Chapter I: Front Matter

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An Observer
in the
Near East

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=Unwin’s Colonial Library.=

271. =The Seven Streams.= By WARWICK DEEPING. 272. =Love in the Lists.= By K. L. MONTGOMERY (Author of “The Cardinal’s Pawn”). 273. =The Pride o’ the Morning.= By AGNES GIBERNE. 274. =The Web of the Past.= By the COUNTESS OF CROMARTIE. 275. =Saints in Society.= By MARGARET BAILLIE-SAUNDERS. 276. =A Supreme Moment.= By Mrs. HAMILTON SYNGE. 277. =The Fatal Ring.= By DICK DONOVAN. 278. =The Procession of Life.= By HORACE A. VACHELL (Author of “Brothers,” “The Hill,” etc.). 279. =The Rise of Philip Barrett.= By DAVID LYALL. 280. =Beggar’s Luck.= By NELLIE K. BLISSETT. 281. =The Marquis’s Eye.= By G. F. BRADBY. 282. =The Parson’s Wood.= By VIOLET A. SIMPSON. 283. =Captain Maroon.= By ROBERT STUART. 284. =The Third Kiss.= By HERBERT FLOWERDEW. 285. =The Difficult Way.= By MABEL DEARMER. 286. =Dick Pentreath.= By KATHARINE TYNAN. 287. =The Princess Priscilla’s Fortnight.= By the Author of “Elizabeth and Her German Garden.” 288. =The Flight of Georgiana.= By R. N. STEPHENS. 289. =The Lady Noggs, Peeress.= By EDGAR JEPSON (Author of “The Admirable Tinker”). 290. =A Dazzling Reprobate.= By W. R. H. TROWBRIDGE. 291. =The Lapse of Vivien Eady.= By CHARLES MARRIOTT. 292. =The Smiths of Surbiton.= By KEBLE HOWARD. Illustrated. 293. =The Blue Peter.= By MORLEY ROBERTS. 294. =Fanny Lambert.= By H. DE VERE STACPOOLE. 295. =A Son of Arvon.= By GWENDOLEN PRICE. A Welsh Story. 296. =A Millionaire’s Courtship.= By Mrs. ARCHIBALD LITTLE. 297. =An American Duchess.= By ARABELLA KENEALY. 298. =The Adventures of a Supercargo.= By LOUIS BECKE. 299. =Cecilia’s Lovers.= By AMELIA E. BARR. 300. =The Grey Domino.= By Mrs. CHAMPION DE CRESPIGNY. 301. =The Prey of the Strongest.= By MORLEY ROBERTS.

302. =Men at Arms.= By Major W. P. DRURY. 303. =Sons of the Milesians.= By the COUNTESS OF CROMARTIE. 304. =A Double Marriage.= By LUCAS CLEEVE. 305. =The House in Spring Gardens.= By Major ARTHUR GRIFFITHS. 306. =Whispers about Women.= By LEONARD MERRICK. 307. =Latter-Day Sweethearts.= By Mrs. BURTON HARRISON. 308. =Law not Justice.= By FLORENCE WARDEN. 309. =An Impetuous Girl.= By ADELINE SERGEANT. 310. =Man and Maid.= By E. NESBIT. 311. =Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman.= By E. W. HORNUNG. 312. =The Nymph.= By F. DICKBERRY (Author of “The Storm of London”). 313. =New Treasure Seekers.= By E. NESBIT. Illustrated. 314. =Counsels of the Night.= By LUCAS CLEEVE. 315. =The Dream and the Business.= By JOHN OLIVER HOBBES. 316. =A Matrimonial Lottery.= By C. O’CONOR ECCLES. 317. =Lady Fitzmaurice’s Husband.= By ARABELLA KENEALY. 318. =Silas Strong.= By IRVING BACHELLER (Author of “Eben Holden”). 319. =A Drama in Sunshine.= By HORACE A. VACHELL (Author of “Brothers”). 320. =Saba Macdonald.= By “RITA.” 321. =The Whip Hand.= By KEBLE HOWARD (Author of “The Smiths of Surbiton”). 322. =The Woman Thou Gavest.= By LADY TROUBRIDGE. 323. =The Crystal Age.= By W. H. HUDSON. 324. =The Soul Stealer.= By C. RANGER GULL (GUY THORNE). 325. =A Gamble with Life.= By SILAS K. HOCKING. 326. =The Great Court Scandal.= By WILLIAM LE QUEUX. 327. =The Iron Gates.= By ANNIE E. HOLDSWORTH. 328. =At the Sign of the Peacock.= By K. C. RYVES. 329. =The Red Burgee.= By MORLEY ROBERTS. 330. =The Modern Way.= By Mrs. W. K. CLIFFORD. 331. =Success in Life.= By Dr. EMIL REICH. 332. =The Sins of Society.= By FATHER BERNARD VAUGHAN. 333. =The New Chronicles of Don “Q.”= By K. and HESKETH PRICHARD.

LONDON: T. FISHER UNWIN.
NOTE.—_A List of the Colonial Library, Nos. 1 to 270, can be had on
application._

AN OBSERVER IN
THE NEAR EAST

_ILLUSTRATED BY PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR
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_COLONIAL EDITION_
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LONDON
T. FISHER UNWIN
ADELPHI TERRACE
1907

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