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Transcriber's Note:

  Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have
  been preserved. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.

  Italic text is denoted by _underscores_.

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  Page 304:  Ramedan should possibly be Ramadan.





     "_Your swarthy hero Scanderbeg,
     Gauntlet on hand and boot on leg,
     And skilled in every warlike art,
     Riding through his Albanian lands,
     And following the auspicious star
     That shone for him o'er Ak-Hissar._"

     LONGFELLOW




     THE CAPTAIN OF THE JANIZARIES

     _A STORY OF THE TIMES OF SCANDERBEG
     AND
     THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE_

     BY JAMES M. LUDLOW, D.D. LITT.D

     ELEVENTH EDITION


     NEW YORK AND LONDON
     HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS




     Copyright, 1886, by DODD, MEAD & CO.

     Copyright, 1890, by JAMES M. LUDLOW.

     _Electrotyped by Dodd, Mead & Co._




PREFACE.


The story of the Captain of the Janizaries originated, not in the
author's desire to write a book, but in the fascinating interest of
the times and characters he has attempted to depict. It seems strange
that the world should