[FN#481] Le Fanu had carefully studied the effects of green tea and of hallucinations in general.  I have a portion of the correspondence between him and Charles Dickens on this subject.

[FN#482] Burton’s A. N., Suppl. ii., 90-93; Lib.  Ed., ix., 307, 308.

[FN#483] Lib.  Ed., iv., 147.

[FN#484] “The Story of Janshah.”  Burton’s A. N., v., 346; Lib.  Ed., iv., 291.

[FN#485] One recalls “Edith of the Swan Neck,” love of King Harold, and “Judith of the Swan Neck,” Pope’s “Erinna,” Cowper’s Aunt.

[FN#486] Burton’s A. N., x., 6; Lib.  Ed., viii., 6.

[FN#487] Burton’s A. N., viii., 275; Lib.  Ed., vii., 12.

[FN#488] Burton’s A. N., vii., 96; Lib.  Ed., v., 294.

[FN#489] Burton’s A. N., Suppl.  Nights, vi., 438; Lib.  Ed., xii., 258.

[FN#490] Burton’s A. N., x., 199; Lib.  Ed., viii., 174; Payne’s A. N., ix., 370.

[FN#491] The writer of the article in the Edinburgh Review (no friend of Mr. Payne), July 1886 (No. 335, p. 180.), says Burton is “much less accurate” than Payne.

[FN#492] New York Tribune, 2nd November 1891.

[FN#493] See Chapter xxxiii.

[FN#494] Still, as everyone must admit, Burton could have said all he wanted to say in chaster language.

[FN#495] Arbuthnot’s comment was:  “Lane’s version is incomplete, but good for children, Payne’s is suitable for cultured men and women, Burton’s for students.”

[FN#496] See Chapter xii., 46.

[FN#497] Burton’s A. N., x., 180, 181; Lib.  Ed., viii., 163.

[FN#498] Burton’s A. N., x., 203; Lib.  Ed., viii., 184.

[FN#499] Of course, all these narratives are now regarded by most Christians in quite a different light from that in which they were at the time Burton was writing.  We are all of us getting to understand the Bible better.

[FN#500] Lady Burton gives the extension in full.  Life, vol. ii, p. 295.

[FN#501] The Decameron of Boccaccio. 3 vols., 1886.

[FN#502] Any praise bestowed upon the translation (apart from the annotations) was of course misplaced—­that praise being due to Mr. Payne.

[FN#503] Lady Burton’s surprise was, of course, only affected.  She had for long been manoeuvering to bring this about, and very creditably to her.

[FN#504] Life, ii., 311.

[FN#505] Dr. Baker, Burton’s medical attendant.

[FN#506] Burton’s Camoens, i., p. 28.

[FN#507] Life, vol. i., p. 396.

[FN#508] Note to “Khalifah,” Arabian Nights, Night 832.

[FN#509] Childe Harold, iv., 31, referring, of course, to Petrarch.

[FN#510] Terminal Essay, Arabian Nights.

[FN#511] It reminded him of his old enemy, Ra’shid Pasha.  See Chap. xiv.

[FN#512] Pilgrimage to Meccah, ii., 77.

[FN#513] Mission to Gelele, ii., 126.

[FN#514] Task, Book i.