The 1964 publication of Sir Richard Burton's translation marked the first wide appearance in English of the Kama Sutra and was celebrated as a literary event of highest importance. As vital to an understanding of ancient Indian civilization as the works of Plato and Aristotle are to the West, the Kama Sutra has endured for 1,700 years as an indisputable classic of world literature.

The standard work on human sexual behavior in Sanskrit literature, in English translation.

The History of the Kingdom of Scotland is a comprehensive history of Scotland, written in the early 18th century.