Syria, the land of Lebanon

SYRIA THE LAND OF LEBANON
By LEWIS GASTON LEARY
Evening in the harbor of Beirut
SYRIA THE LAND OF LEBANON
BY LEWIS GASTON LEARY, Ph.D. FORMERLY INSTRUCTOR IN THE AMERICAN COLLEGE, BEIRUT, SYRIA
Author of The Real Palestine of To-day , Andorra, the Hidden Republic , etc.
NEW YORK McBRIDE, NAST & COMPANY 1913
Copyright, 1913, by McBride, Nast & Co.
Second Printing January, 1914
Published, November, 1913
AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED TO HIM WHO FIRST TURNED MY THOUGHTS TOWARD SYRIA MY FORMER PRECEPTOR AND ALWAYS LOYAL FRIEND GEORGE L. ROBINSON
Although Syria possesses a rare natural beauty and boasts a wealth of historic and religious interest, its fame has been so overshadowed by that of the neighboring Land of Israel that most travelers are content to take the easy railway journey to Baalbek and Damascus, and know nothing of the wild mountain valleys and snow-capped summits of Lebanon or the many ancient shrines of a country whose history reaches far back of the classic days of Greece.