To Alexander Baird of Urie.
My Dear Baird,
I avail my self of a privilege of authorship, not yet utterly obsolete, toplace your name at the head of this volume. Your long residence in Egypt andyour extensive acquaintance with its "politic," private and public, make you athouroughly competent judge of the merits and demerits of this volume; andencourage me to hope that in reading it you will take something of the pleasureI have had in writing it..
Ever yours sincerely,
Richard F. Burton.
Tangier, December 31, 1885.