INDEX INDEX A Abd el Kadir, 386 , 396 , 507 Acre, St. Jean d’, 489 Adelsberg Caves, the, 546 Aden, 74, 570 Alderley, Dowager Lady Stanley of, 747 Alexandria, 365, 621 Alford, Lady Marian, 529 Algiers, 694 Almack’s, fancy ball at, 26 Anthropological Society, dinner to Burton, 230 Anti-Lebanon, 371 Antioch, the Patriarch, Primate of, 432 Arneh, Druze wedding at, 453 Arundell, Blanche, 63, 88, 96, 556 —— Blanche Lady, 6, 439 —— Mr., death of, 684 —— Mrs., her opposition to Lady Burton’s marriage, 151; her death, 530 Arundells of Wardour, family history, 1–10 Austria, Emperor and Empress of, 545 ; the Court of, 545 Auvergne, Princess de la Tour d’, 361 Ayde, Sir John, 681 B Ba’albak, 430 Bahia, 342 Balme, Col de, 127 Barbacena, 281 —— Vicomte and Vicomtesse, 259 Beaconsfield, Lord, 614 , 621 , 623 Beatson, General, 79 Beaumont, Lady Margaret, 760 Beg, Omar, 412 Beyrout, 367 Bird, Dr., 155, 166 —— Miss Alice, 166, 689 Bishop, Miss, 683 , 695 , 751 , 755 Blanc, Mont, 124 Bludán, 427 et seq. ; news of the recall, 499 Bologna, 639 Bombay, 73; journey to, 554 , 572 ; the Towers of Silence, 586 ; the Hindû Smáshán, 588 —— Government remove Burton’s name from Army List, 175 Boulogne, life at, 40 et seq. , 555 ; last visit to, 691 Brazil, 244 et seq. —— Emperor and Empress of, 259 British Association meeting at Bath, 1864, 228 Bull-fight at Lisbon, a, 233 Bülow, Madame von, 552 Burton, Captain St. George, 747 Byculla, races at, 576 C Cameron, Captain Verney Lovett, 631 , 635 Candahar, 624 Carnival at Venice, 114 Carthage, 694 Cazalem, 597 , 599 Cenis, Mont, ascent of, 117 Chambord, Comte de (Henri V.), 113, 115, 610 Chamounix, 124 Chavannes, Comtesse de, 115 Cheron, Chevalier de St., 113 Chillon, 130 Citta Vecchia, 535 Clarendon, Lord, 352, 513 , 623 Clifford, Isabel, 14 Constable, Sir Clifford and Lady, 157 Copsey, Mr. Charles, 284 Crawford, Rev. John, 522 Cruz, Santa, 198 D Dahomé, King of, 226 Damascus, 372, 375 Dead Sea, 483 Derby, Lord, 230, 508 , 623 , 693 ; and Lady, 746 Digby, Hon. Jane, El Mezráb, 393 —— Lord, 393 , 395 Dublin, 229 Dudley, Georgina Lady, 545 E Eastbourne, 768 Eldridge, Consul-General, 520 Ellenborough, Lady, 389 , 393 , 459 , 507 Elliot, Sir Henry, 493 , 522 ; letter to Lady Burton, 516 Elphinstone Point, 593 Entre Rios, 275 Eu, Comte and Comtesse d’, 258 Extreme Unction, Sacrament of, administered to Sir Richard Burton, 702 , 706 F Fernando Po, 175 Fisherwomen of Boulogne, the, 44 Fitzgerald, Mrs., 15, 634 , 746 , 750 , 753 , 767 , 769 Fiume, 546 Florence, 110, 544 Frankel, Rev. E. B., 522 Funchal, 189 Furze Hall, 17 G Geneva, 120 Genoa, 102 Gerard, Elizabeth, 14 —— Lord, 8, 183, 355, 689 —— Monica Lady, 173 Germany, the Empress Frederick of, 545 Ghazis, the, 410 Ghazzeh, 636 , 638 Gibraltar, 681 Giram, Cape, 193 Gladstone, Mr. W. E., 551 Goa, 594 et seq. , 713 Gobat, Bishop, 481 Golconda, 585 Gordon, General, 644 , 645 ; letters from, 646 et seq. ; his death at Kartoum, 644 , 675 Gordon, Mr. and Mrs., 294 Gorizia, 610 Grant, Colonel, 740 Granville, Lord, 456 , 465 , 508 , 516 , 531 , 532 , 621 ; his reasons for Burton’s recall, 520 , 528 Grindlay’s fire, 178 Gutmansthal-Benvenuti, Mme. de, 696 , 742 , 755 , 769 Gypsy forecast, a, 21 H Hammerton, Colonel, 714 Harar in Somaliland, 73 Havre, 136 Hawthorne, General, 338 Hay, Sir J. D., 680 Henri V. (Comte de Chambord), 113, 115, 610 Honfleur, 