“Since you went I have been looking over the "The Crescent and the Cross" a book of Eastern travels; there are in the Appendix "Hints to travellers in the East" you may possibly not know all he mentions.”
WorkEliot Warburton
The Crescent and the Cross; or, Romance and Realities of Eastern Travel
The Crescent and the Cross; or, Romance and Realities of Eastern Travel (London: Henry Colburn, 2 vols., 1845; first edition 1844 in Dublin University Magazine series)
Eliot Warburton (1810–1852) · London: Henry Colburn, 2 vols., 1845; first edition 1844 in Dublin University Magazine series
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“Since you went I have been looking over the "The Crescent and the Cross" a book of Eastern travels; there are in the Appendix "Hints to travellers in the East”
Letters of Margaret Fuller ed. Hudspeth · Thursday evening, 5th June, 1845
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1845—
Letter to James Nathan
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“Now if you want the particulars from "The Crescent and the Cross" I must fill up my letter with them.”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. IV. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1987.
1845—
Letter to James Nathan
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“Since you went, I have been looking over "The Crescent and the Cross" a book of Eastern travels.”
“Now if you want the particulars from the "Crescent and the Crown" I will inclose them with my letter.”
Fuller, Margaret. Love-Letters of Margaret Fuller, 1845-1846. With an introduction by Julia Ward Howe. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1903.