Henry W. Morton has visited the Middle East more than once. And it was he - an astute observer, a born and invariably benevolent storyteller - who opened to those who had never been to these parts, the beauty of Egypt that had never faded in 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 to Israel and Palestine, visited Syria and Jordan, saw with his own eyes Lebanese cedars and Saronian lilies - in a word, he personally observed life on the long road from Cairo to Istanbul.