Excerpt from Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Madinah and Meccah
The English Edition of "Burton's Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah" was originally published in three volumes, large octavo. In order to meet the requirements of the American public, both as regards the size and expense of the work, it has been deemed expedient to abridge and condense some chapters. The portions omitted, however, do not affect the narrative or the incidents of the visit to the Holy Places, but chiefly relate to Lieut. Burton's preliminary residence in Egypt, and to historical and ethnological considerations. An Appendix, containing a resume of former explorations, is also omitted, but its place is supplied by the introductory essay by Bayard Taylor.
We believe that the readers of the narrative of Lieut. Burton's singular and dangerous journey will sustain us in the assertion, that no volume of modern travel possesses greater intrinsic interest or originality, while for graphic description it compares favorably with the "Eothen" of Kinglake, or the "Crescent and the Cross" of Warburton.
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