Chapter I: Front Matter

A TURKISH WOMAN’S EUROPEAN IMPRESSIONS

She is wearing the Yashmak and Feradjé, or cloak.]

A TURKISH WOMAN’S
EUROPEAN IMPRESSIONS

BY

ZEYNEB HANOUM

(HEROINE OF PIERRE LOTI’S NOVEL
“LES DÉSENCHANTÉES”)

EDITED & WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY

GRACE ELLISON

WITH 23 ILLUSTRATIONS
FROM PHOTOGRAPHS & A DRAWING BY
AUGUSTE RODIN

PHILADELPHIA

J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY

LONDON: SEELEY, SERVICE & CO. LTD.

1913

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. A DASH FOR FREEDOM 21

II. ZEYNEB’S GIRLHOOD 31

III. BEWILDERING EUROPE 47

IV. SCULPTURE’S FORBIDDEN JOY 57

V. THE ALPS AND ARTIFICIALITY 63

VI. FREEDOM’S DOUBTFUL ENCHANTMENT 73

VII. GOOD-BYE TO YOUTH—TAKING THE
VEIL 83

VIII. A MISFIT EDUCATION 93

IX. “SMART WOMEN” THROUGH THE
VEIL 105

X. THE TRUE DEMOCRACY 111

XI. A COUNTRY PICTURE 125

XII. THE STAR FROM THE WEST—THE EMPRESS
EUGÉNIE 131

XIII. TURKISH HOSPITALITY—A REVOLUTION
FOR CHILDREN 137

XIV. A STUDY IN CONTRASTS 145

XV. DREAMS AND REALITIES 153

XVI. THE MOON OF RAMAZAN 169

XVII. AND IS THIS REALLY FREEDOM? 179

XVIII. THE CLASH OF CREEDS 201

XIX. IN THE ENEMY’S LAND 217

XX. THE END OF THE DREAM 233

ILLUSTRATIONS

Zeyneb in her Paris Drawing-room _Frontispiece_

A Turkish Child with a Slave _To face page_ 34

A Turkish House ” 34

“Les Désenchantées” (_by_ M. Rodin) ” 60

A Turkish Dancer ” 70

A Turkish Lady dressed as a Greek
Dancer ” 70

Turkish Lady in Tcharchoff (outdoor
costume) ” 88

Silent Gossip of a Group of Turkish
Women ” 102

Turkish Ladies in their Garden with
their Children’s Governesses ” 102

Yashmak and Mantle ” 134

Melek in Yashmak ” 140

Zeyneb in her Western Drawing-room ” 160

Turkish Ladies paying a Visit ” 172

Zeyneb with a black Face-veil thrown
back ” 184

A Corner of a Turkish Harem of to-day ” 192

Turkish Women and Children in the
Country ” 192

The Balcony at the Back of Zeyneb’s
House ” 206

Zeyneb and Melek ” 206

The Drawing-room of a Harem showing
the Bridal Throne ” 214

A Corner of the Harem ” 214

A Caïque on the Bosphorus ” 222

Turkish Women in the Country ” 222

Melek on the Verandah at Fontainebleau ” 228