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Excerpt from Studies in Oriental Social Life: And Gleams From the East on the Sacred Page The words of the Bible gain in clearness and depth of meaning when read in the light of the manners and customs of the lands of the Bible. But there are now so many good books proffered as helps in this direction, that a new book must justify its right to a new place by showing wherein it has advantages over works already available. This volume is not, on the one hand, a mere narrative of personal travel and observation; nor is it, on the other hand, a miscellaneous collection of Oriental illustrations of bible truths. But it is classified treatment of certain phases of Oriental life and methods of thought, vivified by personal experiences in the East; and herein it has a distinctive character. 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.