Captain Sir Richard F. Burton's

Vikram and The Vampire

Classic Hindu Tales of
Adventure, Magic, and Romance

Edited by his Wife
Isabel Burton

"Les fables, loin de grandir les hommes, la Nature et Dieu,
rapetssent tout."
Lamartine (Milton)

"One who had eyes saw it; the blind will not understand it.
A poet, who is a boy, he has perceived it; he who understands it
will be
his sire's sire." - Rig-Veda (I.164.16).


Contents

Preface
Preface to the First (1870) Edition
Introduction

THE VAMPIRE'S FIRST STORY.
In which a Man deceives a Woman

THE VAMPIRE'S SECOND STORY.