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"In treating of Turkey in transition, Mr. Abbott has adopted a theme which has already been liberally discussed by politicians and sociologists. It might be thought, with reason, that it was almost impossible to instill an atmosphere of novelty into a theme so vigorously debated. And yet the easy spirit of Mr. Abbott's essays is so insistent that even the nonchalant reader will be compelled to interest. Whether he is writing of the commercial life of Constantinople, of the position of woman in Turkey, of the Parliamentary development of independence, or of the downfall of Abdul Hamid, Mr. Abbott's touch is so original and so full of colour as to hold his reader's attention without respite and to fill his fancy with suggestion." --The Daily Telegraph. "Mr. Abbott's brilliant book, 'Turkey in Transition,' deserves to be read, not only because it is the work of one of the highest authorities on the politics of the Near East, but because it presents a picture of the Young Turks widely different from that which is commonly accepted. ... A powerful volume."--The Westminster Gazette."An artistic combination of travel sketch with political study.... It is also a history, as well-written as it is commendably fair."-- The Nation."Students of political affairs in the Near East cannot afford to overlook Mr. Abbott's masterly and deeply interesting survey of the present state of the Ottoman Empire."--The Scotsman.