Memoirs Relating to European and Asiatic Turkey
And Other Countries of the East

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Preliminary Dissertation: the causes of the weakness and decline of the Turkish monarchy, and some remarks on the system of government pursued in the European and Asiatic provinces of the Empire, by the editor
1. Note respecting the massacre of the Mamelukes by the Turks, in the year 1811
2. Account of a journey through the district of Maina in the Morea, communicated by Mr. Morritt
3. Remarks illustrating part of the preceding journal, from the papers of the late Dr Sibthorp
4. Parnassus, and the neighbouring district, from the manuscripts of the late Dr Sibthorp
5. Observations on natural history relating to parts of Greece, and the island of Cyprus, from the same
6. Journey from Parium to the Troad. Ascent to the summit of Ida. The salt springs of Tousla. Ruins of Assos, from the journals of Dr Hunt
7. Remarks respecting Attica, from the journals of the late Dr Sibthorp
8. Letters from the late Professor Carlyle, during his residence in Turkey, to the Lord Bishop of Lincoln. Letters from the same, to the Lord Bishop of Durham
9. Mount Athos. An account of the monastic institutions, and the libraries on the holy mountain, from the papers of Dr Hunt
10. Additional remarks on the sepulchres of the European and Asiatic Greeks, by the editor
11. Notice respecting Dr Sibthorp's journals, by the editor
12. Medicinal and economical uses of the plants of Greece, from the papers of the late Dr Sibthorp
13. Plants collected in Cyprus, by Dr Hume
14. Birds, quadrupeds, and fishes of Greece and Cyprus, with their names in Romaic, from the papers of Dr Sibthorp
15. On the various modes of fishing practised by the modern Greeks, by the editor
16. Various extracts from Dr Sibthorp's journals
17. On the olives and vines of Zante. On the corn cultivated in that island, and in parts of the ancient Boeotia. The produce of corn in some districts of Greece, from the papers of Dr Sibthorp, and from some remarks communicated by Mr Hawkins
18. Journal through parts of Boeotia and Phocis, communicated by Mr Raikes
19. Remarks relating to the military architecture of the Ancient Greeks, from the journals of the late Colonel Squire
20. Antiquities of Athens. Explanation of the subject of the vases facing p.325 and p.327, and of the sigillarium, by the editor
21. Excavations in the tombs of Attica
22. The plain of Marathon, from the papers of the late Col. Squire
23. Remarks on parts of the continent of Greece, from the same
24. The Isthmus of Corinth, from the same
25. Observations relating to some of the antiquities of Egypt, from the journals of the late Mr Davison
26. The catacombs of Alexandria, by the editor
27. Remarks on the manners and customs of the modern inhabitants of Egypt, from the journals of Dr Hume
28. Journal of a voyage up the Nile into part of Nubia, in May 1814, by Captain Light
29. On the mines of Laurium. Gold and silver coinage of the Athenians. Revenue of Attica, by the editor and the Earl of Aberdeen
30. Remarks on two sculptured marbles brought from Amyclae, by the Earl of Aberdeen
31. Illustration of various Greek inscriptions, by the editor
32. On the topography of Athens, by Mr Hawkins
33. On the long walls which connected Athens with the Piraeus
34. The Vale of Tempe, by Mr Hawkins
35. The Syrinx of Strabo, and the passage of the Euripus, by Mr Hawkins
36. Panoramic views of Athens, illustrated by Mr Haygarth
37. Remarks on the thesauri of the Greeks, by the editor
38. Remarks on the Troad, contained in a letter from Mr Morritt to Dr Clarke
39. Remarks on the architectural inscription brought from Athens, and now preserved in the British Museum, by Mr Wilkins
40. References to Mr Foster's map of the Troad
41. Remarks on the Demetrian system of the Troad, by the editor.

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