THE CITY OF GOLD 189 CHAPTER VII THE GARDENS OF THE BOSPHORUS 227 CHAPTER VIII THE MOON OF RAMAZAN 265 CHAPTER IX MOHAMMEDAN HOLIDAYS 284 CHAPTER X TWO PROCESSIONS 301 CHAPTER XI GREEK FEASTS 318 CHAPTER XII FOUNTAINS 352 CHAPTER XIII A TURKISH VILLAGE 382 CHAPTER XIV REVOLUTION, 1908 402 CHAPTER XV THE CAPTURE OF CONSTANTINOPLE, 1909 425 CHAPTER XVI WAR TIME, 1912-1913 459 MASTERS OF CONSTANTINOPLE 545 A CONSTANTINOPLE BOOK-SHELF 549 INDEX 555 ILLUSTRATIONS Sultan Mehmed II, the Conqueror _Frontispiece_ From the portrait by Gentile Bellini in the Layard Collection PAGE A Stamboul street 5 From an etching by Ernest D. Roth Divan Yolou 9 A house in Eyoub 11 A house at Aya Kapou 12 The house of the pipe 13 That grape-vine is one of the most decorative elements of Stamboul streets 21 A waterside coffee-house 23 “Drinking” a _nargileh_ 26 Fez-presser in a coffee-house 27 Playing _tavli_ 29 The plane-tree of Chengel-kyöi 31 The yard of Hekim-zadeh Ali Pasha 35 “The Little Mosque” 37 From an etching by Ernest D. Roth Entrance to the forecourt of Sultan Baïezid II 40 Detail of the Süleïmanieh 41 Yeni Jami 43 Tile panel in Rüstem Pasha 50 The _mihrab_ of Rüstem Pasha 51 In Rüstem Pasha 52