CONSTANTINOPLE.

BY
EDMONDO DE AMICIS,
Author of “Holland,” “Spain and the Spaniards,” etc.

TRANSLATED FROM THE FIFTEENTH ITALIAN EDITION BY
MARIA HORNOR LANSDALE.

ILLUSTRATED.

IN TWO VOLUMES.
Vol. I.

PHILADELPHIA:
HENRY T. COATES & CO.
1896.

Copyright, 1896, by
HENRY T. COATES & CO.

CONTENTS.

PAGE
The Arrival[7]
Five Hours Later[33]
The Bridge[43]
Stambul[59]
Along the Golden Horn[85]
The Great Bazâr[121]
Life in Constantinople[159]
St. Sophia[247]
Dolmabâghcheh[279]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
VOLUME I.

Photogravures by W. H. Gilbo.

PAGE
The Mihrab of the Mosque of Roustem Pasha, showing Persian Tiles[Frontispiece.]
Mosques of Sultan Ahmed and St. Sophia[21]
View of Pera and Galata[29]
Ancient Fountain[39]
Bridge of Galata[45]
Fountain of Court of the Mosque of Ahmed[65]
Burnt Column of Constantine[70]
Tower of Galata[90]
Panorama of the Arsenal and Golden Horn[105]
Date-seller[131]
View of Stambul, Mosque of Validêh, and Bridge[161]
Serpentine Column of Delphi[167]
Group of Dogs[179]
Types of Turkish Soldiers[189]
A Turkish Official[200]
Türbeh of Sultan Selim II. in St. Sophia[216]
Interior of Mosque of Ahmed[227]
Entrance and Tower of Serasker[243]
Entrance to St. Sophia[249]
Fountain of Ahmed[251]
Mosque of St. Sophia[255]
Interior of the Mosque of St. Sophia[260]
First Columns erected in St. Sophia[263]
Palace of Dolmabâghcheh[281]
Palace of the Sultan on the Bosphorus[296]