man. la religion de l'armée dans ce temps-là, vous trouveriez que j'ai beaucoup gagné en devenant mussulQuand nous étions dans la Terre-Sainte, on se demandait, "Pourquoi ce nom-là ?" On n'avait pas l'idée de l'histoire du pays.' To the eastern Christians both in Egypt and in Syria he has been of essential service, and, though bearing the name of a renegade, has been covered with the blessings of the rayahs protected from pillage, violence, and persecution. The only parallel, I believe, in modern history to the subject of this sketch is Count Bonneval, Achmet Pasha. He, too, distinguished himself by feats of arms in the war of the Spanish succession and under Prince Eugene, and, having betaken himself to Constantinople, was received by Mohammed V. with great honour, and conformed to the religion and institutions of Islam; but here the resemblance ends: Bonneval's life was one of flagrant profligacy, only relieved by dashing bravery; he fought against his own country, and tried to betray that which he had adopted excesses drove him from France and made him a State prisoner in Austria; and he only retreated to the East when banished from Europe. He held, indeed, high office in the Turkish service, but was his prevented from effecting the only object he attempted the reformation of the artillery-by the jealousy of those in power, and easily consoled himself by a life of unbridled licence. There is nothing in this description in common with the entire loyalty, the unblemished honour, the chivalrous zeal, the sagacious prudence, the simple habits, and the generous disposition of Suleiman Pasha. I have only to add to the above delineation of a very interesting man that he came to England once again shortly after the commencement of hostilities that led to the war in the Crimea. Vous prendrez Sébastopol,' he said, 'mais il y aura des œufs cassés.' He went by special invitation to the Reviews at Boulogne, where he was received with great distinction by the Emperor. It was not the first time that they had met. The portrait attached to this memoir was drawn on the occasion of his first visit to this country, by that eminent artist M. Gudin at a picnic in Richmond Park, where Prince Louis Napoleon made one of the party. I remember well the interest the Prince took in the Pasha's narrative of his chequered life, and the invitation he gave him to come and see him in France in happier days-a prognostication wonderfully accomplished. On my return to Egypt, as representative of the Geographical Society, in 1869, at the opening of the Suez Canal, I saw Shereef Pasha, the Minister of the Interior, who had married one of Suleiman's daughters, and who spoke of the great consideration in which the memory of his father-in-law was still held. II. ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT AT THE COURT OF BERLIN. THE annoyance felt by men of scrupulous honour in this country at the supposed breach of confidence in the rapid publication of the correspondence between Alexander von Humboldt and Varnhagen von Ense, and the malicious character of some extracts that have been largely circulated, doubtless prevented many persons from finding in that volume all it suggests and reveals. Un Varnhagen von Ense was an indefatigable collector of autograph letters, and he has left behind him one of the largest collections on record. like many other amateurs, he attached the main importance to the characteristic or historic contents of the documents he amassed, and a considerable portion of the work is taken up by contributions received from Humboldt for this purpose. appears, however, to have had some compunction He |