half century has witnessed an immense improvement in the projectile weapons of the civilized world, the theory and practice of the sabre or cutting...
Arabian Nights (Volume 2)
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
Contents of the Second Volume
7. Nur Al-Din Ali and the Damsel Anis Al-Jalis
8. Tale of Ghanim Bin Ayyub, The Distraught, The Thrall O' Love
a. Tale of the First Eunuch, Bukhayt
b. Tale of the Second Eunuch, Kafur
9. Tale of King Omar Bin Al-Nu'uman and His...
Arabian Nights (Volume 16)
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2015
Contents of the Sixteenth Volume.
1. The Say of Haykar the Sage 2. The History of Al-Bundukani or, The Caliph Harun Al-Rashid and the Daughter of King Kisra 3. The Linguist-Dame, the Duenna and the King's Son 4. The Tale of the Warlock and the Young Cook of Baghdad 5. The Pleasant History...
Arabian Nights (Volume 7)
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
Contents of the Seventh Volume
The History of Gharib and His Brother Ajib (continued) 138. Otbah and Rayya 139. Hind, Daughter of Al-Nu'man, and Al-Hajjaj 140. Khuzaymah Bin Bishr and Ikrimah Al-Fayyaz 141. Yunus the Scribe and the Caliph Walid Bin Sahl 142. Harun Al-Rashid and the Arab Girl...
Arabian Nights (Volume 1)
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
Contents of the First Volume
Introduction
Story Of King Shahryar and His Brother
a. Tale of the Bull and the Ass
1. Tale of the Trader and the Jinni
a. The First Shaykh's Story
b. The Second Shaykh's Story
c. The Third Shaykh's Story
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by Sir Richard Francis Burton & Verney Lovett Cameron
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
The glory of an explorer, I need hardly say, results not so much from the extent, or the marvels of his explorations, as from the consequences to which they lead. Judged by this test, my little list of discoveries has not been unfavoured of fortune. Where two purblind fever-stricken men plodded painfully...
by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS***
Synopsis:
The glory of an explorer, I need hardly say, results not so much from the extent, or the marvels of his explorations, as from the consequences to which they lead. Judged by this test, my little list of...
Arabian Nights (Volume 10)
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2015
Contents of the Tenth Volume
169. Ma'aruf the Cobbler and His Wife Fatimah Conclusion Terminal Essay Appendix I.-- 1. Index to the Tales and Proper Names 2. Alphabetical Table of the Notes (Anthropological, &c.) 3. Alphabetical Table of First lines-- a. English b. Arabic 4. Table of Contents...