137 Houghton, Lord, 177, 355, 551 Howard, Cardinal, 543 Hunt, Mr. Holman, 481 Hyderabad, 580 ; the Nizam of, 580 et seq. I Iceland, 529 , 552 Ideal lover, the, 37 Ireland, a trip to, 229 Ismail, Khedive, and the Mines of Midian, 610 et seq. , 621 Italy, Queen of, 558 J Jaffa, 367, 470 James, Miss, 522 Jayrúd, 407 Jeddah, 563 Jerusalem, 471 Joly, Mrs. Francis, 767 Jowett, Professor, 551 Juiz de Fóra, 277 Jung, Sir Salar, 580 K Karachi, 730 Karla Caves, 578 Karyatayn, 412 Kazeh, 143 Kebir, Amir el, 583 Kennedy, Mr., 466 L Lagôa Dourada, 285 Laguna, 200 Lanauli, 578 Lausanne, 131 Layard, Sir Henry, 182 Lebanon, 370 —— Cedars of, 432 Lee, Dr., 284 Leghorn, 110 Leighton, Sir Frederick, 354, 376 ; his picture of Sir Richard Burton, 551 Lentaigne, the convict philanthropist, 229 Leslie, Dr. Ralph, 688 , 690 Lever, Charles, 530 , 532 , 580 Levis, Duc de, 115 Lido, the, 114 Lipizza, the Emperor of Austria’s stud farm at, 546 Lisbon, 231 Llandaff, Lord (Mr. Henry Matthews), 548 Lytton, Lord and Lady, 233, 624 M Machico, 192 Madeira, 190 Máhábáleshwar, 591 , 593 , 594 Malta, 694 Marianna, 302 Marienbad, 631 , 635 Martelani, Pietro, 709 Mátherán, 577 Mattei, Count, 639 Meade, Sir Richard, 585 Mecca, 69, 565 , 713 Midian, the Mines of, 610 , 621 Mijwal, Shaykh, 394 Milan, 558 Milnes, Monckton (Lord Houghton), 81, 179 Mitford, Mr., 468 Monson, Sir Edmund, 699 Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley, 361 Montanvert, 125 Montreux, 692 Mormons, Burton’s book on the, 180 Morocco, 643 , 680 , 682 , 685 Motto Velho, 295 et seq. Mortlake, Lady Burton’s cottage at, 752 —— Cemetery, 228; burial of Sir Richard Burton, 746 , 747 ; burial of Lady Burton, 770 Mukhtára, 449 Murchison, Sir Roderick, 355 N Napier, Sir Charles, 730 Napoleon, Louis, 396 —— some relics of, 181 Nazareth, 486 ; the riot at, 487 Nevill, Major and Mrs., 580 New Hall (Convent), 17, 748 Nice, 100 Novikoff, Madame Olga, 631 O Oberammergau, the Passion Play at, 623 , 627 Opçina, 542 ; ball at, 627 Orotava, 201 Ouchy, 131 “Ouida,” 537 , 544 Ouro Branco, 328 —— Preto, 305 P Paget, Sir Augustus and Lady, 543 , 639 Palmer, Mr. E. H., 430 —— Professor, 636 Palmerston, Lord, 177 Palmyra, 403 et seq. Paris, 97; after the Franco-German War, 556 ; Lady Burton’s fall downstairs, 616 Pasarni Ghát, 592 Perrochel, Vicomte de, 414 , 421 Perry, Sir William, 533 Persigny, Duchesse de, 383 Petropolis, 258, 273, 339 Pico Arriere, 193 Pigott, Mrs. Smyth, 96, 751 Pisa, 109 Poissardes, Carolina, “Queen” of the, 44, 58, 556 Poonah, 579 , 592 Port Said, 561 Portugal, a trip to, 230 Procopio, Com. Mariano, 277 Prout, Colonel, 659 Q Queen, the, makes Burton K.C.M.G., 682 ; grants pension to Lady Burton, 747 R Ralli, Baroness Paul de, 706 , 709 Ramsden, Lady Guendolen, 758 Reclus, Elisée, 692 Richards, Mr. Alfred Bates, 605 Rio de Janeiro, 244 Riviera, the earthquake in the, 1887, 687 Rome, 544 Rosebery, Lord, 685 , 687 Royal Geographical Society and Speke, 144 Russell, Lady John, 177 —— Lord John, 175, 227 S Sabará, 315 Safed, 491 Salahíyyeh, 376 , 454 Salisbury, Lord and Lady, 614 , 623 , 682 , 685 , 687 ; letters from Lady Salisbury, 618 , 622 , 693 Santos, 230, 248 São João, 283 —— Paulo, 248 Scented Garden, The , 696 , 698 ; truth about, 719 et seq. ; burning of, 726 Schwartzenburg, Prince, 393 Scott, Rev. J. Orr, 522 Seão, Senhor Nicolão, 334 Shazlis, the, 496 , 521 