28 research outputs found
Vikram and the vampire; or, Tales of Hindu devilry.
Mode of access: Internet
Supplemental nights to the Book of the thousand nights and a night /
Includes bibliographical references and indexes."Limited to one thousand numbered sets of which this is number 137."Publication dates taken from translator's prefaces.Mode of access: Internet
The city of the saints,: and across the Rocky mountains to California./ By Richard F. Burton ...
2 p. ., [ix]-xii p., 2 ., 574 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Publisher's stamped cloth, gilt spine title. One leaf advts. at end.Howes B 1033; Sabin 9497.Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Digital Library Initiatives, 1996. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. [Making of America] This volume is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The City of the Saints and Across the Rocky Mountains to California
Sioux; UteIn "The City of Saints", author Richard Burton discusses his journey into Salt Lake City; and his experiences exploring the American Wes
Wit and wisdom from West Africa; or, A book of proverbial philosophy, idioms, enigmas, and laconisms.
Reprint of the 1865 ed.Proverbs in the native tongue, with English translations.Proverbs in the Wolof tongue.--Proverbs in the Kanuri tongue.--Proverbs in the Oji tongue.--Proverbs in the Ga or Accra language.--Proverbs in the Yoruba language.--Proverbs in the Efik, or Old Calabar language. Varia variorum.--Proverbial sayings and idioms in the Mpangwe (Fan) tongue. Miscellaneous phrases and expressions.Mode of access: Internet
A mission to Gelele, king of Dahome. With notices of the so called "Amazons," the grand customs, the yearly customs, the human sacrifices, the present state of the slave trade, and the negro's place in nature.
2d ed.Mode of access: Internet