by Joe Mitchell Chapple; illustrated; etching by Levon West; drawings by Chauncey Howard Peters; colored inserts by Saul M. Arkin and Konrad Meindl and numerous photographs.

Bagdad, the City of Dreams -- "At Home," in the Land of Arabian Nights -- Among the People of Ancient Mesopotamia -- A Glimpse of Modern Life in Iraq -- Crossing the Syrian Desert in an Automobile -- Damascus, the Oldest Inhabited City on Earth -- Over the Anti Lebanon Mountain to Baalbec -- A Motor ...