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A Hand-book for Travellers in Syria and Palestine
January 14, 1869 issue

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The article focuses on the book "A Hand-Book for Travellers in Syria and Palestine," which includes an account of the Geography, History, Antiquities, and Inhabitants of these countries, the Peninsula of Sinai, Edom, and the Syrian Desert, etc. This is one of the few hand-books of travel which, though destined to serve as guides, can be enjoyed by the general reader. This is owing partly to the nature of the countries described, almost every spot of which has a permanent historical interest, while they hardly possess anything of importance to the traveler which is not marked with peculiar features, characteristic of Eastern life, and apt to excite the curiosity of the reader.

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HAND-Book for Travellers in Syria & Palestine, A (Book); ANTIQUITIES in literature; HANDBOOKS, vade-mecums, etc.; TRAVELERS; SYRIA; PALESTINE
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