An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians
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1. Front matter2. BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION.3. PREFACE.4. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE THIRD EDITION.5. LIST OF FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.6. ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT.7. INTRODUCTION.8. CHAPTER I. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND DRESS OF THE MUSLIM EGYPTIANS.9. CHAPTER II. INFANCY AND EARLY EDUCATION.10. CHAPTER III. RELIGION AND LAWS.11. CHAPTER III. RELIGION AND LAWS. (continued 2)12. CHAPTER IV. GOVERNMENT.13. CHAPTER VI. DOMESTIC LIFE—continued.14. CHAPTER VII. DOMESTIC LIFE—continued.15. CHAPTER VIII. COMMON USAGES OF SOCIETY.16. CHAPTER IX. LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND SCIENCE.17. CHAPTER X. SUPERSTITIONS.18. CHAPTER XI. SUPERSTITIONS—continued.19. CHAPTER XII. MAGIC, ASTROLOGY, AND ALCHEMY.20. CHAPTER XIII. CHARACTER.21. CHAPTER XIV. INDUSTRY.22. CHAPTER XV. USE OF TOBACCO, COFFEE, HEMP, OPIUM, ETC.23. CHAPTER XVI. THE BATH.24. CHAPTER XVII. GAMES.25. CHAPTER XVIII. MUSIC.26. CHAPTER XIX. PUBLIC DANCERS.27. CHAPTER XX. SERPENT CHARMERS, AND PERFORMERS OF LEGERDEMAIN TRICKS, ETC.28. CHAPTER XXI. PUBLIC RECITATIONS OF ROMANCES.29. CHAPTER XXII. PUBLIC RECITATIONS OF ROMANCES—continued.30. CHAPTER XXIII. PUBLIC RECITATIONS OF ROMANCES—Continued.31. CHAPTER XXIV. PERIODICAL PUBLIC FESTIVALS, ETC.32. CHAPTER XXV. PERIODICAL PUBLIC FESTIVALS, ETC.—continued.33. CHAPTER XXVI. PERIODICAL PUBLIC FESTIVALS, ETC.—continued.34. CHAPTER XXVII. PRIVATE FESTIVITIES, ETC.35. CHAPTER XXVIII. DEATH, AND FUNERAL RITES.36. SUPPLEMENT.37. APPENDIX A.38. APPENDIX B. EGYPTIAN MEASURES, WEIGHTS, AND MONEYS.39. APPENDIX C. PRAYER OF MUSLIM SCHOOL-BOYS.40. INDEX.