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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Page 55
... knew the Egyp- tian's tricks far too well to want to have one in England . She had a narrow escape of having one all the same . For , long after they had settled in London , they had a letter from the stationmaster they had known in the ...
... knew the Egyp- tian's tricks far too well to want to have one in England . She had a narrow escape of having one all the same . For , long after they had settled in London , they had a letter from the stationmaster they had known in the ...
Page 56
... knew Ibrahim in his interesting stage ; he was so very magnificent . On her at - home days he stood outside the door with his arms crossed , from three o'clock till the last guest had departed , as if the whole thing depended on it ...
... knew Ibrahim in his interesting stage ; he was so very magnificent . On her at - home days he stood outside the door with his arms crossed , from three o'clock till the last guest had departed , as if the whole thing depended on it ...
Page 59
... knew what we had to expect ; so we began our " inspection " in the tram . When we had picked all the visible fleas off our coats and trousers , we took off our coats and picked them off the linings , and unbuttoned our waistcoats and ...
... knew what we had to expect ; so we began our " inspection " in the tram . When we had picked all the visible fleas off our coats and trousers , we took off our coats and picked them off the linings , and unbuttoned our waistcoats and ...
Page 61
... knew nothing , to take his place . The cook would just send in word , " I'll cook your dinner to - night , but I am going back to my billage . " The man left in his place was often pre- ferable as a cook and as a citizen , but a good ...
... knew nothing , to take his place . The cook would just send in word , " I'll cook your dinner to - night , but I am going back to my billage . " The man left in his place was often pre- ferable as a cook and as a citizen , but a good ...
Page 64
... knew nothing at all when he came to her , but was extremely clever at learning house things . He used to arrange the table very well , and had a genius for varying things . One day when she was going to have a dinner - party she found ...
... knew nothing at all when he came to her , but was extremely clever at learning house things . He used to arrange the table very well , and had a genius for varying things . One day when she was going to have a dinner - party she found ...
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Abûkir Abydos Agenoria Alexandria ancient ancient Egypt ANGELES antique Antony Arab asked Assuan bakshish bank bazar beautiful Berberine blue built Cæsar Cairo CALIFORN called camels canal Cataract Hotel charming Cleopatra colonnades colour columns cook Cook's Coptic dahabeah Damietta Denderah Der-el-Bahari desert donkey donkey-boys dragoman Edfu Egyptian English Fayum feet fellahin French galabeah garden Greek humours hundred Italian Joseph Julius Cæsar Karnak Khedive King ladies lake land LIBRARY live look Luxor mediæval Mehemet Ali meshrebiya miles minarets Mohammed Mohammedan mosque mummy native never night Nile oasis Osiris palace palm groves Pasha Pharaohs photographs piastres picturesque police Ptolemies pylon railway Rameses Ramidge rich riding river Roman roof Rosetta round ruins sand servants shillings side steamer Sudan suffragi tarbooshes temple Thebes thing tombs took tourists Upper Egypt village walls women