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THE STORY OF MY STRUGGLES




_BY THE SAME AUTHOR._


ARMINIUS VAMBÉRY:

His Life and Adventures.

     Imperial 16mo, cloth, 6s. Boys' Edition, crown 8vo, cloth gilt,
     gilt edges, 5s.


THE STORY OF HUNGARY.

     Fully Illustrated. Large crown 8vo, cloth, 5s. (THE STORY OF THE
     NATIONS SERIES.)


LONDON: T. FISHER UNWIN.


[Illustration: PROFESSOR VAMBÉRY AT THE AGE OF 70

(_Photo by Strelisky._)]




THE STORY OF MY STRUGGLES

THE MEMOIRS OF ARMINIUS VAMBÉRY

PROFESSOR OF ORIENTAL LANGUAGES
IN THE UNIVERSITY OF BUDAPEST

VOLUME I

[Illustration: Logo]

LONDON: T. FISHER UNWIN
PATERNOSTER SQUARE. 1904


(_All rights reserved._)




Preface


Authors of Autobiographies are much exposed to fall into
self-glorification. If I nevertheless have undertaken to write the
following pages, I have done so because of the unexpectedly favourable
criticism which the first two chapters of my book--_Life and Adventures
of Arminius Vambéry, Written by Himself_--met with in England and in
America. In this book I tried to lay before the public an account of
such travels and wanderings of mine as were not comprised in my first
book on Central Asia, and in addition