Queer Things About EgyptRead Books Ltd, 2013 M05 31 - 512 pages Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen was an English author. He studied at Trinity College, Oxford, and went to Australia (1879), where he became the first professor of history in the University of Sydney. Subsequently he traveled much and settled in London as a writer. Poems by Margaret Thomas were included in a work in the 1880s. Sladen takes up his pen to describe the humours of Egyptian society, Egyptian servants, and, above all, the humours and delights of travel in Upper Egypt. He gives glimpses of all the everyday life of the Englishman in Egypt, from doing business (with Egyptians) to donkey-riding. He also devotes several chapters to the eccentricities of the Egyptian Court. The incidents in them were the actual experiences of a very high official and his wife, given to him for publication. Not less interesting to some people than the humours of Egyptian high-life, Egyptian patriotism and Egyptian morality will be the advice on curio-buying in Egypt when you have not much money to spend. The book is not entirely taken up with anecdotes and absurdities. Like Queer Things about Japan and Queer Things about Persia, it devotes half its pages to the monuments, the romance, the mystery, and the poetry of the Orient. The fascination of Egypt is extraordinary; its monuments are matchless. |
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... asked them all to a state reception, and gave them a splendid escort of his choicest troops to take them home. When the whole cortège was between the middle gate of the Citadel and the BabelAzab, he caused both gates to be closed, and ...
... asked them all to a state reception, and gave them a splendid escort of his choicest troops to take them home. When the whole cortège was between the middle gate of the Citadel and the BabelAzab, he caused both gates to be closed, and ...
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... asked I would say that I should live in England because I know only English and Arabic, no more, so I am able to speak with English individual and government. For e.g. if I were to go at school and take some certificates and then I may ...
... asked I would say that I should live in England because I know only English and Arabic, no more, so I am able to speak with English individual and government. For e.g. if I were to go at school and take some certificates and then I may ...
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... asking the Almighty to keep you enjoying the hapiness; and the Providence to give both of you and Mr. Roads long live and happy life. “I embracing the opportunity before Mangoes finish to send you ten more. “Mr. Roads is here tonight ...
... asking the Almighty to keep you enjoying the hapiness; and the Providence to give both of you and Mr. Roads long live and happy life. “I embracing the opportunity before Mangoes finish to send you ten more. “Mr. Roads is here tonight ...
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... asked me for bakshish. I not give to him as I sell at very low prices. “Yours, “C. CARAVASSILIS. “P.S.—A cheque from your goodselves for settlement of your bill will oblige me too much. “Yours truly, “C. CARAVASSILIS.” SEPTEMBER. Sunday ...
... asked me for bakshish. I not give to him as I sell at very low prices. “Yours, “C. CARAVASSILIS. “P.S.—A cheque from your goodselves for settlement of your bill will oblige me too much. “Yours truly, “C. CARAVASSILIS.” SEPTEMBER. Sunday ...
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... asked him what he meant by the other class. He said, “Oh, clerks, and people in shops.” They too, of course, live for the most part in cheaper houses and flats, though the number of pensions is growing in Egypt now, and gentlemen, when ...
... asked him what he meant by the other class. He said, “Oh, clerks, and people in shops.” They too, of course, live for the most part in cheaper houses and flats, though the number of pensions is growing in Egypt now, and gentlemen, when ...
Contents
THE PASHA | |
THE NAUGHTY PRINCESS | |
CHIPS FROM THE COURT | |
THE MAN ABOUT TOWN IN EGYPT | |
THE HUMOURS OF THE COUNTRY EGYPTIAN | |
THE GYPS AT HOME | |
ON THE HUMOURS OF EGYPTIAN HOTELS | |
THE EGYPTIANS IDEA OF SERVING HIS COUNTRY | |
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