The city of the caliphs; a popular study of Cairo and its environs and the Nile and its antiquities [Electronic Version]

Contents: THE CITY OF THE CALIPHS. INTRODUCTION. -- CHAPTER I. EGYPT UNDER THE PHARAOHS. -- CHAPTER II. THE EMPIRE OF THE PTOLEMIES. -- CHAPTER III. THE RULE OF THE CALIPHS. -- CHAPTER IV. THE MAKING OF EGYPT. -- CHAPTER V. ALEXANDRIA AND THE NILE DELTA. -- CHAPTER VI. THE STORY OF THE SUEZ CANAL. -- CHAPTER VII. CAIRO AS A RESORT FOR INVALIDS. -- CHAPTER VIII. CAIRO IN ITS SOCIAL ASPECT. -- CHAPTER IX. THE BAZAARS AND STREET LIFE. -- CHAPTER X. THE MOSQUES. -- CHAPTER XI. THE TOMBS OF THE CALIPHS. -- CHAPTER XII. THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. -- CHAPTER XIII. THE ACROPOLIS OF CAIRO. -- CHAPTER XIV. OLD CAIRO AND THE COPTIC CHURCHES. -- CHAPTER XV. SOME SIDE-SHOWS OF CAIRO. -- CHAPTER XVI. THE PYRAMIDS OF GHIZEH. -- CHAPTER XVII. THE CITY OF THE SACRED BULLS. -- CHAPTER XVIII. THE CITY OF THE SUN. -- CHAPTER XIX. MINOR EXCURSIONS. -- CHAPTER XX. THE NILE AS A HEALTH - RESORT. -- CHAPTER XXI. -- THE NILE FROM CAIRO TO THEBES. -- CHAPTER XXII. “THE CITY OF A HUNDRED GATES.” -- CHAPTER XXIII. ASSOUAN AND PHILÆ. -- CHAPTER XXIV. FROM THE FIRST TO THE SECOND CATARACT. -- CHAPTER XXV. RECENT EGYPTOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES