Excerpt from Turkey and Its Destiny, Vol. 1 of 2: The Result of Journeys Made in 1847 and 1848 to Examine Into the State of That Country At this moment, I consider it of the highest political importance to England that the true condition of the Ottoman Empire should be made known. I devoted eleven months, and no small labor, to the collection of the materials which I now offer to my countrymen. I occupied myself mainly in studying the condition of the people. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.