Excerpt from Historical Sketch of Armenia and the Armenians: In Ancient and Modern Times, With Special Reference to the Present CrisisThe author of these Historical Sketches has drawn his information from a variety of sources, only a few of the chief of which are indicated in the course of the narrative. Every care, however, has been taken to verify all statements. The portions of the work directly relating to Armenia and the Armenians have had the advantage of having been revised, as to facts and dates, by an Armenian scholar, an expert in this subject, as it was passing through the press.He thus writes, at date, as to the present situation and cheerless outlook for his wretched countrymen: What about the next winter, when the snow once more cuts off communications and the Kurd and the Turk are the sole masters of the situation, without even a watching eye to disturb them? It makes one more than sick to think of it all.'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.