Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men .. . ? YOUNG LADY OF ISPAHAN— by Adrien Marie, from a photograph by Madame 1 lielilafoy. of the Zoroastrians. The materials ofsuch building are cut stone and bricks. The smaller architecture of the Per-sians has but little interest to the traveler. The houses of the people Aspect of Fer-j -~1„., sian houses and are square in ground plan towns; interiorand have flat roofs. This decorations,gives to the structu
Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men .. . ? YOUNG LADY OF ISPAHAN— by Adrien Marie, from a photograph by Madame 1 lielilafoy. of the Zoroastrians. The materials ofsuch building are cut stone and bricks. The smaller architecture of the Per-sians has but little interest to the traveler. The houses of the people Aspect of Fer-j -~1„., sian houses and are square in ground plan towns; interiorand have flat roofs. This decorations,gives to the structures the appearance ofcubes. The materials are wood, brick,. ARCHITECTURE OF THE PERSIANS.—Tomb of Iman Mousa, at Kazhemeine.—Drawn by Barclay, from a photograph. THE IRA XIA NS. —A RCHITEt Tl TRE. 627 and stone. White is preferred as thecolor of the exterior. The plan is uni-formly followed, and the appearance ofbuildings is correspondingly monot-onous. The Per- _sian town or cityis unattractive initself, though thesurroundings arebeautiful. It isthe custom toplant gardens andorchards aroundthe towns in closesetting againstthem. The abun-dance of rosetrees and otherflowering shrubsin the gardensand yards makethe towns to ap-pear from adistance the pic-ture thus affordedis sometimes ex-quisite. But with-in the cities theillusion is dis-pelled. Thestreets are neverimproved. Theyare merely nar-row roads of clay,and are alwayseither dusty ormuddy. They aretoo narrow as arule to permit of *the passage ofwheeled vehicles,and are uneven for want of paving. The disposition and tastes of the Per-sians, however, have compensated f
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