Samuel Sullivan Cox: Diversions of a Diplomat in Turkey.New York 1893 Second expanded edition,large in 8vo,publishers red hard covers,spine sunned and slightly trimmed at edges, complete 680p.,richly illustrated with 57 views and 2 maps,text clean and bright,overall in very good condition Samuel Cox was a prominent Ohio Congressman in U.S. before being appointed by President Cleveland to the post in Constantinople (1885-1886). He was a man of immense wit and charm, which allowed him to develop a rare personal friendship with Sultan Abdul Hamid II.Cox focuses on the human, humorous, and social side of life at the Sublime Porte.He describes the Sultan not as the Red Sultan of European propaganda, but as a hardworking, somewhat lonely monarch interested in technology and education.Cox chronicles the role of American missionaries and educators in the region,particularly the influence of Robert College on the Bosphorus..It is a valuable source for late 19th century life in Constantinople.