The East

by William Young Martin

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.

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