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In the land of the lion and sun, or, modern Persia

Chapter 49: THE GREAT DORÉMI.
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About This Book

A British medical officer recounts life and travel in Persia during a prolonged residence in the late 19th century, combining journey narratives, vivid scenes of Teheran, provincial towns, bazaars, court ceremonies, and festivals with portraits of everyday customs, domestic life, the harem, local medicine, tribal camps, and the telegraph service. The work blends practical travel notes, humorous and characteristic anecdotes, sketches of officials and artisans, and illustrations and a glossary, and closes with reflections on commerce and practical suggestions for improving communications and trade.

THE END.

WARD, LOCK AND CO., LONDON AND NEW YORK.

BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

PERSIA AS IT IS.
Being Sketches of Modern Persian Life and Character.

“Qualified by residence, knowledge, and popularity, Dr. Wills draws for us a most interesting picture of the Persians, their outer and inner life. This book is utterly unaffected and full of keen observation.”—The Spectator.

“Dr. Wills has done most acceptable work in giving us a second volume of life and manners in Persia.”—The Academy.

“These bright sketches of Persian life form a worthy continuation of the preceding volume, and augur a successful career in the paths already trodden.”—The Athenæum.

JOHN SQUIRE’S SECRET.

“The narrative is always bright. Whether the author is describing a dinner-party in Shiraz, or a Fourth of June at Eton, he is always readable; ... there is no doubt that he has written an amusing and ingenious story.”—St. James’s Gazette.

“There is delightful easy-going reading in Mr. C. J. Wills’ new novel.... Interesting sketches drawn from sporting and fashionable life, ... a pretty love story such as one finds in a comedy of manners, and all these elements are blended with a skill that is none the less praiseworthy because it nowhere shows traces of effort.... Sure to be widely read.”—Scotsman.

“A rollicking story.... Mr. Wills’ undeniable vivacity.”—The Times.

THE PIT TOWN CORONET.

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“The characters are all alive, the conversations are exceedingly bright and natural; there is in the novel a genuine vein of somewhat pungent humour, and the style has for the most part both vigour and accuracy.”—Spectator.

“‘The Pit Town Coronet’ is the best of a batch of novels now lying before us.”—World.

“There is no denying the author’s power any more than his gift of humour. The village scenes are inimitable, and so is Mrs. Dodd, the masterful parson’s wife—her Dorcas Meeting is exquisitely droll.... An exciting story.”—Academy.

“‘The Pit Town Coronet’ is both interesting and well written.”—Athenæum.

THE GREAT DORÉMI.

“Ingenious, fanciful, and even fascinating.”—Sunday Times.

“A captivating romance.”—Evening News.

“The incidents are humorously described, and the music is tempered with melodrama—love, jealousy, and suicide.”—St. James’s Gazette.

“The interest is sustained from cover to cover.”—Vanity Fair.


In Collaboration With F. C. PHILIPS.

1. THE SCUDAMORES.

2. THE FATAL PHRYNE; or, Love’s Ordeal.

3. SIBYL ROSS’S MARRIAGE.

4. A MAIDEN FAIR TO SEE.

Illustrated by G. A. STOREY, A.R.A.


JARDYNE’S WIFE.

A Novel in 3 Vols., price 31s. 6d. By C. J. WILLS.

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