Burton-Smithers Papers: Finding Aid

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1 No online items Finding aid prepared by Gayle M. Richardson, February 26, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Manuscripts Department 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California Phone: (626) URL: The Huntington Library. All rights reserved. msshm 27955, msshm

2 Overview of the Collection Title: Burton-Smithers Papers Dates (inclusive): Collection Number: msshm 27955, msshm Creator: Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, Extent: 129 pieces in 2 boxes and 1 volume. Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Manuscripts Department 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California Phone: (626) reference@huntington.org URL: Abstract: This collection consists mainly of letters from Isabel Burton ( ) and her husband, British explorer and writer Richard Burton ( ), to their friend London publisher Leonard Charles Smithers ( ) from 1885 to 1892; the collection also contains a printed prospectus for The Arabian Nights, a poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne, a photograph of Isabel Burton, and a lithograph of Richard Burton. Language: English. Access Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services. Publication Rights The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher. Preferred Citation [Identification of item]. Burton-Smithers Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Provenance Purchased from William K. Bixby, Processing/Project Information 1. The material in this purchase originally consisted of two bound volumes: one volume of autograph letters from the Burtons to Leonard Smithers, and, the other, an autograph manuscript by Richard F. Burton, Four Lectures: The Visitation to El Medinah. The volume of lectures was cataloged in the 1950s, and given the call number HM 27955; and, at the same time, the volume of letters was disbound but not cataloged. It was decided to now catalog the letters in an effort to catalog all of the Burton material currently in the manuscript collections. 2. Because almost the entire collection is about the publication of Burton s works at the end of his life, it was decided not to subject index these works individually unless substantive. Biographical Note Richard Francis Burton ( ), was a British explorer, linguist, writer, diplomat and translator. He explored Africa, the Middle East, South America and Iceland, and translated, among many other titles, The Arabian Nights. Burton married Isabel Arundell ( ), in 1861, and she, thereafter, accompanied Burton on many of his travels, and became his amanuensis and editor, as well as publishing her own travel volumes and an autobiography. Burton died of a heart attack on October 19, 1890, and Isabel Burton died from complications of ovarian cancer on March 22, Leonard Charles Smithers ( ), was a British solicitor, antiquarian bookseller and publisher of works of erotica and supporter of avant-garde authors and their works. Scope and Content This collection consists mainly of letters from Isabel Burton ( ) and her husband, British explorer and writer Richard Burton ( ), to their friend London publisher Leonard Charles Smithers ( ) from 1885 to Correspondence & Manuscripts (Box 1) are arranged alphabetically by author. This box includes letters from Isabel Burton and Richard Burton to Leonard Smithers. This box also includes a draft manuscript by Isabel Burton offering a pious memento in return for prayers for Richard Burton s release from purgatory and a printed prospectus for Burton s Arabian Nights. msshm 27955, msshm

