Travels in Circassia, Krim-Tartary, Including a Steam Voyage Down the Danube,

Excerpt from Travels in Circassia, Krim-Tartary, Including a Steam Voyage Down the Danube, From Vienna to Constantinople, and Round the Black Sea, in 1836, Vol. 1 of 2The commercial and political interest with which the events of the last few years, - nay months, have invested those countries that formed the theatre of my wanderings, at once excites the confidence of an author, and depresses hope. It excites confidence, inasmuch as he feels secure that the fruits of his labours will command the attention of an enlightened public for the sake of the subject, and the anxiety felt to become acquainted with countries so little known: it de presses hope, by the apprehension that the search ing glance of criticism may discover inaccuracies which, but for the interest so generally excited.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.