The Sick Man of Europe in a Turbulent Era
A lengthy critique of Ottoman power and European diplomacy traces the sick man of Europe through centuries of conflict. It argues that Turkish weakness invites Western pressure while European powers balance risks via treaties, wars, and alliances. The piece cites events from 1453 to Navarino and discusses how Russia, Britain, France, Austria, and others maneuver around Constantinople.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Lords
Great Britain
Dardanelles
England
Hagtzid
Europe
Per-Ehhiwe
Constantinople
Turkey
Franor
France
Constantiidge
Impele
Sditen
Annun
Constans
Austria
Russia
Charles Martel
Spain
Africa
Pyrenees
Martel
Turkey as a Necessary Evil in European Balance of Power
The article traces Turkey’s decline from a regional force to a weakened state, yet still pivotal in European diplomacy. It covers history from Crimea to the 1878 Berlin Congress, noting reforms, massacres, and wars that reshaped the region while branding the Ottoman Empire as a necessary evil to maintain balance of power in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Turkey
England
France
Sardinia
Russia
Fussis
Black Sea
Paris
Crimea
Damascus
Lebanon
Austria
Servia
Bulgaria
Roumanis
Bosporus
Germany
Egypt
Herzegovina
Salonica
Balin
Constantinople
Plevna
Balkans
Shipka
Adrianople
San Stephano
Berlin
Great Britain
Cyprus
Tatum
Ariahan
Kars
Tur
Greece
Itares
Crete
Thessaly
Asia
Tripoli
Porte
Togeth
Channing A. Bartow
Prisoners of War in Bermuda Stir American Alarm
A letter from Hamilton Bermuda reports Boer prisoners interred on Darrell’s and Burt’s Islands near Bermuda. It notes 1000 Boers are housed there, with few local residents and with security by British forces and warships. The piece laments long separation from family, discusses employment hopes, and contrasts Bermuda with U.S. and British empire policy while reflecting on wartime geopolitics and Turkish questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hile Merally
Africa
Ceylon
St. Vielena
Bermudas
South Africa
Bermuda
Humber
Mrajesty
Darreil's
Burt's
George Digby Barker
Darrell
Burt
United Etaten
England
Stg
United States
Bowrs
Islands
Canada
West Indies
Jamaics
Trinidad
Barbados
Bahamas
Great Britain
America
New York
London
Washington
Dorchester Heights
Boston
Weston F. Browne
Hamilton
Growing Down in Old Age
In aging, people shrink markedly with height. A German observer notes height loss begins around 30 after peak weight, with the decline accelerating after 70. The piece describes the gradual, sometimes barely noticeable change from young adulthood to senescence as the body shortens.
Eccentric Summer Folk at a Small City Apartments
A landlady recalls amusing tenants in a humorous interview about eccentric guests. A fashionably dressed woman of about 40 refused a best room because a mirror made her look old and ugly. The landlady suggested another mirror but the guest argued the mirror mattered little. the issue highlighted amusing vanity and oddities of hostel visitors.
Grimling Gibbons Wooden Cravat To Duke of Devonshire
A woodcarved cravat by Grinling Gibbons, dated 1616 to 1121, fashioned to resemble a delicate necktie. It was presented to the Duke of Devonshire after completing carvings at Chatsworth, later owned by Horace Walpole and worn at a banquet at Strawberry Hill in May 560 with James I era gloves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinling Gibbons
Chatsworth
England
Grining Gibbons
Duke of Devonshire
Horace Walpole
Strawberry Hill
James I
Musical tooth extraction using nitrous oxide and music
A historical note describes administering nitrous oxide during tooth extraction and calming the patient with pleasant music from a photograph. It suggests that similar soothing influence might lessen discomfort with ether and chloroforms in other procedures.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dilly
Vienna
Auserts
Roumania
Johnny Crapaud
Lepantonisi
Venice
Rome
Hungary
Charles
Hammer
Bonaparte
Navarino
Abdul Hamid II
Our
Ruse
States
Darrell's Island
Darrell's and
Barts Islands
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