God be thanked that social progression is enabling the lawful lords of the soil to estimate at their true value the natural advantages by which they are surrounded and to hold out a hope that the blessings of Christianity may not be long disregarded by a people whose moral virtues and intuitive charity have already raised them above the level of so questionable and idolatrous a creed as that of the so-called Greek Orthodox Church. Bartlett, and the verbal descriptions appended to them.
Of the Bosphorus, the object of ambition to the Autocrat, there remains nothing for me to say beyond what may be gathered from the admirable sketches of Mr. Miss Pardoe's and Great Britain's political and religious sympathies (anti-eastern European and pro-Ottoman), are made clear throughout the book, and are succinctly expressed in a florid style, in the final sentences of her introduction.
He was one of the countless artists employed by London engravers. Richardson, can not be readily identified. He was one of the pre-eminent travel illustrators of his day, noted for "faithful representations of scenes as he saw them." 2 The engraver, C. The artist, William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854), was born in Kentish Town. Her popularity as an author and her knowledge of Turkey led to publication of The Beauties of the Bosphorus, which was issued in three or more editions, the last in about 1855, just after the end of the Crimean War - between Russia on one side, and Turkey, France, and Great Britain on the other. While there, she wrote The City of the Sultan and Domestic Matters of the Turks, published in 1838. Early in her literary career, she traveled to Constantinople with her father, a career military officer. She was born in Beverly, Yorkshire, Great Britain. Miss Pardoe (1806-1862) deserves a few words. The print, entitled "The Atmeidan, or Hippodrome," 1 is taken from The Beauties of the Bosphorous, a book by Julia Pardoe. Among the many prints that I purchased from him is the wonderful engraving shown here of the site of the Hippodrome in Constantinople. He became both an excellent source of prints and maps, and my willing teacher. Steve Bartrick, who owns and operates an establishment in Hatherley, Cheltenham, Great Britain. I searched the world-wide-web for art dealers who specialized in quality prints, and found Mr. " In time, a modest collection of prints joined the antique map and ancient coin collections that enrich my study and enjoyment of Balkan history. Before I left, I purchased six wonderful scenes of the Balkans, Ionia, and Epirus, and became interested in eighteenth and nineteenth century travel books that describe what were then mysterious and rom antic regions known to western-Europeans as "Turkey in Europe," and Putting the book back on the shelf, I turned to stud y the prints, borrowing a magnifying glass from the proprietor of the store so that I could see the details of the engraver's art. It was an image of sea-men and passengers in small, wind-driven boats that rode the crests of breaking waves toward the shore. The first of these was of the harbor of Smyrna as it appeared in the mid-nineteenth century. When I took a heavy book from a shelf and placed it on a chest-high cabinet to scan through its pages, steel engraved book illustrations that were lying there caught my eye. My attention was focused on the shelves that held old books about Greek history, classical Greek literature, and Balkan history. Several years ago while on a holiday in Santa Barbara, California, I visited the Lost Horizon Bookstore on Anacapa Street, one of my favorite haunts.
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