Children of Persia by Mrs. Napier Malcolm is a captivating account of the lives, traditions, and customs of Persian children in the early 20th century. Written from the perspective of a missionary with firsthand experience, the book offers a blend of storytelling and ethnographic observation. Malcolm provides vivid descriptions of Persian society, focusing on the daily lives of children, their education, games, family roles, and the cultural practices that shape their upbringing.The narrat...

Before we look at the Persian children of to-day, let us go back nearly thirteen and a half centuries to the year of our Lord 570, and take a look at two adjoining countries in Europe and two adjoining countries in Asia. In Western Scotland, St Columb is teaching the people Christianity, and is writing out copy after copy of the Bible, until tradition tells that he copied it out three hundred times. In England the heathen Saxons are conquering the Midlands and crushing out the Christianity...