Image: The Holy Land and Syria (1922) (14780607791)

Description: Identifier: holylandsyria00carp (find matches) Title: The Holy Land and Syria Year: 1922 (1920s) Authors: Carpenter, Frank G. (Frank George), 1855-1924 Subjects: Palestine -- Description and travel Syria -- Description and travel Publisher: Garden City, N. Y. : Doubleday, Page & company Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: Storks build their nests in the palaces of Kphesus and the peasants fencetheir fields with chunks of marble from its once magnificent temples Text Appearing After Image: There is a great rustling as the silkworms attack their breakfast ufmulberry leaves. Every year representatives of the silk industr\- in theLebanon go abroad to get worms for breeding, as those bred in thatregion do not la\ healthy eggs AMERICAN LEAVEN IN THE NEAR EAST The tuition is nominal. For the poorest schools it isonly about one dollar a term in money, and the ordinaryrate is about ten dollars a year. The cost of the educa-tion varies with the taste of the students. These are ofall classes from the sons of the poorest fellah to the heirof the highest pasha or richest merchant. There arethree kinds of accommodations, the cost of which rangesfrom thirty-five dollars a year upward. The wealthyEgyptian boy can have his own room, or groups can livefour in a room. He can eat at the best table, or he canget cheaper board with meat three or four times a week.On the other hand, he can work his way through college,furnishing his own food, buying vegetables and fish atvery low cost. Many Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: The Holy Land and Syria (1922) (14780607791)
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