The Quest of the Four-Leaved Clover A Story of Arabia, Adapted From the French of Laboulaye's "Abdallah" (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Quest of the Four-Leaved Clover: A Story of Arabia, Adapted From the French of Laboulaye's "Abdallah" Arabia is to children a land of romance and enchantment. Its mysterious deserts with their half-obliterated trails and their passing caravans, its sunshine and color, its free, wild life, the swift passion of its children, always near the surface and ready to leap into instant action, - - these things appeal strongly to the mind of youth; for the Arabs are a simple people and their life has all the directness and vigor of childhood. "The Quest of the Four-Leaved Clover" shows us the Arabian character at its best. It gives a picture of Bedouin life among the tents, and, incidentally, of city life in the bazaars. But, more than this, it gives a glimpse into the spirit of one of the great world religions that is yet but little understood in Christian countries. It shows the Mohammedan faith with its fatalism and its moral earnestness, and teaches the great lesson of service to ones fellow man. One cannot read the story without a closer feeling of brotherhood with all mankind, without a realization that life is only good as it offers opportunities for doing good. 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.