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A travelogue of journeys across the Ottoman world and the Caucasus, offering vivid sketches of city life, religious rituals, bazaars, domestic interiors and the imperial harem; it intersperses descriptions of landscapes, local customs, banquets and social types, reports on Russian war traces and visits to ports like Eupatoria, Sevastopol and Sinope, and portrays Circassian villages, homes, and people. The narrative blends on-the-spot observation, personal impressions, and cultural background to evoke daily life, ceremonies, and the region's scenery.

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Title: Turkish Harems & Circassian Homes

Author: Andrée Hope

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Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TURKISH HAREMS & CIRCASSIAN HOMES ***

TURKISH HAREMS

AND

CIRCASSIAN HOMES.

MOUNTAIN GORGE ABOVE SOUKOUM-KALE CIRCASSIA

A. HARVEY

M & N Hanhart Chromo Lith.

Turkish Harems
&
CIRCASSIAN HOMES
LONDON
HURST & BLACKETT.
GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET
1871.
M & N Hanhart Chromo Lith.

TO THE
LADY ELIZABETH RUSSELL,
THIS LITTLE VOLUME
IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED.

PREFACE.

It is hoped by the Authoress that this little record of a past summer may recall some pleasant recollections to those who have already visited the sunny lands she attempts to describe; and that her accounts, though they inadequately express the beauty and charm of these distant countries, may interest those who prefer travelling for half-an-hour when seated in their arm-chairs.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.        PAGE

THE CITY OF THE SUN        1

CHAPTER II.

THE HOUR OF PRAYER        21

CHAPTER III.

SECTS        40

CHAPTER IV.

THE HAREM        54

CHAPTER V.

THE HAPPY VALLEY        82

CHAPTER VI.

AN EASTERN BANQUET        99

CHAPTER VII.

EUPATORIA        111

CHAPTER VIII.

SEVASTOPOL        125

CHAPTER IX.

TRACES OF WAR        138

CHAPTER X.

VALLEY OF TCHERNAIA        157

CHAPTER XI.

A RUSSIAN INTERIOR        172

CHAPTER XII.

CIRCASSIA        200

CHAPTER XIII.

SOUKOUM        214

CHAPTER XIV.

CIRCASSIAN MEN AND WOMEN        239

CHAPTER XV.

A LAST RIDE        259

CHAPTER XVI.

SINOPE        271

CHAPTER XVII.

STORM-CLOUDS        289