Salaam!--Peace be with thee, oh, thou pleasant buyer of my book. It is my intention, should my life be spare, and should the present undertaking prove successful, to present to the public, from time to time, my impressions of foreign lands, illustrated by photographic views!


So Francis Frith first introduced himself in 1858 in the beginning of his inaugural book Egypt and Palestine Photographed and Described. His expressed hopes were actually fulfilled for his life was long -- 76 years-- and his publications wildly successful.