Merry’s Book of Eastern Wonders. Edited by Uncle Merry.

Notes

"Egypt": pp. 165-68 (in part, evidence of the Jews in Egyptian captivity, also a plate, "Joseph Meeting his Brethren"); "The Pool of Bethesda": pp. 172-74, with a view (Jewish and Christian lore surrounding the pool’s healing properties and miraculous cures); "Samson": pp. 192-93; "Jerusalem": p. 197 (in verse; first line, "Queen of Judea’s stricken land"); "Jesus Hominum Salvator": pp. 233-36 (in part, the legend of Herod’s ordered infanticide (Matt. 2:16) reinforced by the grieving verse of Jer. 31:15). A perfect copy has a color frontispiece of Damascus.