Historical Sketches,  Volume 1 [you are here]Historical Sketches,  Volume 2 Historical Sketches,  Volume 3  THE TURKS. I. THE MOTHER COUNTRY OF THE TURKS. 1. THE TRIBES OF THE NORTH 1 2. THE TARTARS 19 II. THE DESCENT OF THE TURKS. 3. THE TARTAR AND THE TURK 48 4. THE TURK AND THE SARACEN 74 III. THE CONQUESTS OF THE TURKS. 5. THE TURK AND THE CHRISTIAN 104 6. THE POPE AND THE TURK 131 IV. THE PROSPECTS OF THE TURKS. 7. BARBARISM AND CIVILIZATION 159 8. THE PAST AND PRESENT OF THE OTTOMANS 183 9. THE FUTURE OF THE OTTOMANS 207 NOTE 230

"The ... sketch of Turkish history was the substance of Lectures delivered in the Catholic institute of Liverpool, during October, 1853"--Pref. notice

"The ... sketches [of vol. 2] with two ... exceptions appeared in the British magazine during 1833." cf. Advertisement, v. 2

The sketches of vol. 3 first appeared in the Dublin Catholic University gazette, and in 1856 were pub. in one vol. under the title "Office and work of universities." cf. Advertisement, v. 3

V. 1. Lectures on the history of the Turks in their relation to Europe. Personal and literary character of Cicero. (Encyclopaedia metropolitana, 1824) Appollonius of Tyana. (Encyclopaedia metropolitana, 1826) Primitive Christianity. (British magazine, 1833-36)--v. 2. The church of the Fathers. The last years of St. Chrysostom. Trials of Theodoret. The mission of St. Benedict. (Atlantis, January, 1858) The Benedictine schools. (Atlantis, January, 1859)--v. 3. Rise and progress of universities. The Northmen and Normans in England and Ireland. (Rambler, May and July, 1859) Medieval Oxford. (British critic, July, 1838) The convocation of the province of Canterbury. (British magazine, 1834-35)

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