In the course of my work a trifling incident led me into a correspondence with the late Professor Arminius Vambéry, whose letters, full of insight into Turkish affairs and goodwill towards England, will be found reprinted in the [Appendix]. I am also indebted to my friend Lieutenant-Colonel H. P. Picot, who was H.B.M.’s Military Attaché in Teheran from 1893–1900, for a short contribution which will likewise be found in the Appendix, p. [294].
From many mementoes in my possession I have chosen the autographed portrait of Ghazi Osman Pasha for reproduction as being that of the hero of a people whose fine qualities no one who is acquainted with them can fail to admire.
S. W.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| PART I | ||
| I. | INTRODUCTORY | [1] |
| II. | THE ARMENIAN OUTBREAK IN CONSTANTINOPLE, 1896 | [10] |
| III. | THE GRÆCO-TURKISH WAR, 1897 | [36] |
| IV. | JOURNEY THROUGH ASIATIC TURKEY: I | [57] |
| V. | JOURNEY THROUGH ASIATIC TURKEY: II | [82] |
| VI. | JOURNEY THROUGH ASIATIC TURKEY: III | [101] |
| VII. | JOURNEY THROUGH ASIATIC TURKEY: IV | [118] |
| PART II | ||
| VIII. | YILDIZ PALACE | [137] |
| IX. | SULTAN ABDUL HAMID | [159] |
| X. | A CITY OF DIPLOMATISTS | [183] |
| XI. | THE LEVANTINE | [199] |
| XII. | THE TURK AND HIS CREED | [210] |
| XIII. | TURKISH TRAITS: I | [233] |
| XIV. | TURKISH TRAITS: II | [245] |
| XV. | CONCLUSION | [261] |
| APPENDIX | [283] | |
| INDEX | [299] |
PART I