3 2. Correspondence, Manuscripts, Photograph & Ephemera (Box 2) are arranged alphabetically by author and subject. This box includes letters from Richard Burton to Leonard Smithers; the final letter is dated less than a month before Burton s death on Oct. 19, Also included in this box is a poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne, a signed photograph of Isabel Burton, a lithograph of Richard Burton and ephemera. Arrangement Organized in the following manner: Bound volume of Four Lectures by Richard F. Burton (HM 27955) Correspondence and Manuscript (Box 1) Correspondence, Manuscripts, Photograph and Ephemera (Box 2) Items arranged alphabetically and chronologically. Burke E. Casari Papers ( ) (Call number: msshm , ). Also, Richard F. Burton and African explorers related rare books, pamphlets and reports from the library of Burke E. Casari cataloged individually in the Huntington Library Online Catalog. Sir Richard Francis Burton Papers, (bulk ) (Call number: mssrfb ). This collection was given to the Huntington as a gift by Edwards H. Metcalf, October Richard and Isabel Burton material listed in the Guide to Literary Manuscripts in the Huntington Library (p. 77); for detailed information about this material, please consult the Manuscripts Card Catalogue. Richard and Isabel Burton manuscript material, part of the Burton Library formerly held by the Royal Anthropological Institute; for detailed information about this material, please see: Catalogue of the Library of Sir Richard Burton, held by the Royal Anthropological Institute, B. J. Kirkpatrick (ed.). Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog. Subjects Burton, Isabel, Lady, Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, Authors, English, -- 19th century. Forms/Genres Ephemera -- 19th century. Letters (correspondence) -- 19th century. Manuscripts -- 19th century. Photographs -- 19th century. Poems -- 19th century. Additional Contributors Burton, Isabel, Lady, Smithers, Leonard C. (Leonard Charles), , recipient. Swinburne, Algernon Charles, Indexing: Subjects Burton, Isabel, Lady, In photograph, (1888, July 21). HM Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, [death]. In Lady Isabel Burton, , letter to Leonard C. (Leonard Charles) Smithers, , (1890, Oct. 31). HM Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, [funeral]. In Lady Isabel Burton, , card to Leonard C. (Leonard Charles) Smithers, , ([1891, June]). HM Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, In lithograph, ([before 1900]?). HM Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, The Scented Garden. In Lady Isabel Burton, , letters to Leonard C. (Leonard Charles) Smithers, , (1891). HM 78907, Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, Supplemental Nights to the Book of The Thousand Nights and a Night. In Lady Isabel Burton, , letter to Leonard C. (Leonard Charles) Smithers, , (1888, Mar. 21). HM Hitchman, Francis, In Lady Isabel Burton, , letter to Leonard C. (Leonard Charles) Smithers, , (1888, Feb. 18). HM msshm 27955, msshm

4 Pollock, Walter Herries, In Lady Isabel Burton, , letter to Leonard C. (Leonard Charles) Smithers, , (1888, Feb. 18). HM Indexing: Added Entries Burton, Isabel, Lady, Handwriting on note from Sir Richard Francis Burton, , to [-----], ([1884]). HM Burton, Isabel, Lady, Handwriting on letter from Sir Richard Francis Burton, , to Leonard C. (Leonard Charles) Smithers, , (1885, Feb. 24). HM Maylor, Victoria L. Handwriting on letter from Lady Isabel Burton, , to Leonard C. (Leonard Charles) Smithers, , (1888, Apr. 26). HM Volume Box 1 Four Lectures by Richard F. Burton: The Visitation to El Medinah; The Pilgrimage to Meccah; What Led to the Discovery of the Sources of the Nile; A Mission to Dahome [bound volume of 121 leaves]. HM Correspondence and Manuscript: Isabel Burton-Richard Burton to Leonard Smithers (1889 April) (HM ) Burton, Isabel, Lady, letter to [Leonard C. (Leonard Charles) Smithers, ], A.L.S. (8 p.), (1888, Feb. 18), Südbahn (Austria). HM , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1888, Mar. 21), Trieste (Austria). HM , L.S. (2 p.), (1888, Apr. 26), Trieste (Austria). HM Note: letter written by Victoria L. Maylor and only signed by Burton. Smithers, , A.N.S. (1 p.), (1888, May 23), Varese (Italy). HM , A.L.S. (3 p.), (1889, Oct. 1), Trieste (Austria). HM , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1890, May 16), Trieste (Austria). HM , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1890, May 27), Trieste (Austria). HM Burton, Isabel, Lady, card to Leonard C. (Leonard Charles) Smithers, , A.N.S. (2 p.), ([1890, June]). HM , A.L.S. (6 p.), ([1890], Oct. 31), Trieste (Austria). HM , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1890, Dec. 26), Trieste (Austria). HM , A.L.S. (2 p.), (1891, Feb. 12), Liverpool (Eng.). HM Burton, Isabel, Lady, letter to [Alice Edith Oldham Smithers], A.L.S. (2 p.), (1891, Feb. 25), London (Eng.). HM Cataloger s Note: addressed to Mrs. Smithers for her husband, Leonard Smithers, who is ill , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1891, Mar. 22), London (Eng.). HM , L.S. (typewritten: 1 p.), (1891, Apr. 9), London (Eng.). HM , L.S. (typewritten: 1 p.), (1891, Apr. 24), London (Eng.). HM , A.L.S. (1 p.), (1891, May 12), London (Eng.). HM Burton, Isabel, Lady, card to Leonard C. (Leonard Charles) Smithers, , A.N.S. (2 p.), ([1891], May 31), London (Eng.). HM msshm 27955, msshm

