Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . xtremely fond of private theatricals and as-pires to renown as a remarkable dramatist. It must not,however, be gathered from this that His Ottoman Majesty con-descends to put pen to paper or even to dictate the dialogueof the piece. He merely contents himself with outlining thegroundwork of the plot, the drudgery of composing thephraseology being regarded as a matter of minor importance,and as such intrusted to the secretaries. In this he resem-bles the King of Wurtembe
Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . xtremely fond of private theatricals and as-pires to renown as a remarkable dramatist. It must not,however, be gathered from this that His Ottoman Majesty con-descends to put pen to paper or even to dictate the dialogueof the piece. He merely contents himself with outlining thegroundwork of the plot, the drudgery of composing thephraseology being regarded as a matter of minor importance,and as such intrusted to the secretaries. In this he resem-bles the King of Wurtemberg, whose reputation as a greatmusical composer is solely due to his whistling to the chefdorchestre the melodies which he desires to be set to music. 6l2 WITHIN ROYAL PALACES. Abdul Haniid for his exclusive amusement and for that ofhis household has an excellent French theatrical company,which never perform except at the palace. His Majesty willnot make any demand for their services for months together,and then during several weeks he will insist on their playingevery night. Occasionally he summons the principal actors. DINING-ROOM IN THE SULTANS PALACE. within half an hour of the beginning of the performance andfurnishes them with a verbal sketch of a comedy which hedesires them to improvise the same evening. Thus, for in-stance, some time ago he assembled the leading actors andspoke as follows: **I want you to represent the steward of a princely house-
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