[Illustration: Girl of the Harem.] CONSTANTINOPLE. BY EDMONDO DE AMICIS, AUTHOR OF “HOLLAND,” “SPAIN AND THE SPANIARDS,” ETC. TRANSLATED FROM THE FIFTEENTH ITALIAN EDITION BY MARIA HORNOR LANSDALE. ILLUSTRATED. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. PHILADELPHIA: HENRY T. COATES & CO. 1896. COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY HENRY T. COATES & CO. CONTENTS. PAGE TURKISH WOMEN 7 YANGHEN VAHR 71 THE WALLS 101 THE OLD SERAGLIO 141 THE LAST DAYS 213 THE TURKS 247 THE BOSPHORUS 269 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. VOLUME II. Photogravures by W. H. GILBO. PAGE GIRL OF THE HAREM _Frontispiece._ TURKISH LADY 11 LEMONADE-SELLER 19 AN OUTING OF THE WOMEN OF THE HAREM 21 DANCING GIRLS 45 TURKISH FIREMEN 79 WATER-SELLER 85 AQUEDUCT OF VALENS 96 MOSQUE OF THE CHORA 110 DERVISH 120 INTERIOR VIEW OF THE SEVEN TOWERS 127 VIEW OF INTERIOR OF THE SEVEN TOWERS 133 PANORAMA OF THE SERAGLIO 147 A TURKISH WOMAN 184 GATEWAY OF THE IMPERIAL PALACE AT THE SWEET WATERS OF ASIA 194 PANORAMA OF MOSQUE OF BAYEZID 218 ANCIENT FOUNTAIN AT SKUTARI 223 CEMETERY OF EYÛB AND VIEW OF THE GOLDEN HORN 229 TÜRBEH OF THE MOSQUE SHAZADEH 235 TOMBS OF MAHMÛD II. AND OF HIS SON ABDUL-AZIZ 237 COFFEE-MAKERS 245 BOSPHORUS: VIEW OF SHORES OF ASIA AND EUROPE 271 MOSQUE OF VALIDÊH AT OK SERAI 275 SWEET WATERS OF EUROPE 280 ENTRANCE TO THE BLACK SEA 293 TURKISH WOMEN.