To JOHN PAYNE, Esq.
etc. etc. etc.
My dear Sir,
Allow me thus publicly to express my admiration of your magnum opus, "The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night;" and to offer you my cordial thanks for honouring me with the dedication of that scholar-like and admirable version.
Ever yours sincerely,
RICHARD F. BURTON.
Queen’s College, Oxford,
August 1, 1885.