Sitt Jumblatt, the, 449 Smith, Mr. W. H., 623 ; letter from, 623 Somerset, Duke and Duchess of, 552 , 758 Spain, Maria Theresa, ex-Queen of, 547 Speke, Lieut., 73, 140–144, 228, 355, 740 Spezzia, 107 Stafford, Lord, 468 Stanhope, Lady Hester, 361, 393 , 426 Stanley, Lord, 230, 351 Stisted, Lady, 745 —— Miss, 393 , 745 ; her impeachment of Lady Burton, 510 et seq. , 702 , 736 Suez, 602 , 612 Swinburne, Algernon, 354 Symmonds, Mr., 302 T Tabút or Mūharram, Feast of, 575 Tanganyika, Lake, 142 Tangiers, 683 Teneriffe, 198 et seq. ; the Peak of, 210 Thornton, Sir Edward and Lady, 247 Tiberias, Lake of, 491 Treloar, Captain, 301, 338 Trieste, 531 , 535 et seq. , 604 et seq. , 616 et seq. ; Burton a confirmed invalid, 689 ; his death at, 700 Tunis, 694 Tupper, Martin, 619 Tyrwhitt-Drake, Mr. Charles, 473 , 546 , 547 U Usagara Mountains, 141 V Varden, Dr., 490 Vaughan, Cardinal, 709 Veldes, 630 Venice, 112, 533 , 559 ; Geographical Congress at, 631 Vevey, 130 Vienna, 544 W Wahi, 592 Wales, the Prince of, 585 , 687 Wali, the, 372, 391 , 392 ; his daughter’s wedding, 459 , 464 ; his dispute with Burton, 517 Warren, Sir Charles, 638 Waterton, Canon, 743 , 760 Wikar Shums Ool Umárá, the, 582 Wilson, Miss Ellen, 435 —— Sir Andrew, 660 Windsor, Lady, 760 Wiseman, Cardinal, 713 Wright, Rev. W., 522 Wuld Ali, 461 Würtemberg, Duke of, 560 Z Zebedani, 437 Zeller, Mrs. Van, 15, 754 Zenobia, 419 Printed by Hazell, Watson, & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury. FOOTNOTES: [1] [Miss Stisted speaks of her as “Jane Digby, who capped her wild career by marrying a camel-driver,” and animadverts on Lady Burton for befriending her. The Shaykh was never a camel-driver in his life, and few, I think, will blame Lady Burton for her kindness to this poor lady, her countrywoman, in a strange land.] [2] The Inner Life of Syria, Palestine, and the Holy Land , by Isabel Burton, 2 vols. [3] Lady Ellenborough referred to her biography, which she had dictated to Lady Burton—the true story of her life, which Lady Burton had promised to publish for her, to clear away misrepresentations. In consequence of difficulties which subsequently arose Lady Burton did not publish it. [4] Miss Stisted’s Life of Sir Richard Burton, p. 360. This book was published December, 1896, eight months after Lady Burton’s death. [5] The Case of Captain Burton, late H.B.M. Consul at Damascus. Clayton & Co., Parliamentary Printing Works, 1872. [6] Vide Letter from Foreign Office to Captain Burton, June 19, 1869 (Blue Book, p. 2). [7] Letter of Captain Burton to Foreign Office, June 21, 1869 (Blue Book, p. 2). [8] Letter from Sir Henry Elliott to Lady Burton, July 12, 1871. [9] Letter from Sir Henry Elliot to Lady Burton, July 12, 1871. [10] Blue Book, p. 75. [11] Blue Book, pp. 140, 141. [12] Vide Letter from Lord Granville to Captain Burton, under Flying Seal, care of Consul-General Eldridge, July 22, 1871 (Blue Book, p. 109). [13] Vide Letter of Captain Burton to Sir Henry Elliot, July 14, 1871 (Blue Book, pp. 95, 96). [14] Letter from Captain Burton to the Rev. E. B. Frankel, Rev. J. Orr Scott, Miss James, Rev. W. Wright, and Rev. John Crawford, Bludán, July 19, 1871 (Blue Book, p. 92). [15] Miss Stisted’s Life of Burton, p. 361. [16] Lady Burton thus describes her visit to the Austrian Court: “I was very much dazzled by the Court. I thought everything