Queer Things about EgyptHurst & blackett, Limited, 1911 - 428 pages This book is filled with varied information about Egypt. Everything is touched upon—the people, their customs, and manner of writing English, descriptions of scenery, history and social conditions—in the manner of a well informed traveler willing to tell all he knows. 1t is an entertaining book, and one which a visitor to Egypt could hardly afford to be without, especially the seekers of recreation in perusing passages of sprightly talk about things new and old, maintained by a man who is likely to have cheered many a table and fireside by his traveler's tales. |
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... give glimpses of all the everyday life of the Englishman in Egypt , from doing business ( with Egyptians ) to donkey - riding . I also devote several chapters to the eccentricities of the Egyptian Court . The incidents in them were the ...
... give glimpses of all the everyday life of the Englishman in Egypt , from doing business ( with Egyptians ) to donkey - riding . I also devote several chapters to the eccentricities of the Egyptian Court . The incidents in them were the ...
Page xiii
... the Delta , or up into Upper Egypt . I give a general sketch of the rural life , which you will see , in my chapters on the Egyptian State rail- ways and the Nile as seen from Cook's steamers . Preface xiii THE GYPS AT HOME.
... the Delta , or up into Upper Egypt . I give a general sketch of the rural life , which you will see , in my chapters on the Egyptian State rail- ways and the Nile as seen from Cook's steamers . Preface xiii THE GYPS AT HOME.
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... give the powerful Sultans of Egypt time to recover from any blow an enemy could deal them till suddenly they were confronted by the better armed and more warlike chivalry of the Crusades . It was then that Saladin projected his Citadel ...
... give the powerful Sultans of Egypt time to recover from any blow an enemy could deal them till suddenly they were confronted by the better armed and more warlike chivalry of the Crusades . It was then that Saladin projected his Citadel ...
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... give its liwán a noble effect . There is no better way to enter the city of Ibn Tulun , the second part of the medieval city , than by walking over the mounds of Fustat , a mountainous desert in miniature , keeping on your right the ...
... give its liwán a noble effect . There is no better way to enter the city of Ibn Tulun , the second part of the medieval city , than by walking over the mounds of Fustat , a mountainous desert in miniature , keeping on your right the ...
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... give my readers a picture of Awnys in the making , for Berkeley , a friend of mine , who was a schoolmaster in Egypt , and wished to know the Egyptian boy's mind , set his class the following subjects for essays : I. Write an account of ...
... give my readers a picture of Awnys in the making , for Berkeley , a friend of mine , who was a schoolmaster in Egypt , and wished to know the Egyptian boy's mind , set his class the following subjects for essays : I. Write an account of ...
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