The front cover features a highly ornate design in the Art Nouveau style with Orientalist influences. The composition is framed by two vertical architectural columns on the left and right, decorated with a checkered pattern of dark blue, gold, and green. Above each column is a green circular medallion containing a stylized gold cross. The center of the cover is dominated by intricate green and blue foliate scrollwork on a tan linen-textured background. In the center of the scrollwork is a reddish-brown heart-shaped motif containing a gold sunburst and a green circle with a white crescent and star (the symbol of the Ottoman Empire). A small circular monogram containing the letter 'G' appears near the bottom right of the central design.

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
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CONSTANTINOPLE

PAINTED BY

WARWICK GOBLE

DESCRIBED BY

ALEXANDER VAN

MILLINGEN