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A travel narrative of personal impressions made while touring Egypt, Palestine, and Syria, combining vivid descriptions of landscapes, ancient ruins, and major sites with reactions to artworks and architecture. The account follows stages of the journey through Jerusalem, Bethlehem, the Dead Sea and Jordan, Samaria and tent life, and Syrian cities, and includes practical observations on routes and travel. Interwoven are socioreligious reflections on Ottoman domestic and political life, commentary on the status of women and communal liberties, and a postscript addressing recent violent events and their implications for foreign policy and religious protection.

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Title: The East

Being a narrative of personal impressions of a tour in Egypt, Palestine and Syria

Author: William Young Martin

Release date: October 3, 2024 [eBook #74507]

Language: English

Original publication: United Kingdom: Tinsley Brothers, 1876

Credits: Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE EAST ***

THE EAST.

JERUSALEM—ANCIENT TEMPLE COURT WALL.

THE EAST:
BEING
A NARRATIVE OF PERSONAL IMPRESSIONS
OF

A Tour in Egypt, Palestine, and Syria.

BY
WILLIAM YOUNG MARTIN.

MOUNT MORIAH—DOME OF THE ROCK.

LONDON:
TINSLEY BROTHERS, 8, CATHERINE STREET, STRAND.
1876.

THE EAST:
BEING
A NARRATIVE OF PERSONAL IMPRESSIONS
OF

A TOUR IN EGYPT, PALESTINE, AND SYRIA,

WITH NUMEROUS REFERENCES TO
THE MANNERS AND PRESENT CONDITION OF THE
TURKS AND TO CURRENT EVENTS.

BY
WILLIAM YOUNG MARTIN.

“The domestic life of Turkey is still best illustrated by ‘Bluebeard and his Wives;’ the great curved scimitar, somewhat stained, is nowadays hung overhead, suspended by a thread. Sister Ann is silent for she sees nobody coming, and the whilom gallant Knight St. George is amissing.”

LONDON:
TINSLEY BROTHERS, 8, CATHERINE STREET, STRAND.
1876.

[All rights of Translation and Reproduction are reserved.]

LONDON:
SAVILL, EDWARDS AND CO., PRINTERS, CHANDOS STREET,
COVENT GARDEN.