The Circassian Slave, or, the Sultan\'s favorite : a story of Constantinople and the Caucasus
THE CIRCASSIAN SLAVE: OR, THE SULTAN'S FAVORITE. A Story of Constantinople and the Caucasus. BY LIEUTENANT MURRAY. BOSTON: 1851. PUBLISHER's NOTE.--The following Novelette was originally published in THE PICTORIAL DRAWING ROOM COMPANION, and is but a specimen of the many deeply entertaining Tales, and the gems of literary merit, which grace the columns of that elegant and highly popular journal.
Preface.
The author of these pages considered that a lengthened explanation might
be necessary to account for the present work.
He had therefore, at some length, detailed the motives that influenced
him in its composition. He had shown that as a solitary companionless
bushman, it had been a pleasure to him in his lone evenings
"To create, and in creating live
A being more intense."
He had expatiated on the love he bears his adopted country, and had
stated that he was greatly influenced by the hope that although
"Sparta hath many a worthier son than he,"
this work might be the humble cornerstone to some enduring and highly
ornamented structure.
THE CIRCASSIAN SLAVE: OR, THE SULTAN'S FAVORITE. A Story of Constantinople and the Caucasus. BY LIEUTENANT MURRAY. BOSTON: 1851. PUBLISHER's NOTE.--The following Novelette was originally published in THE PICTORIAL DRAWING ROOM COMPANION, and is but a specimen of the many deeply entertaining Tales, and the gems of literary merit, which grace the columns of that elegant and highly popular journal.