The narrative of a Turkish traveller enthusiastically fond of seeing foreign countries and unwearied in his investigation of their history condition and institutions is in itself so great a singularity and so deserving of attention that no apology seems requisite for thus presenting Evliyá Efendí in an English dress: and the name of the Joseph Ritter von Hammer by whom this work was abridged and translated is a sufficient voucher for its intrinsic merit and the accuracy of the version.