THE

THRONES AND PALACES

OF

BABYLON AND NINEVEH

FROM SEA TO SEA

A THOUSAND MILES ON HORSEBACK

"Look ye! master traveller, unless ye note something worth the seeing, and come
home wiser than ye went, I would not give a stag's horn for all your travels."

Old Play.

BY JOHN P. NEWMAN D.D.

MEMBER OF THE LONDON SOCIETY OF BIBLICAL ARCHEOLOGY

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by

HARPER & BROTHERS,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

Inscription.

TO HER WHO WAS THE CHOICE OF MY YOUTH, WHO IS THE JOY OF MY MANHOOD, WHO ACCOMPANIED ME IN MY TOUR AROUND THE

WORLD, WHOSE LOVE OF THE BEAUTIFUL, APPRECIATION