Excerpt from Turkey, Greece, and Palestine in 1853 That the volume now to be laid before the public should owe its origin to the writer, seems to himself no more strange than the various antecedents that have led to it. The travel performed, the scenes witnessed, the notes taken, the counsel of friends reasons not more trite than true in the present case. May suggest something of the way it came to pass. It was after some months of extensive exploration in Europe, both insular and continental, that, in the good providence of our Heavenly Father, we found it feasible to extend our tour to the classic land of Greece, and the further Orient; till, amid the sacred scenes of Palestine, our utmost anticipations of achievement were more than realized. There, peculiarly, as elsewhere, for personal refer ence and use, we were in the habit of noting the hourly incidents as they occurred, of days occupied on scenes of ever-enduring interest. 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.