Excerpt from A Picture of Greece in 1825, Vol. 1 of 2: As Exhibited in the Personal Narratives of James Emerson, Esq., Count Pecchio, and W. H. Humphreys, Esq.; Comprising a Detailed Account of the Events of the Late Campaign, and Sketches of the Principal Military, Naval, and Political Chiefs The following pages have been committed to the press more from a desire to present a faithful pic ture of Greece as it is at this moment, than from any feelings of personal gratification. We are but too ready to believe the truth of those statements which coincide with our own wishes; and couse quently, all those unfounded reports which have been circulated by means of the public prints, and which appear so truly ridiculous to one acquainted with the real state of the country, have met with a ready credence from the public: but the failure of the expectations thus raised, has already had, and must continue to have, an ill effect, for the pang of disappointment is more than proportionate to the excitement of hope. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.