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Sir Richard F. Burton's translation of "The Kama Sutra" remains one of the best English interpretations of this early Indian treatise on politics, social customs, love, and intimacy. Its crisp style set a new standard for Sanskrit translation. "The Kama Sutra" stands uniquely as a work of psychology... More

Text extracted from opening pages of book: C A M N S HIS LIFE AND HIS LUSIADS A COMMENTARY UY RICHARD F BURTON ( iRVVSIAK) i? 0 * i ( ijnu, 3. The Tiavels ami Campaigns of (' amocns in the nearer Kast, and, 4 In tht* fuxthiz Kast I make no apology foi the Icnuth of thi* i topo giaphical essa>; the s... More

Text extracted from opening pages of book: THE LYRICKS. PART I. ( SONNETS, CANZONS, ODES, AND SEXTINES] ENGLISHED BY RICHARD F. BURTON, And imprinted for the Translator at London in October 1884. LONDON: BERNARD QUARITCH, 15 PICCADILLY. 1884. ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDj VmiAN AND SONS, PRINTERS, GREAT QUEE... More

By the side of the camels ride my three attendants, the pink of Somali fashion. Their frizzled wigs are radiant with grease; their Tobes are splendidly white, with borders dazzlingly red; their new shields are covered with canvass cloth; and their two spears, poised over the right shoulder, are fres... More

OS L U S J iVD A S THE LUSIADS ENGLISHED BV RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON EDITED BY HIS WIFE, ISABEL BURTON. IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. I. LONDON BERNARD QUARITCH, 15 PICCADILLY, W. 1880. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED H. I. M. DOM PEDRO DE ALCANTARA, D. PEDRO II. Constitutional Emperor, ant ctprttiial JBrfcnfccr of THE BR ... More

Vikram and the Vampire: Tales of Hindu Devilry consists of tales of the history of a huge bat, vampire, or evil spirit which inhabited and animated dead bodies. It is an old, and thoroughly Hindu legend composed in Sanskrit, and is the germ which culminated in the Arabian Nights, and which inspired ... More

Finally, the menial establishment of the Mosque consists of a Shaykh al-Sakka (chief of the water-carriers), under whom are from forty-five to fifty men who sprinkle the floors, water the garden, and, for a consideration, supply a cupful of brackish liquid to visitors.... More