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Excerpt from Diary in Turkish and Greek Waters, 1855
Having been requested by the American publishers to read the proof-sheets of Lord Carlisle's "Diary in Turkish and Greek Waters," I have done so with great satisfaction. My respect for the character of the noble author, and the vivid interest which the book excited in me on its first appearance, made the slight task no slight enjoyment. I saw Lord Carlisle in London, just before he left home for the interesting travels recorded in his Diary, and conversed with him upon the subject. Several months afterwards I passed through the allied fleets, then lying in stately array between the island of Tenedos and the coast of Troy, at the time when his lordship, having returned from Rhodes, where he had been ill some weeks, was regaining his health on board the Admiral's flag ship, the Britannia, and pursuing his scholarly investigations on the Plain of Troy. At a later period, I had the pleasure of meeting him in Athens, at the delightful house of the British minister, Mr. Wyse, and of discussing with him the wonderful charm of the associations with that illustrious city.
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