The Circassian Slave, or, the Sultan's favorite : a story of Constantinople and the Caucasus

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Circassian Slave; or, The Sultan's Favorite, by Lieutenant Maturin Murray This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Circassian Slave; or, The Sultan's Favorite A Story of Constantinople and the Caucasus Author: Lieutenant Maturin Murray Posting Date: September 4, 2009 [EBook #4795] Release Date: December, 2003 First Posted: March 22, 2002 Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CIRCASSIAN SLAVE *** Produced by Charles Aldarondo. HTML version by Al Haines. THE CIRCASSIAN SLAVE: OR, THE SULTAN'S FAVORITE. A Story of Constantinople and the Caucasus. BY LIEUTENANT MURRAY. BOSTON: 1851. PUBLISHER's NOTE.—The following Novelette was originally published in THE PICTORIAL DRAWING ROOM COMPANION, and is but a specimen of the many deeply entertaining Tales, and the gems of literary merit, which grace the columns of that elegant and highly popular journal. THE COMPANION embodies a corps of contributors of rare literary excellence, and is regarded as the ne plus ultra, by its scores of thousands of readers. CONTENTS I. THE SLAVE MARKET. II. THE SULTAN'S HAREM. III. THE BEDOUIN ARABS. IV. VALES OF CIRCASSIA. V. THE SLAVE SHIP. VI. A SINGULAR MEETING. VII.