5 [Burton, Isabel, Lady, ]. 1 card to Leonard C. (Leonard Charles) Smithers, , A.N. (1 p.), ([1891, June]). HM Note: A.N., addressed to Mr & Mrs Smithers on verso of card with printed invitation to Sir Richard F. Burton s funeral. Smithers, , A.N.S. (1 p.), (1891, July 14), London (Eng.). HM Smithers, , A.N.S. (1 p.), (1891, July 15), London (Eng.). HM , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1891, July 18), London (Eng.). HM Smithers, , A.N.S. (1 p.), (1891, July 20), London (Eng.). HM , A.L.S. (2 p.), (1891, July 21), London (Eng.). HM , A.L.S. (2 p.), (1891, Aug. 8), Mortlake (Surrey, Eng.). HM , A.L.S. (3 p.), (1891, Aug. 16), London (Eng.). HM , A.L.S. (1 p.), (1891, Aug. 26), London (Eng.). HM Smithers, , A.N.S. (1 p.), (1891, Sep. 7), London (Eng.). HM Smithers, , A.N.S. (1 p.), (1891, Sep. 15), London (Eng.). HM Burton, Isabel, Lady, telegram to Leonard C. (Leonard Charles) Smithers, , (1 p.), (1891, Sep. 17), London (Eng.). HM [Burton, Isabel, Lady, ]. In return for this small pious memento : [draft copy of a letter requesting prayers for Richard Burton], MS. S. (1 p.), (1891, Sep.). HM Note: not in Isabel Burton s hand. Smithers, , A.N.S. (1 p.), (1891, Oct. 1), London (Eng.). HM Burton, Isabel, Lady, telegram to Leonard C. (Leonard Charles) Smithers, , (1 p.), (1891, Oct. 21), London (Eng.). HM Burton, Isabel, Lady, telegram to Leonard C. (Leonard Charles) Smithers, , (1 p.), (1891, Oct. 23), London (Eng.). HM Burton, Isabel, Lady, note to [Leonard C. (Leonard Charles) Smithers, ], A.N.S. (1 p.), ([ca. 1891]?), [London (Eng.)]. HM , A.L.S. (1 p.), (1892, June 29), London (Eng.). HM , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1892, July 17), London (Eng.). HM [Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, ]. 1 note to [-----], A.N.S. (1 p.), ([1884]). HM Note: in the hand of Isabel Burton; written on the verso of a printed cutting from the Daily Tribune, New York, U.S.A., July 7, Smithers, ], A.L.S. (2 p.), (1885, Nov. 14), London (Eng.). HM [Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, ]. Captain Burton, having neither agent nor publisher for his forthcoming Arabian Nights : [printed prospectus], (1 p.), ([1885]?). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1886, Jan. 24), Montreux (Switzerland). HM msshm 27955, msshm

