Excerpt from Hassan or the Child of the Pyramid, an Egyptian Tale, Vol. 2 of 2 Those who have lived or travelled in the East will exclaim, This is unnatural; no Oriental was ever capable of so unselfish a trait.' Rare fruit in that clime we admit it to be; nevertheless the exception does not disprove the rule, and in this veracious history the reader must take our word for it, that however contrary it may appear to general experience, truth, modesty, and unselfish ness may be found in the East - that is, among the Arabs, Turks, and those brought up with them. He that would seek such fruit farther East - that is, in Persia, had better settle his affairs before he starts, and be prepared for a journey of indefinite duration and worse than doubtful result. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.