National Geographic April 1921

Persia.
Hand- tinted photographs reproduce the extraordinary and vivid hues of Persia’s landscape, architecture, and people.
Modern Persia and Its Capital: And an Account of an Ascent of Mount Demavend, the Persian Olympus
Overrun through the millennia by Greek, Roman, Arab, Mongol, and Russian armies, this vast desert plateau country has kept its national identity intact.
Persian Caravan Sketches: The Land of the Lion and the Sun as Seen on a Summer Caravan Trip
A pair of young Americans brave Kurdish nomads and armed brigands and are rewarded with the awe- inspiring ruins of Xerxes, Darius, and Cyrus, as well as the dazzling palaces of the shah.