Transcriber's Note:
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.Inconsistent spelling, hyphenation, and use of diacritics in the originaldocument have been preserved.
On page 38, "Theodore of Tyrone" should possibly be "Theodore of Tyron".
On page 97, "εἰς πήγας" should possiblybe "εἰς πηγάς".
On page 215, "paying vengeance on his head" should possibly be "praying vengeance on his head".
On page 256, the caption has been changed to agree with the text.
On page 284, "πήγη" should possibly be "πηγή".
On page 312, "Gül Kkâneh Kiosk" may be a typo.
The Story of Constantinople
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Constantinople
The Story of the old Capital
of the Empire by William
Holden Hutton, Fellow of
S. John Baptist College, Oxford.
Illustrated by Sydney Cooper
London: J. M. Dent & Co.
Aldine House, 29 and 30 Bedford Street
Covent Garden, W.C. · · 1900
This superb successor
Of the earth's mistress, as thou vainly speakest,
Stands 'midst these ages as, on the wide ocean,
The last spared fragment of a spacious land,
That in some grand and awful ministration
Of mighty nature has engulfed been,
Doth lift aloft its dark and rocky cliffs
O'er the wild waste around, and sadly frowns
In lonely majesty.
I was the daughter of Imperial Rome,
Crowned by her Empress of the mystic east:
Most Holy Wisdom chose me for her home
Sealed me Truth's regent, and High Beauty's priest.
Lo! when fate struck with hideous flame and sword,
Far o'er the new world's life my grace was poured.
PREFACE
A word of introduction is necessary to explain thenature of this sketch of the history of Constantinople.It is the holiday-task, very pleasant to him, ofa College don, to whom there is no city in the worldso impressive and so fascinating as the ancient home ofthe Cæsars of the East.
It is not intended to supersede the indispensableMurray. For a city so great, in which there is somuch to see, a guide-book full of practical details isabsolutely necessary. For this I can refer the reader,with entire confidence, to Murray's Hand-book—andto nothing else. But I think everyone who visits Constantinoplefeels the need of some sketch of its longand wonderful history. I have myself often felt theneed as I wandered about the city, or spen