Book excerpt: Excerpt from Persia: The Awakening East Within the last four or five years the press of Europe and America has been filled with references to the intrigues and rivalries of Russia, Germany, and England in these remote and inaccessible regions; but until now, as far as the author is aware, no book has appeared deal ing with the sub ect in a way calculated to inter est the general reader. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.