Richard Halliburton promised the boys and girls who went with him through North and South America and Europe in his first Book of Marvels that if they had enjoyed it, he would take them to Asia and Africa on another wonder tour. Th response to that invitation has been overwhelming. He has worked unceasingly to satisfy the demand of enthusiastic readers and to make the second book as fine as the first. Here it is, even more exciting, more beautiful, than was anticipated. The illustrations, you see, are magnificent. The words and the pictures together make you feel you've been there.

Twenty-two hundred years ago a twelve-year-old Greek boy set forth from Athens with his father to see the wonders of the ancient world. We pick up the trail with Richard Halliburton, and his imagination enables us to see these ancient wonders...

From the dust jacket