To Bagdad by JOE MITCHELL CHAPPLE I Illustrated ETCHING BY LEVON WEST DRAWINGS BY CHAUNCY HOWARD PETERS COLORED INSERTS BY SAUL M. ARKIN AND KONRAD MEINDL Lunching in the Desert-Jeff Parsons "Boils the Kettle" Kotah Bridge and River Front of Bagdad. The Tomb of Zobeida-Roof of the American Consulate at Bagdad Ruins of the House of Martha, Mary and Lazarus in Bethany Soudanese Passengers-Joe Chapple and Chiefs of Soudan Market Place in Front of the Church of the Nativity 40 56 60 68 72 88 92 100 104 120 124 132 136 152 156 164 168 184 188 196 200 216 220 228 232 248 CONTENTS I BAGDAD, THE CITY OF DREAMS "AT HOME," IN THE LAND OF ARABIAN NIGHTS II III AMONG THE PEOPLE OF ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA IV A GLIMPSE OF MODERN LIFE IN IRAQ V CROSSING THE SYRIAN DESERT IN AN AUTOMOBILE X IN OLD JERUSALEM THE GOLDEN XI THE "HOLY CITY" AFTER THE WORLD WAR XV ACROSS THE SINAI DESERT TO THE PROMISED LAND AFTER A GLIMPSE OF THE CRADLES OF CIVILIZATION |