CONTENTS

CHAP.PAG.
I.MY HOME IN ASIA MINOR[1]
II.AT SCHOOL AND IN THE HAREM[23]
III.THE HAREM AND WOMEN IN THE EAST[46]
IV.

I GO TO CONSTANTINOPLE AND PURSUE MYSTUDIES

[75]
V.

A NEW PROFESSION AND THE QUESTION OFCONSCRIPTION

[97]
VI.TURKEY'S INTERNAL DANGERS[118]
VII.A NEW COSTUME AND A NEW CAREER[134]
VIII.THE SUBLIME PORTE AND YILDIZ KIOSK[150]
IX.THE CEREMONY OF THE SELAMLIK[164]
X.THE SULTAN'S POLICY[175]
XI.THE STRUGGLE WITH YOUNG-TURKEY[186]
XII.ENGLAND AND THE CALIPHATE[200]
XIII.A LAST VISIT TO ASIA MINOR[211]
XIV.A SPY IN A BATH[225]
XV.FLIGHT TO ENGLAND[238]
XVI.A RETURN AND A SECOND FLIGHT[253]