TO JOHN PAYNE, ESQ.

ETC. ETC. ETC.

MY DEAR SIR,

Please allow me to publicly express my admiration for your great work original: "magnum opus", “The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night,” and to offer you my sincere thanks for honoring me with the dedication of that scholarly and admirable translation.

RICHARD F. BURTON.

QUEEN’S COLLEGE, OXFORD.
August 1, 1885.