EGYPT IN 1898

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BY

G. W. STEEVENS

AUTHOR OF THE LAND OF THE DOLLAR,' 'WITH THE

CONQUERING TURK,' ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS

EDINBURGH AND LONDON

MDCCCXCVIII

All Rights reserved

CONTENTS.

I.

THE IMPERIAL HIGHWAY.

The Peninsular and Oriental Express-British empire-builders

-The Imperial Englishman-Brindisi-The mail-bags-A

P. and O. liner-Lascars-The gate of the East

II.

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PORT SAID.

An unholy ritual-A great coaling-station-A Levantine para-

dise-The grievances of Port Said-A waiting town-The

morals of a port of call

III.

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IN SEARCH OF THE EAST.

The Canal-Ismailia-The East and the Levant-Suez-Seyid

Mohammed Mustapha-An Arab music-hall-Port Tewfik

-The Canal revenues-A feast of colour

IV.

IN SEARCH OF EGYPT.

Grand Cairo-Shepheard's hotel—The bazaar—The mosque of

El Azhar-A professor and his pupils-The mosque of

Mahomet Ali-The people-Tommy Atkins

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V.

ON THE EGYPTIAN CONSTITUTION.

Outward evidences of English rule-A heart-breaking handicap

-A topsy-turvy constitution-Khedive, Consul-General, and

Sirdar-Foreign capitulations-Caisse de la Dette—The

real Governor of Egypt, Thomas Cook & Son--The pro-

gress of fifteen years

VI.

HOW IT STRIKES A PASHA.

Christmas Day in Cairo-The anti-English point of view-The

case of the Procureur-Général-Sir John Scott-Orientals

and Western rule-A hostile pasha

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VII.

AN ARABIC EDITOR AND BRITISH TRADE.

The keeping of diaries-The necessity for a sense of humour-

The world's half-way house—A cosmopolitan bar-The in-

terior of an Arab newspaper-office-An editor's views-A

scientific journal-The want of British capital and trade .

VIII.

WATER.

The fields of Egypt-What the Nile is to Egypt-The Barrage

-The cultivation of Lower Egypt-History of the Barrage

-The reservoir at Assouan.

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