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THIS work consists of letters written in the course of the second half of journeys in the East which extended over a period of two years. The author had intended, in the event of their being published, to correct them by reference to notes made with much care. Of these notes she was robbed, and she refers to the loss as her “apology to the reader for errors which, without this misfortune, would not have occurred.” Perhaps, however, the book is all the better for being presented essentially in the form in which it was originally written. The record of the writer's impressions has thus a directness, simplicity, and freshness of which it might to some extent have been deprived by elaborate revision. Mrs. Bishop does not profess to have written a book on Persia and Eastern Asia Minor. She has merely set down what she herself saw during her travels in those countries. But she has done this so well that ordinary readers are not likely to resent the slightness of her references to the administration of government, the religious and legal systems, the tenure of land, and the mode of taxation. The illustrations are very good, and add considerably to the interest of the narrative.
Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan.
By Mrs. Bishop (Isabella L. Bird). Two Vols. With Portrait, Map, and Illustrations. (London: John Murray, 1891.)
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Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan . Nature 45, 248 (1892). https://doi.org/10.1038/045248a0
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