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Eothen: Or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East (Classic Reprint)
Eothen Or Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East - Classic Reprint Author:Alexander William Kinglake PREFACE — ADDJlIi:SSIi:D BY — THE AUTHOR TO O~£ OF' HIS FRIENDS. — V HhN you first entertained the idea of travel1ing in the — East, you asked me to send you an outline of the tour — which I had made, in order that you might the better be — able to choose a route for yourself. In answer to this request, — I gave YOll a large French map, on which the ,c... more »ourse
of my journeys had been carefully marked; but I did not
conceal from myse14 that this was rather a dry mo~e for a
man to adopt, when he v:ished to impart the results of his
experience to a dear and intimate friend. Now, long before
the period of your planning an Oriental tOllT, I had
intended to write some account of my Eastern Travels.
I had, indeed~ begttn the task, and had failed; I had begun
it a seconu time, and failing again, had abandoned my at·
tempt with a. sensation of utter distaste. I was unable to
speak out, and chiefly, I think, for this reason-that I knew
not to whom I was speaking. It might be YOll, or, perhap
Table of Contents
CONTENTS~; "lO~; PREFACE V; CHAP I OVF" TilE DORDER 1; rIo JOURN'EY rBOb~ BELGRADE TO CONI;TANTIl>OPL~ 11; III CONSTANTINOPLE 23; IV TJi:E TROAD 31; V IN}j'lDI:L SlI'fyltNA 37; VI GREEK MAR1~·ER9 47; VII CYI'RUS ~5; VIII LADY HEI!l'£n S'l'ANlIOPW;; 62; IX THE SANCTUARY 84-; X TtlE lfO;'KS OT TtlE 1IoLY LAND 87; XL }'RO!)I NAZARJ:TH TO TIBERIAe 93; XII My FIBb"T BIVOUAC 97; XIII THE DEAD Sli!A 104; XIV THl! BlAC K TE::iT9 110; XV PAeeAG~ OF l'ItE JORDAN 113; XVI TERRA SANTA ? 118; XVlI THli; Dw;;sERT 133; XVIII C,lRO AND THE PLAQUE 154; XIX TH ~ PYR "MinE 176; XX THE "Sl'HYNXo 170; XXI CAlBO TO SUEZ 191; XXII Su~z 19S; XXII[ SUEZ TO GAZA LQ3; XXIV GA2iA TO N As('O'U'« less