William H. Seward's travels around the world (1873) (14598214508)

Identifier: williamhsewardst01sewa (find matches)
Title: William H. Seward's travels around the world
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 Seward, Olive Risley, 1844-1906
Subjects: Voyages around the world
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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A CEOUP OF HEADS FEOM THE CE8NOLA COLLECTION. PART VI. EUROPE
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CHAPTER I. ATHENS AND CONSTANTINOPLE. Athens.—The Piraeus.—The Hymettus.—The Ilyssus.—Mr. Tuckerman.—Queen Olga.—Grecian Ruins compared with those of Egypt and Hindostan.—Modern Greece,the Mexico of Europe.—The Sea of Marmora.—Taking Constantinople by Surprise.—A Co7)tre-Temps.—Alls Well that Ends Well.—The Sultan Abdul-Aziz.—A BusyDay.—Excursions.—Charms of Constantinople.—The Old Seraglio.—Fourth of July.—Robert College.—The Bosporus.—Turkish Women.—The New Palace.—UntimelyVisit.—Kiamil Pacha.—Audience with the Sultan.—Departure from Constantinople. Athens, June 28th.—We have done Athens in thirty-sixhours, because we have no more hours to do it in. Although wefeel somewhat the worse for it, there is no sign that Athens hassuffered. Our keen appetite for antiques and eccentricities of hu-man progress has been dulled. It seems to us now that, here inGreece, instead of continuing our progress down the stream of theold civilization of