ARRIVING AT AN ASIA MINOR MARKET-PLACE 



Why it should be considered an insult to call a man a donkey cannot be understood by 

 those who know life in the Near East, for the patient, sure-footed, dependable little beast 

 of burden lias as many virtues as he has duties. Though the ways in which they are em- 

 ployed differ greatly, the caravan master would feel as much at a loss without his donkey as 

 would the Scotch shepherd without his collie. 



Photographs from Mary Mills Patrick 



THE CITY OF MITVLEXE HAS GIVEN ITS NAME TO THE ISLAND WHICH WAS THE 



HOME OF SAPPHO 



Lesbos, as the little island of Mitylene was called until the Middle Ages, was the home 

 of the JEolian school of lyric poetry. Beauty and profligacy were the main attributes of the 

 Lesbian women, but neither characterizes the present inhabitants. 



