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In the land of the lion and sun, or, modern Persia : $b Being experiences of life in Persia from 1866 to 1881Wills, C. J. (Charles James)

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In the land of the lion and sun, or, modern Persia : $b Being experiences of life in Persia from 1866 to 1881

Name: In the land of the lion and sun, or, modern Persia : $b Being experiences of life in Persia from 1866 to 1881
Author: Wills, C. J. (Charles James)

Wills, C. J. (Charles James)

Iran -- Description and travel; Wills, C. J. (Charles James), 1842-1912 -- Travel -- Iran

IN THE LAND OF THE LION AND SUN.




The Minerva Library.


     1. DARWIN’S JOURNAL IN THE “BEAGLE.”
     2. THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS.
     3. BORROW’S BIBLE IN SPAIN.
     4. EMERSON’S PROSE WORKS.
     5. GALTON’S TROPICAL SOUTH AFRICA.
     6. MANZONI’S THE BETROTHED LOVERS.
     7. GOETHE’S FAUST (Complete). Bayard Taylor.
     8. WALLACE’S TRAVELS ON THE AMAZON.
     9. DEAN STANLEY’S LIFE OF DR. ARNOLD.
    10. POE’S TALES.
    11. COMEDIES BY MOLIÈRE.
    12. FORSTER’S LIFE OF GOLDSMITH.
    13. LANE’S MODERN EGYPTIANS.
    14. TORRENS’ LIFE OF MELBOURNE.
    15. THACKERAY’S VANITY FAIR.
    16. BARTH’S TRAVELS IN AFRICA.
    17. VICTOR HUGO: SELECT POEMS, &c.
    18. DARWIN’S CORAL REEFS, &c.
    19. LOCKHART’S LIFE OF ROBERT BURNS.
    20. BARTH’S TRAVELS IN AFRICA (II.)
    21. LYRA ELEGANTIARUM. Locker-Lampson.
    22. CARLYLE’S SARTOR RESARTUS, &c.
    23. LIFE AND LETTERS OF FRANKLIN.
    24. BECKFORD’S VATHEK, AND TRAVELS.
    25. MACAULAY’S HISTORICAL AND LITERARY ESSAYS.
    26. YONGE’S LIFE OF WELLINGTON.
    27. CARLYLE’S FRENCH REVOLUTION.
    28. WILLS’ LAND OF THE LION AND SUN.

                         London: WARD, LOCK & CO.




[Illustration: SOLOMON IN ALL HIS GLORY.

(_From a Native Drawing._)]




                                  IN THE
                        LAND OF THE LION AND SUN,
                                    OR
                              MODERN PERSIA.

                _BEING EXPERIENCES OF LIFE IN PERSIA FROM
                              1866 TO 1881._

        ILLUSTRATED BY FULL-PAGE PLATES FROM PHOTOGRAPHS AND FROM
                             NATIVE DRAWINGS.

                                    BY
                            C. J. WILLS, M.D.,
       LATE ONE OF THE MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HER MAJESTY’S TELEGRAPH
                          DEPARTMENT IN PERSIA.

     [Illustration: THE ARMS OF PERSIA (_from the Teheran Gazette_).]

                              _NEW EDITION._

                           WARD, LOCK AND Co.,
                     LONDON, NEW YORK, AND MELBOURNE,
                                  1891.

                 _The right of translation is reserved._




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In the land of the lion and sun, or, modern Persia : $b Being experiences of life in Persia from 1866 to 1881

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