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The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain
The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine Asia Minor Sicily and Spain Author:Bayard Taylor PREFACE . ? THIS volume comprises the second portion of a series of travels, of which the " J OLRNEY TO CENTRAL AFRICA," already published, is the first part. I left home, intending to spend a winter in Africa, and to retnrn during the following summer; but circnmstances afterwards occluTed, which prolonged my wanderings to nearly two years and ... more »a half, and led me to visit lllany remote and unexplored portions of the globe. To describe this jOlUTIey in a single work, would embrace too many incongruons elements, to say nothing of its great length, anu as it falls naturally into three parts, or episodes, of very distinct character, I have judged it best to group JUy experiences under three ~cparate heaus, merely indicating the links whieh connect them. This work includes my travels in Pales· tine, Syria, Asia Minor, Sicily and Spain, and will be followed by a third and concluding volume, containing my adventures in India, Ohina, the Loo-Choo Islands, and Japan. ..Al
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