Travels in Europe and the East: A Year in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, France, Belgium, Holland Germany, Austria, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt. With Engravings. In Two Volumes.

Singerman ID
supp1481
Year
1855
Entry
Prime, Samuel Irenæus. Travels in Europe and the East: A Year in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, France, Belgium, Holland Germany, Austria, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt. With Engravings. In Two Volumes. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1855. 2 vols.
Author/Editor
Prime, Samuel Irenæus
Location
New York, NY
Holdings
In most academic libraries
Title
Travels in Europe and the East: A Year in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, France, Belgium, Holland Germany, Austria, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt. With Engravings. In Two Volumes.
Language
English
Printer/Publisher
Harper & Brothers
Notes
In vol. 1: Firsthand impressions of Benjamin Disraeli observed at a literary club dinner event, held annually in London, where Disraeli presided (pp. [68]-72. For a Parliamentary debate in which Disraeli participated, see pp. [99]-104 passim; for Frankfurt and the Rothschilds, see pp. 318-19. Vol. 2 is informative of the Arch of Titus in Rome (pp. 116-17); American missionary efforts at Smyrna to convert the Jews (pp. 224-25); a visit with Rev. William Schauffler, a missionary at Constantinople (pp. 280-81); the legend of the Colossus of Rhodes sold to a Jew (p. 287); elderly religious Jews en route to Jerusalem in anticipation of their demise and burial (pp. 291-92). Chap. 24, "Land of Palestine," is highlighted by the author’s visit to the Samaritans and their synagogue at Nablus.
Collection
Chronological File, 1676 to 1900

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Prime, Samuel Irenæus, “Travels in Europe and the East: A Year in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, France, Belgium, Holland Germany, Austria, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt. With Engravings. In Two Volumes.”, Judaica Americana II, accessed September 16, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/singerman/item/51321