A CHILD OF THE ORIENT

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

• SOME PAGES FROM THE LIVES OF TURKISH WOMEN
• IN THE SHADOW OF ISLAM
• Etc.

A CHILD OF THE ORIENT

BY DEMETRA VAKA

LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD
NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY
TORONTO: BELL AND COCKBURN. MCMXIV

Turnbull & Spears, Printers, Edinburgh

To
TRUMBULL WHITE
EDITOR AND FRIEND, WHOSE APPRECIATION
AND ENCOURAGEMENT
HELPED TO SMOOTH THE HARD ROAD
OF A BEGINNER

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