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Title: The Last American
A Fragment from The Journal of KHAN-LI, Prince of
Dimph-Yoo-Chur and Admiral in the Persian Navy

Author: J. A. Mitchell

Illustrator: F. W. Read

Release Date: November 21, 2008 [EBook #27307]

Language: English

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THE LAST AMERICAN

By J. A. Mitchell

Amos Judd
The Pines of Lory
The Last American
That First Affair
Gloria Victis
Life's Fairy Tales

[Illustration: "--In the soft earth was the imprint of human feet!"]

The Last American

A Fragment from The Journal of KHAN-LI, Prince of
Dimph-Yoo-Chur and Admiral in the Persian Navy

Presented by J. A. MITCHELL

EDITION DE LUXE
Illustrated in Color by F. W. Read
With Decorative Designs by Albert D. Blashfield and
Illustrations by the Author

NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
_PUBLISHERS_

1889
By Frederick A. Stokes and Brother

1902
By Frederick A. Stokes Company

TO THOSE THOUGHTFUL PERSIANS
WHO CAN READ A WARNING IN THE SUDDEN RISE
AND SWIFT EXTINCTION OF A FOOLISH PEOPLE
THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED

A FEW WORDS BY HEDFUL

SURNAMED "THE AXIS OF WISDOM"

_Curator of the Imperial Museum at Shiraz._
_Author of "The Celestial Conquest of Kaly-phorn-ya," and of_
_"Northern Mehrika under the Hy-Bernyan Rulers"_

The astounding discoveries of Khan-li of Dimph-yoo-chur have thrown
floods of light upon the domestic life of the Mehrikan people. He
little realized when he landed upon that sleeping continent what a
service he was about to render history, or what enthusiasm his
discoveries would arouse among Persian archaeologists.

Every student of antiquity is familiar with these facts.

But for the benefit of those who have yet to acquire a knowledge of
this extraordinary people, I advise, first, a visit to the Museum at
Teheran in order to excite their interest in the subject, and second,
the reading of such books as Nofuhl's "What we Found in the West," and
Noz-yt-ahl's "History of the Mehrikans." The last-named is a complete
and relia