The Romance of the Harem

Excerpt from The Romance of the HaremI gladly acknowledge my indebtedness to Mr. Francis George Shaw for valuable advice and aid in the prep aration of this work for the press, and to Miss Sarah Brealey, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Bradley of Bangkok, for her kindness in providing me With photographs, otherwise unattainable, for some of the illustrations.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.