THE TURKISH EMPIRE; EMBRACING THE RELIGION, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS OF THE PEOPLE. WITH A MEMOIR OF THE REIGNING SULTAN AND OMER PACHA. BY EDWARD JOY MORRIS, AUTHOR OF "TRAVELS IN THE EAST," ETC. ETC. In one Volume, 12mo., Cloth. Price 75 cents. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS, "This volume is full of valuable information. It is calculated to give a more general idea of the religious, political, and social condition, as well as the physical extent and resources of Turkey, than any publication of the popular order that has yet appeared from the press. It, of course, presents only leading facts and events, but all are so grouped and arranged as to afford an excellent idea of the rise, progress, and decline of the Mussulman power and faith."-Inquirer. "No book that we are acquainted with presents in the same space so much information about the Ottoman empire, and those who now administer its affairs, civil and military. It has, too, the advantage of being strictly impartial, and while it shows no inclination towards the power that is now menacing the Porte with destruction, it does not conceal the signs of Turkish decay, nor attempt to cover up the evils of the Turkish civil and religious system."-Bulletin. "We have here, in small space, a vast amount of information in relation to a country to which the eyes of the whole civilized world are turned at the present time. It contains all that is worth knowing of the past and present of the Ottoman empire—that empire which was once the terror of Christian Europe."-Evening Post. "In a light, neat, and exceedingly well-written volume, it presents the reader with a sketch of the biography of the leading actors in the present quarrel on the Turkish side, a condensed outline of the past history of Turkey, a similar view of the political and religious condition, the manners and customs of the people; a glance at the geography and military localities; and an Appendix containing a few of the most important docu ments immediately connected with the commencement of hostilities between Russia and Turkey and the West. To those who would acquire a general understanding of passing events in the East, without much mental labor, this work will be peculiarly acceptable, and we predict for it a successful career."-Am. Banner. "Among the numerous books which the Oriental crisis has called forth, we have met with none, which, in a single volume, comprises so large a variety of interesting matters as this, small though it be."-Bizarre. LINDSAY & BLAKISTON, PUBLISHERS, PHILADELPHIA, |