Sir A. Henry Layard, G.C.B., D.C.L.; autobiography and letters from his childhood until his appointment as H. M. ambassador at Madrid / edited by the Hon. William N. Bruce, with a chapter on his parliamentary career by the Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur Otway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Layard, Austen Henry, 1817-1894.

Contributor:

Bruce, William N. (William Napier), 1858-

Otway, Arthur (Arthur John), Sir, 1822-1912.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Layard, Austen Henry, 1817-1894.

Layard, Austen Henry.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

2 volumes : illustrations, portrait, folded maps. ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Scribner, 1903.

Contents:

v. 1. ch. I. Family history and childhood (1817-1833) ; ch. II. Legal studies and interludes (1834-1839) ; ch. III. Overland journey to Constantinople (1839) ; ch. IV. Journey through Asian Minor (1839) ; ch. V. Through Syria (1839) ; ch. VI. Syria and Palestine (1840) ; ch. VII. Aleppo to Mosul (1840) ; ch. VIII. Mosul to Baghdad (1840)

v. 2. ch. I. Letters from Baghdad and Persia (1840-1842) ; ch. II. Western Turkey, and Sir Stratford Canning (1842) ; ch. III. Politics and society in Constantinople (1842-1845) ; ch. IV. Politics and society in Constantinople (cont.) (1843-1845) ; ch. V. Constantinople : mission to Albania (1843-1845) ; ch. VI. The Assyrian sculptures (1845-1851) ; ch. VII. Poltics and Art (1851-1869) ; ch. VIII. The Parliamentary life of Sir Henry Lyard (1852-1869) ; Appendices ; Index.

Notes:

Bibliography: volume 2, pages 296-297.

OCLC:

1524619