6 Smithers, ], A.L.S. (2 p.), (1887, Jan. 12), Folkestone (Eng.). HM Smithers, ], A.L.S. (2 p.), (1887, May 27), Trieste (Austria). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1888, Feb. 5), Montreux (Switzerland). HM Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, telegram to Leonard C. (Leonard Charles) Smithers, , (1 p.), (1888, Feb. 20). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (2 p.), (1888, July 22), London (Eng.). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (1 p.), (1888, July 27), London (Eng.). HM Smithers, ], A.L.S. (4 p.), (1888, Aug. 8), Ramsgate (Eng.). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1888, Aug. 22), London (Eng.). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (3 p.), (1888, Sep. 30), [London (Eng.)]. HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (2 p.), ([1888], Oct. 20), London (Eng.). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (2 p.), ([1888], Oct. 22), Folkestone (Eng.). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (2 p.), (1888, Nov. 4), Geneva (Switzerland). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1888, Nov. 14), Geneva (Switzerland). HM Smithers, , A.N.S. (1 p.), (1888, Nov. 28), Geneva (Switzerland). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1888, Dec. 2), Geneva (Switzerland). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), ([1888], Dec. 20), Tunis (No. Africa). HM Also enclosed: calling card of John Addington Symonds. Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1888, Dec. 24), [Tunis (No. Africa)]. HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), ([1889], Jan. 8), Tunis (No. Africa). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1889, Jan. 16), Tunis (No. Africa). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1889, Jan. 31), Montreux (Switzerland). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1889, Feb. 17), Lausanne (Switzerland). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (2 p.), (1889, [Mar.] 5), Milan (Italy). HM Also enclosed: autograph notes of corrections, pages (2 p.). Box 2 Smithers, , A.L.S. (3 p.), (1889, Mar. 20), Trieste (Austria). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1889, Apr. 3), Trieste (Austria). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1889, Apr. 17), Trieste (Austria). HM Correspondence, Manuscripts, Photograph, Ephemera: Richard Burton to Leonard Smithers (1889 May)-Swinburne (HM ) msshm 27955, msshm

7 Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1889, May 1), Trieste (Austria). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), ([1889], May 13), Trieste (Austria). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1889, May 22), Trieste (Austria). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (3 p.), ([1889], May 24), [Trieste (Austria)]. HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1889, June 2), Trieste (Austria). HM Smithers, , A.N.S. (1 p.), (1889, June 23), Trieste (Austria). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1889, June 26), Trieste (Austria). HM Also enclosed: autograph notes To the Reader (4 p.). Smithers, ], A.L. (6 p.), ([1889], June 29-30). HM Smithers, , A.N.S. (1 p.), (1889, July 11), Graz (Styria, Austria). HM [Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, ]. 1 letter to Leonard C. (Leonard Charles) Smithers, , A.L. (4 p.), (1889, Aug. 1). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1889, Aug. 29), Vienna (Austria). HM Smithers, , A.N.S. (1 p.), (1889, Sep. 6), Trieste (Austria). HM Note: repaired. Smithers, , A.L.S. (3 p.), (1889, Sep. 12), Trieste (Austria). HM [Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, ]. 1 letter to Leonard C. (Leonard Charles) Smithers, , A.L. (4 p.), (1889, Sep. 13), Trieste (Austria). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), ([1889], Oct. 4), Trieste (Austria). HM Also enclosed: autograph draft of Prospectus (2 p.). Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1889, Oct. 19), Trieste (Austria). HM Smithers, , A.N.S. (1 p.), (1889, Oct. 20), Trieste (Austria). HM Smithers, , A.N.S. (1 p.), (1889, Oct. 25), Trieste (Austria). HM Note: repaired. Smithers, , A.L.S. (2 p.), (1889, Oct. 31), Trieste (Austria). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (2 p.), (1889, Nov. 4), Trieste (Austria). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1889, Nov. 11), Trieste (Austria). HM Smithers, , A.N.S. (1 p.), (1889, Nov. 14), Trieste (Austria). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1889, Nov. 17), Brindisi (Italy). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (2 p.), (1889, Nov. 20), Brindisi (Italy). HM msshm 27955, msshm

