Records of Burton's expeditions to East Africa with John Hanning Speke (the expedition to Somalia and to the Lake regions of Africa to search for the source of the Nile).
Fragments of autobiography, partly in the hand of Burton and partly in that of his wife. Intended by Burton for his autobiography but completed and used by his wife after his death in The Life of Captain Sir Richard Burton (1893).
Autograph draft, untitled and incomplete, of an 'Anglo-India glossary', containing satirical definitions of officers and practices; n.d., but the last page is written on the verso of an address leaf of a letter to Burton in Bombay, and post-marked Aug. 1846. Incomplete, consisting of pages numbered ...
Letters from Burton to Frank Wilson, his assistant at Fernando Po; 1862-1875, n.d. With modern typewritten copies. Followed (ff. 68, 69) by two fragments of maps, drawn by Burton in ink, dating from Burton's posting at Fernando Po, off the coast of West Africa, the first showing the coastal region o...
Passages in Isabel Burton's hand of revised passages of Burton's autobiography. With occasional additions by Burton and printed excerpts and proof sheets pasted in. The first 17 folios, which have contemporary numeration, are written on sheets which appear to have been torn from a volume similar to ...
1. ff. 1-15. Autograph draft of an untitled humorous poem by Burton on Ireland, in 113 couplets; circa 1865. Written in a quarto notebook with marbled paper covers (back cover missing). 2. ff. 16-42. 'The Curse of the Muse upon one certain Dr Polyglott Ph.D.'; aft. 1865. Two autograph drafts (ff. 16...
Autograph working draft of Burton's poem 'The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi/A Lay of the Higher Law/', which purported to be a translation from the Persian by 'Frank Baker' (a pseudonym of Burton). Including the poem (in couplets) and the explanatory notes, with many revisions and including matter n...
Isabel Burton, 'My Deposition regarding the Scented Garden'; Mortlake, 16 Sept. 1893. Typewritten with autograph corrections and signed. Referring to the manuscript of her husband's unfinished work which she destroyed at Trieste after his death. With the envelope, annotated by her, 'Scented garden/M...