by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu · 1763
Memoir · Classics · History
Lively letters from Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, written while her husband served as British ambassador to the Ottoman court. She describes Vienna, Constantinople and the women's world of the Turkish baths.
Content note: These are eighteenth-century letters and some of her views of other peoples are outdated today.
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W—y M—e Written during Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa to Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in Different Parts of Europe, by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
E-text prepared by Desmond Grocott
LETTERS
OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
Lady M——y W——y M——e;
WRITTEN DURING HER TRAVELS IN EUROPE, ASIA, AND AFRICA,
TO
Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in different PARTS of EUROPE.
Which contain, among other curious Relations, ACCOUNTS of the POLICY and MANNERS of the TURKS.
Drawn from Sources that have been inaccessible to other Travellers.
A NEW EDITION, COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME.
LONDON; PRINTED FOR THOMAS MARTIN,
M.DCC.XC.
PREFACE,
BY A L A D Y.
WRITTEN IN 1724.
I WAS going, like common editors, to advertise the reader of the beauties and excellencies of the work laid before him: To tell him, that the illustrious author had opportunities that other travellers, whatever their quality or curiosity may have been, cannot obtain; and a genius capable of making the best improvement of every opportunity.