8 Smithers, , A.L.S. (2 p.), (1889, Nov. 27), (Malta). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1889, Dec. 11), (Malta). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1890, Jan. 3). HM Also enclosed: page of notes (1 p.). Smithers, , A.N.S. (1 p.), (1890, Jan. 28), Algiers (Algeria). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1890, Jan. 29), Algiers (Algeria). HM Also enclosed: autograph draft of title page for Priapeia (1 p.). Smithers, , A.L.S. (6 p.), (1890, Feb. 7), Algiers (Algeria). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1890, Feb. 20), [(No. Africa)]. HM Also enclosed: autograph draft of lines marked C 1; window-mounted (2 p.). Smithers, , A.L.S. (6 p.), (1890, Mar. 5), Algiers (Algeria). HM Smithers, , A.N.S. (1 p.), (1890, Mar. 20), Trieste (Austria). HM Smithers, , A.N.S. (1 p.), (1890, Mar. 29), Trieste (Austria). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (3 p.), (1890, Apr. 6), Trieste (Austria). HM Also enclosed: autograph note Errata pages (1 p.). Smithers, , A.L.S. (2 p.), (1890, Apr. 8), Trieste (Austria). HM Smithers, , A.N.S. (1 p.), (1890, Apr. 9), Trieste (Austria). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1890, Apr. 16), Trieste (Austria). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1890, Apr. 26), Trieste (Austria). HM Also enclosed: autograph note, Errata pages (1 p.). Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1890, Apr. 29), Trieste (Austria). HM Also enclosed: autograph note, Sheet 17 Errata pages (1 p.). Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1890, May 4), Trieste (Austria). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1890, May 7), Trieste (Austria). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (3 p.), (1890, May 10), Trieste (Austria). HM Smithers, ], A.L. (2 p.), (1890, May 11), Trieste (Austria). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1890, May 12), Trieste (Austria). HM Smithers, ], A.L. (2 p.), ([1890], May 15), [Trieste (Austria)]. HM msshm 27955, msshm

9 Smithers, ], A.L. (4 p.), (1890, May 19), [Trieste (Austria)]. HM Smithers, ], A.L. (4 p.), (1890, May 20), [Trieste (Austria)]. HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (5 p.), (1890, May 28-31), Trieste (Austria). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (3 p.), (1890, June 18), Trieste (Austria). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (5 p.), (1890, June 21), Trieste (Austria). HM Smithers, ], A.L.S. (3 p.), (1890, June 26), Trieste (Austria). HM In pencil. [Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, ]. 1 letter to Leonard C. (Leonard Charles) Smithers, , A.L. (4 p.), (1890, July 15), Zurich (Switzerland). HM Smithers, ], A.L.S. (1 p.), ([1890], Aug. 6), Zurich (Switzerland). HM Also enclosed: postal receipt. Smithers, , A.L.S. (4 p.), (1890, Sep. 8), Trieste (Austria). HM Smithers, , A.L.S. (5 p.), (1890, Sep. 24), Trieste (Austria). HM Also enclosed: list of names and addresses of where to send copies of book (2 p.). Smithers, , A.N.S. (1 p.), (1890, Sep. 26), Trieste (Austria). HM [Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, ]. 1 note to [-----], A.N. (1 p.), ([before 1890 Oct.]). HM Note: Burton s note is written on a draft of a prospectus announcing the withdrawal of one of his translations; prospectus not in Burton s hand. [Swinburne, Algernon Charles, ]. To Richard F Burton on his Translation of the Arabian Nights : [poem], MS. S. (1 p.), (1886, Feb. 6), [London (Eng.)]. HM Note: in an unknown hand; From the Athenæum No 3041 J. B. Rottmayer. Lady Isabel Burton, , 1 cabinet photograph: sepia, (1888, July 21), Trieste (Austria). HM Signed and dated Captain Burton. 1 lithograph: color, ([before 1900]?). HM Ephemera. William K. Bixby bookplate, autograph description of contents of collection from original volume, autograph notes, ([before 1918]), 3 pieces. HM msshm 27955, msshm