THE ROMANCE OF ISABEL LADY BURTON
VOL. II
[Illustration:
_From a photograph by Gunn & Stuart_ _F. Jenkins Heliog, Paris_
_Isabel Burton_]
_Third Edition_
THE ROMANCE OF
ISABEL LADY BURTON
THE STORY OF HER LIFE
TOLD IN PART BY HERSELF
AND IN PART BY
W. H. WILKINS
WITH PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
VOLUME TWO
LONDON
HUTCHINSON & CO.
PATERNOSTER ROW
1897
Printed by Hazell, Watson, & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury.
CONTENTS OF VOL. II
BOOK II
(_Continued_)
CHAPTER XI
PAGE
IN AND ABOUT DAMASCUS 375
CHAPTER XII
EARLY DAYS AT DAMASCUS 387
CHAPTER XIII
THROUGH THE DESERT TO PALMYRA 403
CHAPTER XIV
BLUDÁN IN THE ANTI-LEBANON 425
CHAPTER XV
GATHERING CLOUDS 448
CHAPTER XVI
JERUSALEM AND THE HOLY LAND 469
CHAPTER XVII
THE RECALL 493
CHAPTER XVIII
THE TRUE REASONS OF BURTON’S RECALL 510
CHAPTER XIX
THE PASSING OF THE CLOUD 524
CHAPTER XX
EARLY YEARS AT TRIESTE 535
CHAPTER XXI
THE JOURNEY TO BOMBAY 554
CHAPTER XXII
INDIA 574
CHAPTER XXIII
TRIESTE AGAIN 604
CHAPTER XXIV
THE SHADOWS LENGTHEN 625
CHAPTER XXV
GORDON AND THE BURTONS 645
CHAPTER XXVI
THE SWORD HANGS 677
CHAPTER XXVII
THE SWORD FALLS 698
BOOK III
_WIDOWED_
CHAPTER I
THE TRUTH ABOUT “THE SCENTED GARDEN” 719
CHAPTER II
THE RETURN TO ENGLAND 739
CHAPTER III
THE TINKLING OF THE CAMEL’S BELL 749
INDEX 773
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
VOL. II
LADY BURTON _Frontispiece_
_To face page_
THE BURTONS’ HOUSE AT SALAHÍYYEH, DAMASCUS 376
THE COURT OF THE GREAT MOSQUE, DAMASCUS 384
ARAB CAMEL-DRIVERS 422
BA’ALBAK 430
“THE MOON,” LADY BURTON’S SYRIAN MAID 442
MOSQUE OF OMAR, JERUSALEM 472
THE DEAD SEA 484
TRIESTE 540
SIR RICHARD BURTON 550
PORT SAID 562
ARAB CAMEL-DRIVERS 566
THE CAVES OF ELEPHANTA 574
PANORAMA POINT AND THE BHAO MALLIN HILLS, MÁTHERÁN 578
THE BORAH (NATIVE) BAZAR, BOMBAY 590
GOA 598
SUEZ 612
THE BURTONS’ HOUSE AT TRIESTE 638
CAIRO 662
AUTOGRAPH LETTER OF GENERAL GORDON 672
LADY BURTON IN 1887 686
A NATIVE LADY, TUNIS 694
FACSIMILE OF DECLARATION BY SIR RICHARD BURTON 711
THE ROOM IN WHICH LADY BURTON DIED 770
THE ARAB TENT AT MORTLAKE 770
BOOK II.--WEDDED
(CONTINUED)