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ABOUT EGYPT By DOUGLAS SLADEN AUTHOR OF " ' EGYPT AND THE
ENGLISH THE TRAGEDY OF THE PYRAMIDS " ; THE SECRETS OF THE
VATICAN " ; " THE JAPS AT HOME " ; QUEER THINGS ABOUT JAPAN , " ETC. ,
ETC.
ABOUT EGYPT By DOUGLAS SLADEN AUTHOR OF " ' EGYPT AND THE
ENGLISH THE TRAGEDY OF THE PYRAMIDS " ; THE SECRETS OF THE
VATICAN " ; " THE JAPS AT HOME " ; QUEER THINGS ABOUT JAPAN , " ETC. ,
ETC.
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If the English could run Egypt on the same principles as the French run Tunis all
would be well . Firm paternal government is what the Egyptian requires . He is
not irreconcilable , he is not keen , he is not pertinacious ; he is merely ...
If the English could run Egypt on the same principles as the French run Tunis all
would be well . Firm paternal government is what the Egyptian requires . He is
not irreconcilable , he is not keen , he is not pertinacious ; he is merely ...
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I. ENGLISH AS SHE IS WROTE IN EGYPT 12 . II . ON THE HUMOURS OF THE
SUFFRAGI , THE EGYPTIAN SERVANT . 31 III . HOW FOREIGNERS LIVE IN
CAIRO 42 IV . QUEER THINGS ABOUT CAIRO SOCIETY 46 V. THE WOES OF
THE ...
I. ENGLISH AS SHE IS WROTE IN EGYPT 12 . II . ON THE HUMOURS OF THE
SUFFRAGI , THE EGYPTIAN SERVANT . 31 III . HOW FOREIGNERS LIVE IN
CAIRO 42 IV . QUEER THINGS ABOUT CAIRO SOCIETY 46 V. THE WOES OF
THE ...
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... which betoken that its mediæval splendour does not form a museum , but the
home in which a Cairo notable of to - day leads his luxurious life . PART I
ANECDOTES ILLUSTRATING THE EGYPTIAN CHARACTER CHAPTER I
English Cairo ...
... which betoken that its mediæval splendour does not form a museum , but the
home in which a Cairo notable of to - day leads his luxurious life . PART I
ANECDOTES ILLUSTRATING THE EGYPTIAN CHARACTER CHAPTER I
English Cairo ...
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PART I ANECDOTES ILLUSTRATING THE EGYPTIAN CHARACTER CHAPTER
I English as She is Wrote in Egypt “ SUHAG ( Kısm ) ( UPP . EGYPT ) . “ At the
First of April 1900 . 1 " Messrs . TROLLOPE , SONS & Co. , Bristol . “ Gentlemen ...
PART I ANECDOTES ILLUSTRATING THE EGYPTIAN CHARACTER CHAPTER
I English as She is Wrote in Egypt “ SUHAG ( Kısm ) ( UPP . EGYPT ) . “ At the
First of April 1900 . 1 " Messrs . TROLLOPE , SONS & Co. , Bristol . “ Gentlemen ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Queer Things about Egypt |
| Author | Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Hurst & Blackett, Limited, 1911 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 16 Mar 2012 |
| Length | 428 pages |
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