Excerpt from Glimpses of Palestine and EgyptThe following sketch has been written for the benefit Of those who have not seen the Holy Land. Many who had read the sketches that were pre pared for periodicals have made the request that the account Of this journey be put in permanent form. In answer to that request and for the per sonal pleasure Of the author this book has been written.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.