The Kingdom of Georgia: Notes of travel in a land of women, wine, and song
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Sir (John) Oliver Wardrop (1864 – 1948) was a British diplomat and writer who became the leading foreign authority on Georgia and Trans-Caucasus region. "In publishing these notes I have had but one object," he writes in the preface to this 1888 classic, "to excite the curiosity of my fellow-countrymen; the means of gratifying this curiosity are indicated in the bibliographical section. Georgia is practically unknown to the British public; well-educated people know that the country is famous for its beautiful women, but they are not very sure whether those charming creatures live under Persia...
Chapters (47)
- PREFACE.
- NOTE.
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- THE KINGDOM OF GEORGIA. BATUM TO TIFLIS.
- TIFLIS.
- THE GEORGIAN MILITARY ROAD BETWEEN TIFLIS AND VLADIKAVKAZ.
- THE KAKHETIAN ROAD—TIFLIS TO SIGNAKH.
- SIGNAKH.
- A TRIP ACROSS THE ALAZANA. BAKURTSIKHE—KARTUBAN—LAGODEKH.
- SIGNAKH TO TELAV, AND THENCE TO TIFLIS.
- THE HISTORY OF GEORGIA.
- THE LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE OF GEORGIA.
- THE POLITICAL CONDITION OF THE KINGDOM OF GEORGIA.
- APPENDIX. BIBLIOGRAPHY.
- GEOGRAPHY, TRAVELS, AND MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE.
- Ancient Geography.
- Mediæval Geography.
- Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries.
- Eighteenth Century.
- Nineteenth Century.
- For Archeology vide—
- HISTORY.
- General.
- Early History.
- Modern History.
- LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE.
- Georgian Grammars and Dictionaries—Comparative Philology.
- Osset, Mingrelian, Abkhazian, Svanetian, and Lazian Languages.
- Georgian Literature.—Translations and criticisms.
- STATISTICS.
- A. Statistics of Population.
- B. Trade and Agriculture (1886).
- Traffic returns of Transcaucasian Railway.
- Sundry goods despatched by Transcaucasian Railway.
- C. Education (1886).
- SPECIMENS OF GEORGIAN VOCAL MUSIC.
- 1.—The River Aragva.
- 2.—The Singer.
- 3.—Avtandil’s Song.
- 4.—Drinking Song (p. 88).
- Colophon
- Availability
- Encoding
- Revision History
- External References
- Corrections
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