was beautifully done, so arranged as to give every one pleasure, and somehow it was the graciousness that was in itself a welcome. I shall never forget the first night that I saw the Empress—a vision of beauty, clothed in silver, crowned with water-lilies, with large rows of diamonds and emeralds round her small head and her beautiful hair, and descending all down her dress in festoons. The throne-room is immense, with marble columns down each side—all the men arranged on one side and all the women on the other, and the new presentations with their ambassadors and ambassadresses nearest the throne. When the Emperor and Empress came in, they walked up the middle, the Empress curtseying most gracefully and smiling a general gracious greeting. They then ascended the throne, and presently the Empress turned to our side. The presentations first took place, and she spoke to each one in her own language, and on her own particular subject. I was quite entranced with her beauty, her cleverness, and her conversation. She passed down the ladies’ side, and then came up that of the men, the Emperor doing exactly the same as she had done. He also spoke to us. Then some few of us whose families the Empress knew about were asked to sit down, and refreshments were handed to us—the present Georgina Lady Dudley sitting by the Empress. It was a thing never to be forgotten to have seen those two beautiful women sitting side by side. The Empress Frederick of Germany—Crown Princess she was then—was also there, and sent for some of us on another day, which was in many ways another memorable event, and her husband also came in” ( Life of Sir Richard Burton , by Isabel his wife, vol. ii., pp. 24, 25). [17] This and the next chapter are compiled from the original notes from which Lady Burton wrote her A. E. I. and sundry letters and diaries. By so doing I am able to give the Indian tour in her own words. [18] Speech at the British National Association of Spiritualists, December 13, 1878. [19] Letter to Miss Bishop from Opçina, January 17, 1881. [20] Letter to Miss Bishop from Trieste, December 5, 1881. [21] This refers to Camoens: the Commentary, Life, and Lusiads . Englished by R. F. Burton. Two vols. Containing a Glossary, and Reviewers Reviewed, by Isabel Burton. 1880. [22] From her devotional book Laméd , pp. 28, 29. [23] Life of Sir Richard Burton , by Isabel his wife, vol. ii., p. 248. [24] Gondokoro was the seat of Government of the Province of the Equator. [25] Sir Samuel Baker, whom Gordon succeeded as Governor of the tribes which inhabit the Nile Basin in 1874. [26] Romalus Gessi (Gessi Pasha), a member of Gordon’s staff. [27] Mtesa, King of Uganda. [28] Mr. Rivers Wilson. [29] Nevertheless he permitted Dr. Birkbeck Hill to edit and publish his letters in 1881, which give a good account of his work in Central Africa. [30] Johannis, King of Abyssinia. [31] Colonel Prout, of the American army, for some time in command of the Equatorial Provinces. [32] King of Unyoro, a powerful and treacherous savage. Sir Samuel Baker attempted to depose him, but Kaba Rega maintained his power. [33] Life of Sir Richard Burton , by Isabel his wife, vol. ii., p. 177. [34] He actually compiled a book of quotations from the Bible and Shakspeare for use in case of need, which he called The Black Book . [35] Letter to Miss Bishop from