New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-10
SUPPRESSED BOOKS
curious Fate of One of Sir Rich
ard Burton's Works.

PSisn, 1911. BY the Brentwood Company
Oh the most remarkable works OF
"e idte Sir Richard Burton the famous
eNP'orer' translations from the Oriental
masterpieces OF literature have remained
inaccessible 10 the general rubI;c by. raa-
son of their appalling ,nnronr,e+v Notably
ms unexpurgated edition Of the Arabian
>isn's The finest. hut likewise the most
improper Of them all. entitled. II my mem
ry serves me right. The Scented Car
den' was thrown into rho Arc bv lad,
burton after her husbands death as an
aO'e ue conscience fearful OF the harm
"Hich II might do If it fell into wrong
MINUS IL may be remembered that she
vas pdrucu'ariy devout Roman Catholic.
ono Of the Arundels Of Wardour
Inc case Of another one Of these MAJ
Ve'ous suppressed works Of his has lust
heen brought 10 light through peculiar
lawsuit brought by a lawyer Of the name
or Alexander against the Hon. Henry r
w Manifestation. eldest son and heir q.
Nlscount Canterbury. and member Of the
publishing house q Cone & Fenvick u
seems that Sic Richard Burton wrote an
extraordinarily erudite work. entitled "Hu-
man Sacrifice Amongst the Sephardin or
Eastern Jews" his information heinz. de-
rived almost entirely from Oriental, and
especially from Moslem. sources LADY
Burton did not destroy this work. which
was unpublished AZ her husbands death.
and when she in turn died she bequeathed
II 70 trustees. These arranged with Hutch
inson & Co. the well known London pub
fishers, 70 produce the book from the origi-
nal manuscripts
While II was still In proof they were ap-
preached by the Jewish Board OF Deputies
that IS n say the principal Jewish repre-
sentative body in Great Britain-who
strongly objected 70 certain parts OF tie
work being published. Mr. wilkins. one Of
the literary trustees. who was 10 edit the
work. undertook 70 eliminate all the parts
70 which the Jewish board had drawn at
tention as being undesirable for publica-
ton. and the publishers agreed to bring
out the book in It's revised form. This ar
rangement was carried ont. the book be-
ing published under the title of The Jew.
the Gypsy and Islam" So satisfied did all
the parties appear with this agreement that
the Messrs. Hutchinson We're not asked 10
return the manuscript
Five wears later Mr. wilkins recovered
the manuscript from the publishers and
placed It with sotheran & Co. with in
structions to obtain a purchaser The
manuscript was advertised among other
literary curiosities OF the Sotherans for
more than year. and was then purcha sed
by Henry Manners-Sutton for 81 20. There
upon his firm. Cope e FenWick. announced
that they purposed 70 publish the hitherto
imprinted part OF the work, in extenso.
The trustees at once entered an opposition
thereto stating that they had never au-
thOrized Mr. wilkins who had meanwhile
died. 70 sell the manuscript with any pub
fishing rights. While matters We're in this
stage the literary executors OF Lady Bur
ton sold whatever rights they believed
themselves 70 have IN the manuscript to
the Jewish Board ot Deputies. which there
upon entered suit against Manners-Sutton
for a return of the manuscript, on pay
ment Of the $3.50 paid for H. and for an
injunction against the publication Of any
portion thereof either in England or abroad.
The courts decided In favor Of the Jewish
Board OF Deputies. and Lord Canterbury =
son has been obliged TO surrender this re-
markabe work OF Sir Richard Burton %
the board. which. II may be taken for
granted will take immediate steps for its
destruction.
Their object in doing this is only natural
One OF the principal means employed in all
ages TO excite the hostility Of the Christian
populace against the Jews has been the
story that young boys were killed by them
for sacriicial purposes. This story is more
than a thousand years old
II has always been strenuously denied by
the most enlightened class Of Jews, and no
definite proofs Of such sacrifices have ever
been secured. That II is, however, mat
ter Of popular belief in the Orient, and
especially In the eastern part of Bu-
rore. cannot be denied. Naturally the
Jewish Board OF Deputies in England is
averse TO the publication OF anything cal
culated to strengthen this impression ana
the late Sir Richard Burton enjoyed so
great celebrity for expert knowledge of
the Orient that the fact that he had Writ
ten in favor Of the story would cause many
otherwise skeptical 70 credit IT, without
taking into consideration the fact that ms
information on the subject was derived
from Moslem-that is to say. prejudiced-
sources.