TO THOMAS HOPE, Esq. MY DEAR SIR; To you, as the author of "Anastasius," I inscribe this Eastern tale, with sentiments of admiration and respect. I have mentioned to you, on a former occasion, that while in Turkey, your book was constantly occurring to me, and that the personages and events of your story haunted me like spirits. Such deep impressions have never been made on my mind by any work of imagination-nor, perhaps, by any event of real life. Many thousands of admiring readers may have felt in the same mode, though not in the same degree; for it has been my fortune to associate Anastasius with proud Stambool, to trace him over the Thracian solitudes, and along the Bosphorus' banks, and to summon and enjoy his presence at Smyrna and Magnesia. The triumphal road which leads to Glory's "capitol" is yours-I have taken a more private and familiar path-happy if |