Tangiers, Morocco, February 16, 1886. [36] The late Lord Gerard. [37] Letter to Miss Bird from Trieste, April 10, 1887. [38] The Duchess of Fife. [39] Letter to Miss Bishop, July 21, 1890. [40] Lady Burton’s maid, now dead. [41] Life of Sir Richard Burton , by Isabel his wife, vol. ii., pp. 410–414. This work was published in May, 1893. [42] Miss Stisted’s Life of Burton, pp. 409–414. [43] Translated from the Italian. [44] A tonic, a strengthening restorative. [45] An official (generally a physician) who visits the dead, and assures himself that the death is real, and not an apparent one. [46] The Baroness Paul de Ralli, who procured the above attestation from the priest, sent it in the first instance to Cardinal Vaughan, together with the following letter: “ Trieste, Austria , January 19, 1897 . “My Lord Cardinal, “There has lately been published a so-called ‘true’ Life of the late Sir Richard Burton, written by his niece. Since my letter to The Catholic Times , which appeared in the issue of December 24, it has been pointed out to me that it would be well if I could procure a written attestation of the priest who gave Extreme Unction to the late Sir Richard Burton. I am authorized by Monseigneur Sterk to place in the hands of your Eminence the enclosed manuscript, written by Monseigneur Martelani, who is now Prebendary of the Cathedral here. As an intimate friend of the Burtons, I beg to say that everything said about the life of the Burtons at this place in the ‘true’ life has been written from dictation, and, furthermore, that I could name the authoress’s informant, which makes the book worthless for those who know the source from which the authoress has gathered her information—the same source which has made Lady Burton’s life hideous from the day of her husband’s death to the time she left this place. As regards those who claim to have known all about Sir Richard Burton—‘They knew the man well,’ etc.—allow me to point out that the exoteric subtleties of his character were only exceeded by the esoteric; and to what an extent this is true is only known to those who were at the same time his friends and his wife’s intimate friends, of whom there are several here beside myself. My position at the Villa Gosslett was perhaps a little exceptional. Having come here from England in 1875 after my marriage, I was looked upon by the Burtons as a sort of ex-subject of theirs. “Believe me to be, my Lord Cardinal, “Yours faithfully, “Catherine de Ralli.” [47] Speech at the Anthropological Society, London, 1865. [48] Lady Burton’s letter to The Morning Post , June 19, 1891. [49] Vol. X. Arabian Nights , Terminal Essay, Section D, pp. 205, 206, 1886. [50] Letter to Madame de Gutmansthal-Benvenuti, from London, March 1, 1891. [51] Letter to Miss Bishop, December 27, 1891. [52] Burton’s enemies. [53] Letter to Miss Bishop from Mortlake, March 25, 1893. [54] Letter to Madame de Gutmansthal-Benvenuti, January 10, 1894. [55] Letter of Lady Burton written from Trieste to Mrs. Francis Joly, April 17, 1890. [56] Holywell Lodge, Eastbourne, March 13, 1896. Transcriber’s Notes: 1. Obvious printers’, punctuation and spelling errors have been corrected silently. 2. Where hyphenation is in doubt, it has been retained as in the original 3. Some hyphenated and non-hyphenated versions of the same words have been retained as in the original.