Five Months at Cairo and in Lower Egypt [Electronic Version]

Contents: CHAPTER I. FROM MARSEILLES TO ALEXANDRIA. -- CHAPTER II. ALEXANDRIA. -- CHAPTER III. THE MAHMOUDIEH CANAL—VEGETATION—THE GARDENS OF EGYPT—FROM ALEXANDRIA TO CAIRO. -- CHAPTER IV. CAIRO. -- CHAPTER V. CAIRO.—CONTINUED. -- CHAPTER VI. CAIRO.—CONTINUED. -- CHAPTER VII. BOOLAK—THE BATHS—THE FELLAH WOMEN— FUNERALS—CIRCUMCISION—MARRIAGE. -- CHAPTER VIII. THE TOMBS OF THE CALIPHS. -- CHAPTER IX. THE MOSQUES. -- CHAPTER X. PROMENADES AROUND CAIRO—DONKEYS AND DONKEY-DRIVERS— GHIZEH — FOSTATT—MATARIEH —HELIOPOLIS—THE PYRAMIDS—SAKKARAH— CHAPTER XI. LIFE IN CAIRO—SLAVERY—MOHAMMED-EL-HINDY —PARISIAN LIFE IN EGYPT UNDER ISMAÏL PACHA —THE ARTS. -- CHAPTER XII. TOLERATION—THE DERVISHES. -- CHAPTER XIII. THE RETURN OF THE SACRED CARPET OF MECCA— THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE PROPHET'S BIRTH—THE DOSSEH. -- CHAPTER XIV. THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF HUSSEIN. -- CHAPTER XV. NATURE IN EGYPT—THE NILE. -- CHAPTER XVI. SYOUT. -- CHAPTER XVII. ISMAILIA—THE DESERT—ARRIVAL AT THE TENT OF THE SHEIK SEOUD. -- CHAPTER XVIII. A NIGHT IN THE TENT—SAN—LAKE MENZALEH, PORT SAID. -- CHAPTER XIX THE FELLAH. -- CHAPTER XX. A PLANTATION IN EGYPT, AND AN ARAB VILLAGE. -- CHAPTER XXI. THE GOVERNMENT—THE RULING CLASS. -- CHAPTER XXII. THE EUROPEANS. -- CHAPTER XXIII. THE SCHOOLS. -- CHAPTER XXIV. THE MOSQUE OF EL-AZHAR.* -- CHAPTER XXV. THE DEPARTURE