. The crescent and the cross; or, Romance and realities of eastern travel. 79719? FBEDERICK SHOBERI., JUNIOR, PRINTER TO ins ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT, 61, RUPERT STREET, HAYMARKKT, LONDON. TO rvICHARD MONGKTON MILNES, ESQ., MP. THESE VOLUMES ARE DEDICATEDBY HIS FAITHFUL FRIEND, THE AUTHOR. PREFACE. Immutability is the most striking clmrjicter-istic of the East: from the ancient strife of Cainand Abel, to the present struggle between theCrescent and the Cross, its people remain in theirhabits of thought and action less chan<?ed thanthe countries they inhabit. The fertile Vale ofSiddim ha
. The crescent and the cross; or, Romance and realities of eastern travel. 79719? FBEDERICK SHOBERI., JUNIOR, PRINTER TO ins ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT, 61, RUPERT STREET, HAYMARKKT, LONDON. TO rvICHARD MONGKTON MILNES, ESQ., MP. THESE VOLUMES ARE DEDICATEDBY HIS FAITHFUL FRIEND, THE AUTHOR. PREFACE. Immutability is the most striking clmrjicter-istic of the East: from the ancient strife of Cainand Abel, to the present struggle between theCrescent and the Cross, its people remain in theirhabits of thought and action less chan<?ed thanthe countries they inhabit. The fertile Vale ofSiddim has become the coffin of the Dead Sea,and the barriers of the Nile have rolled downfrom /Ethiopia to the Delta; but the patriarchstill sits at the door of his tent on the Plainof Mamre, and the Egyptian still cultivates hisriver-given soil in the manner practised by thesubjects of the Pharaohs. Elsewhere, we can but dimly discern theactors and scenery of the Elder World through VI PREFACE. the curtain of obscurity drawn over it by Time;but here, the Past is so faithfully
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