Haifa; or, Life in modern Palestine

HAIFA OR LIFE IN MODERN PALESTINE

BY

LAURENCE OLIPHANT

AUTHOR OF ‘THE LAND OF GILEAD,’ ‘ALTIORA PETO,’ ‘PICCADILLY,’ ETC.

SECOND EDITION

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS

EDINBURGH AND LONDON

MDCCCLXXXVII

PREFACE.

The expectations which have been excited in the minds of men by the prophecies contained in Scripture, and the hopes which have been ...