THE ROMANCE OF ISABEL LADY BURTON THE STORY OF HER LIFE

TOLD IN PART BY HERSELF

AND IN PART BY

W. H. WILKINS

With Portraits and Illustrations

Volume One

LONDON

HUTCHINSON & CO.

PATERNOSTER ROW

1897

Printed by Hazell, Watson, & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury.

To

HER SISTER

MRS. GERALD FITZGERALD

I DEDICATE THIS BOOK

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