{"product_id":"9781628450996","title":"Thirty Years of my Life on Three Continents (Vol 2)","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHIRTY YEARS OF MY LIFE ON THREE CONTINENTS VOL. 2\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy Edwin De Leon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExcerpt from Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER I\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside Confederacy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Rebel Capital\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresident Davis and Secretary Benjamin send me through Blockade to Europe as Special Envoy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy Program\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGo to Wilmington\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat a Confederate Cotton Blockading Port was like\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCurious Contrasts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarl of Dunmore as a Blockade Breaker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Steamer \u003ci\u003eTheodora\u003c\/i\u003e, \"Pirate Maffitt,\" ordered to take me across\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow we Managed it under Fire, and reached Nassau\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER II\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterview with Lord Palmerston as to Southern Recognition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis Argument and Mine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuarrel between Man and Wife\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePersonal Appearance and Characteristics of Lord Palmerston, a Man who was young to the end\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnecdote of Lady Palmerston\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER III\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn France\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublic Opinion and the Press under the \u003cbr\u003eEmpire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Press System\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDardenne de la Grangerie of the Press Bureau\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDue de Morny, his Characteristics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCount de Persigny\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReminiscences of, and Negotiations with, the Emperor at Vichy for Three Weeks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGaribaldi Breaks them Up\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy Impressions of Louis Napoleon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdmiral Semmes' Last Night at Paris, before his Fight with the \u003ci\u003eKerseage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis Characteristics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER IV\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReminiscences of Thackeray and Laurence Oliphant and of Mrs. Oliphant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThackeray as he appeared in Private Life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Man as distinguished from the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER V\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecollections of General Gordon and of Captain Burton during several Years' Intimacy with Both\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePersonal Peculiarities and Anecdotes concerning the Two\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAttempt of Gordon to enlist Burton's Co-operation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy it failed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGordon's Methods and Burton's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Word as to Stanley's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLady Burton as a Woman and Authoress\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER VI\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt Constantinople\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe City of Stamboul, and the European Colonies of Pera and Galata\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFresh Impressions on and after Landing up the Hill to Pera\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat it is like\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER VII\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Friday Morning at Beschicktach\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Sultan at his Prayers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncidents of the Ceremonial\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbdul Hamid's Conduct on such Occasions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis Personal Appearance and Peculiarities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe History of Beschicktach, the Turkish Windsor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMemories of Dead Sultans, and of one Buried Alive\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtin Pacha Dadian, Under Secretary of State\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER VIII \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Summer on the Upper Bosphorus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUp and Down in Steamer and Caique\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTherapia and Buyukdere, the Summer Resorts of the Diplomatic Corps, and \u003cbr\u003eEuropean Society\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdmiral Hobart Pacha, Sketch of his Life and Character from Personal Observation. . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWindham Press is committed to bringing the lost cultural heritage of ages past into the 21st century through high-quality reproductions of original, classic printed works at affordable prices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book has been carefully crafted to utilize the original images of antique books rather than error-prone OCR text. 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