Henry W. Morton visited the Middle East more than once. And it was he - an astute observer, a born and invariably benevolent storyteller - who revealed to those who had never been to these lands the beauty of Egypt that had not faded over the centuries, the harsh charm of the shores of the Dead Sea, the sun-scorched expanses of Asia Minor and the riot of colors on the shores of the Bosphorus... Repeating the paths of the biblical apostles, he traveled around Israel and Palestine, visited Syria and Jordan, saw with his own eyes the cedars of Lebanon and the lilies of Sharon - in a word, he observed with his own eyes life on the long road from Cairo to Istanbul.