The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-02-13
The TURKS.
The Kind e Laterss1rs that Satisfies the
Average Ottoman.

The Kind - Laterssurs that Satisfies the
Average Ottoman.
The Paternoster Row of Turkey u the
Hodja-Pacha Road at Stambul. leading
from the Sublime Porte TO the Seras-
kierat. Both sides of this road are boz
dered with rows of bookstalls, in which
may be had every publication recently
issued from the rapidly-growing Turk
ish press. A complete catalogue, print
ed in Turkish, and also sold at the
stalls, furnishes some interesting details
concerning the state Of Turkish litera-
ture at the present day and the taste Of
the general reader in Turkey. NJ. Glenn
ent Huart has recently written paper
on the works published at Constantine
pie from the year 1877 to 1888, which
gives good idea of Turkish literature
in the present day. There are at pres
ent forty-five printing-offices at Siam
bull, and twenty-three at Galata and
Pera, from which are issued nine daily
papers and twelve other periodicals.
Twenty-one provinces possess official
journals dealing with local affairs. and
in nineteen provinces annual reports are
printed in connection with the Admins
tration. of the four hundred works
published since 1877, the translations.
with the sole exception of pamphlet
on the navy translated from the En-
glish, are the works of French authors.
Among these are Jules Eerne's '.Ad-
ventures of Three Russians and Three
EngIishmen." Xavier de Mastre's
Mysteries of the Inquisition, y
1.-The Daughter of the Sibe-
rian Exile. y and "The Prisoners
of the Caucasus;;" Eugene Sue S
"Wandering Jew." Chataubriand' S
The Last OF the Abencerrages, Al
phonse karr's =. Under the Lines" A.
Dumas's Monte Cristo," The Wo-
mems Crusade" etc; Balzac's e Bach
el, r" and several of Victor Hugo s
writings. All kinds of original literary
works are also to be hal at the famous
Hadia-Pacha Road. The headings OF
fictitious productions in prose. as well
as in poetry, are well adapted to attract
ait 'n,ion. Among these are The
Cafes Chan:ants of Paris, 1.-The Sac
riaccs of the ExecutioIer," "The To-
hemian Girl" Lovers Stories an
Adventure ~ The Seven Beauties.
"The Queens Daughters, and Others
suitable to the taste of a Nation in
which the harem is Still an established
institution. The dramas are. to judge
from their headings, much of the same
kind; but there are, besides these, a
number of theological. scientific and
legal works. Several korans, with
notes and comments, are carefully pre-
pare after different versions. With
the exception of these, however. the
scholastic works a:e all embellished
with titles such as the following: 1.-The
Splendid Pearl" on the principles OF
Mussulman laws; 1.-The Cutting Sword.
treatise on religious controversies;
"The Casket of Pearls" useful advice
to the military profession. and The
Willow Branch, with the Most Beauti-
full Rhetorical Leaves" A pocket Ii
brary. now in course of course of pub
LEGATION, contains volumes on women,
the heavens, the earth, etc, and a Uni
verSal History, in five or six volumes,
will also shortly be completed Most
of the above works are sold at prices
which bring them within the reach OF
everybody.-PaH Aa2 Gazette.