Excerpt from Cross and Crescent, Or Young America in Turkey and Greece: A Story of Travel and AdventureCross and crescent, the third volume Of the second series Of young america abroad, contains the history Of a portion Of the Academy Squadron on the voyage from the Baltic to Constantinople, and the experience of the young travellers in Turkey and Greece. As in the pre ceding volumes, ah outline Of the history of each Of these countries is given, with its form Of government, something about its commerce, the manners and customs of its people, and descriptions Of its principal cities, and its natural and artificial Objects of interest. In the journey Of certain run aways, the details Of a trip down the Danube, through Tur key, a sail on the Black Sea, and through the Bosporus, are presented. Various boat excursions are made in the Bos porus, the Golden Horn, and the Sea Of Marmora, as well as in the waters Of Greece, and many Of the wonders Of these distant lands are brought out in familiar conversations. The statistics and other information are derived from the latest and best sources, including books and pictures Oh tained by the author in Constantinople.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.