No, I could not, any more than I could have explained, years ago, to my little Turkish Kiamelé the meaning of my grand-uncle’s gift on my fifth birthday.
“Why are you going back?” Ali Baba insisted.
No, I could not tell him: he could not understand.
His flag was the Crescent, mine was the Cross.
THE SOUL OF A TURK
BY
VICTORIA DE BUNSEN
With 8 Illustrations
Demy 8vo, 10s. 6d. net
Morning Post.—“The most delightful books are those which either depict the characters of men and women, or those which reveal the personality of the writer. Mrs De Bunsen’s account of her travels in the Near East combines both these charms.”
Westminster Gazette.—“‘The Soul of a Turk’ is an interesting, well-written book.”