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Professor N. S. Shaler '62, Dean of the Scientific School, sailed from Boston on January 2, for Egypt, where he will remain until about March 1. He will go up the Nile to Khartoum, and perhaps, if the conditions are favorable, will take some caravan trip. He will then travel in Palestine, Syria, Asia Minor, Greece, and the north coast of Africa, probably returning to America before Commencement. He is accompanied by Mrs. Shaler...
With the citizens of Mecca the case was different. The city had grown rich by trade, being situated on the caravan route to the highly civilized states of southern Arabia. At Mecca was situated the Caaba, the central temple of the Arabs. The pilgrims wished to find their tribal gods in the temple, and thus a polytheism became the religion of the city, although many of the citizens, who had studied the sacred books of the Jews, were inclinto monotheism. Any attack on the idols endangered the commercial prosperity of the city, as the pilgrims afforded the chief source...
...Firdousi" is remarkably smooth, and conveys in delight fully poetic language this pathetic incident connected with the Persian poet's life. The choice of words is in many instances made with exceptional insight, as when he speaks of "jewels which had drunk of fire," or of the "dusty caravan," or again, "an old man, on whose brow the knots of pain were loosened now." No small charm is lent the rhythmic flow of the lines by the melodious oriental names used here and there. The poem is a very welcome departure from the abstruse and would-be metaphysical lines that...
After them came a caravan of gorgeously caparisoned mules, dragging rich cages behind them In these were very rare specimens, collected, regardless of expense, from all quarters of the globe, and not half so savage as they ought to have been. Several prominent Freshman instructors were said to be in the cage with the foxes and wolves, but the reporter failed to wholly recognize them. They so resembled the real animals that their identification was rendered especially difficult...
Till driver, camel, and caravan fade in the golden haze...