The Land of Midian, Vol. 1 Of 2

Download or read book The Land of Midian, Vol. 1 Of 2 written by Richard F. Burton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-13 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Land of Midian, Vol. 1 of 2: Revisited; With Map, and Illustrations on Wood and by Chromo-Lithography The public will now understand that one and the same subject has not given rise to two books. I have to acknowledge with gratitude the many able and kindly notices by the Press Of my first volume (the Gold Mines of Midian, etc. Messrs. C. Kegan Paul C0., But some reviewers succeeded in completely misunderstanding the driftof that awn! Courier. It was an introduction in tended to serve as a base for the present more extensive work, and - foundations intended to bear weight must be solid. Its Object was to place before the reader the broad outlines Of a country whose name was known to every schoolboy. 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.