2 preliminary leaves, iii-v, [1], 298 pages, 1 leaf 24 cm

Bagdad, the City of Dreams -- "At Home," in the Land of Arabian Nights -- Among the People of Ancient Mesopotamia -- A Glimpse of Modern Life in Iraq -- Crossing the Syrian Desert in an Automobile -- Damascus, the Oldest Inhabited City on Earth -- Over the Anti Lebanon Mountain to Baalbec -- A Motor Tour Pilgrimage through Palestine -- By Rail to the Land of Canaan -- In Old Jerusalem the Golden -- The "Holy City" after the World War -- "Going Down to Egypt" in a Pullman Car -- In the Whirl of the Streets of Cairo -- A Tour of Pyramids on the Nile -- Across the Sinai Desert to the Promised Land -- Up the Nile among the Tombs of the Pharaohs -- Entering the Empire of the Sudan -- A Visit with Six African Sheiks -- In Khartoum the Key City of the Sudan -- On the Rim of Equatorial Africa -- After a Glimpse of the Cradles of Civilization -- Irrepressible Urge of Interest in Ancient Lands -- A Perspective from the Persia of Omar Khayyam -- The Curtain Falls on Memories of Bagdad

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