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Lydia Mamreov-Mountford was a perceptive observer and a charming writer. A lecturer who traveled the world speaking about the Holy Land, Mountford published an article in The New York Times in late November 1898 about the German emperor’s visit to Jerusalem. Kaiser Wilhelm II had arrived in the city in late October, and the Times covered his visit with a few news reports and an editorial. The tone of the...