Reproduced From A Photograph On PorcelainIn The Possession Of Mrs Loewe Taken At The Age Of 80HELIOG LEMERCIER Et Cie PARIS
DIARIES OF
SIR MOSES
AND LADY MONTEFIORE
COMPRISING THEIR LIFE AND WORK AS RECORDED
IN THEIR DIARIES FROM 1812 TO 1883.
WITH THE ADDRESSES AND SPEECHES OF SIR MOSES; HIS CORRESPONDENCE WITH
MINISTERS, AMBASSADORS, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF PUBLIC BODIES;
PERSONAL NARRATIVES OF HIS MISSIONS IN THE CAUSE OF HUMANITY;
FIRMANS AND EDICTS OF EASTERN MONARCHS; HIS OPINIONS ON
FINANCIAL, POLITICAL, AND RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS, AND
ANECDOTES AND INCIDENTS REFERRING TO MEN
OF HIS TIME, AS RELATED BY HIMSELF.
EDITED BY
DR L. LOEWE,
MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND OF THE SOCIETE
ASIATIQUE OF PARIS OF THE NUMISMATIC SOCIETY OF LONDON, ETC (ONE OF THE
MEMBERS OF THE MISSION TO DAMASCUS AND CONSTANTINOPLE UNDER
THE LATE SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE BART, IN THE YEAR 1840).
ASSISTED BY HIS SON.
In Two Volumes
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
VOL. I.
CHICAGO:
BELFORD-CLARKE CO.
1890.
Ancient Coat Of Arms Of The Montefiore Family,explained on page 6.(The rights of translation and of reproduction are reserved.)
Copyright—Belford-Clarke Co., Chicago.
PREFACE.
In submitting to the public the Memoirs, including the Diaries,of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, I deem it desirable to explainthe motives by which I have been actuated, as well as the sourcesfrom which most of my information has been drawn.
The late Sir Moses Montefiore, from a desire to show his highappreciation of the services rendered to the cause of humanity byJudith, Lady Montefiore, his affectionate partner in life,directed the executors of his last will "to permit me to takeinto my custody and care all the notes, memoranda, journals, andmanuscripts in his possession written by his deeply lamentedwife, to assist me in writing a Memoir of her useful and blessedlife."
The executors having promptly complied