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ADVERTISEMENT 
OF 
THE ENGLISH PUBLISHERS. 
In presenting to the world an English translation of the Travels of Ali Bey» 
the publishers think it right to pledge themselves to the public that they are lay- 
ing before it a genuine work. The name and pretensions assumed by Ali Bey 
may induce some to be inquisitive as to his personal reality. The London 
publishers are therefore anxious that there should be no doubt or misconception 
on this subject; and they beg to assure the readers of the work, that they have 
become personally acquainted with this traveller; that he was well known to se- 
veral individuals in this country before he began his journey; that he came to 
London in the summer of 1814 to make arrangements for the publication of 
this translation; and that he is now living on the continent much respected by 
the foreign literati. 
The publishers do not feel themselves at liberty either to oppose or to state 
the personal reasons which hjve induced the author to write and print his 
Travels, under the name of Ali Bey. 
