Volume 1 — APPENDIX H.

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CARTOGRAPHY OF THE SUDAN.

The following lists do not pretend to be exhaustive: at the same time they contain the chief European works referring to the Sudan which may be of use for reference, etc.

Confidential Publications are marked *; particularly useful ones †.

I.D.W.O. — Intelligence Division, War Office, London.

(a) Official Publications.

Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennar, 1820-21. 1822.

† Report on the Proposed Railway between Wadi Halfa and Shendy; and the Ship Incline at the 1st Cataract. By Mr. Fowler. Cairo, 1873.

Reconnaissance from Berenice to Berber. By Col. R. E. Colston. Cairo, 1874.

† Survey of the White Nile. Lieutenants Watson and Chippendall. 1874.

† General Report on the Province of Kordofan. Col. Prout. Cairo, 1877.

Provinces of the Equator. Egyptian Staff. Cairo, 1877.

Psychrometrical Observations taken at Fascher, Darfour. By Col. E. S. Purdy. Cairo, 1877.

† Report on the Sudan. Lieut.-Col. Stewart. 1883 (Blue Book, Egypt, No. 11). 1883.

† The Nile above the 2nd Cataract. By Lieut.-Col. R. H. O’Grady Haly. 1884. Messrs. Harrison and Sons.

† Report on Egyptian Provinces of the Sudan, Red Sea and Equator. I.D.W.O. 1884. 3s. 6d.

Parliamentary Papers respecting the Sudan Campaigns, 1884-1892:—

Correspondence respecting General Gordon’s Mission to Egypt, 1884.

Further Instructions to General Gordon, 1884.

Text of Proclamation of General Gordon to the Inhabitants of the Sudan. 1884.

Telegram relative to a British Force to be collected at Suakin, 1884.

Admiralty Telegrams relative to Affairs at Suakin, 1884.

Agreement between the Secretary of State for War and Messrs. Lucas and Aird for the Construction of a Line of Railway from Suakin towards Berber, 1885.

Papers relating to Withdrawal of Troops from Dongola, 1885.

Return of the Total Number of Cases of Sickness, Deaths, and Admissions to Hospital for Wounds in Action, 1885.

Relief of General Gordon. 1885.

Return showing the Approximate Distribution and Organisation of Medical Staff Corps during the Recent Campaign in Egypt and the Sudan, 1885.

Supplementary Estimate of H.M.’s Navy for the Year 1884-5.

Return of the Approximate Cost of the Military Expedition to Suakin. 1885.

Supplementary Estimate, 1884-5. Sum required to make good the deficiency in the provision made for the service of the Navy and Army during the year ending 31st March, 1885, owing to the non-payment by Egypt of the extra cost of the Army of Occupation. 1885.

Correspondence respecting the British Military operations in the Sudan. 1885.

Further correspondence respecting the British Military operations in the Sudan. 1885.

Nile Expedition casualties. 1885.

Return of the total sums spent by the Imperial and Indian Government on Naval and Military Operations in or connected with Egypt, since 1st January, 1882, to the present time; also return of the officers and men who have lost their lives, and of the number invalided home in consequence of our operations in Egypt between the above-mentioned dates. 1886.

Correspondence regarding the claims of the Egyptian Government and counter-claims of the British Government arising from the operations in the Sudan, etc. 1887.

Despatch addressed to Sir H. D. Wolff by Lieut.-Col. Parr, from the Headquarters of the Egyptian Army at Cairo, relative to the efficiency and gallantry of the native Egyptian Troops. 1887.

Correspondence respecting affairs at Suakin. 1888.

Further correspondence respecting the affairs at Suakin. 1888, 1889.

Correspondence respecting Military Operations in Egypt and the Sudan. 1882-89.

Correspondence respecting the re-occupation of Tokar by the Egyptian Government. 1892.

Correspondence respecting the Valley of the Upper Nile, 1898.

Rapport à S. E. le Ministre des Finances sur le règlement des comptes pour le service postal de l’armée d’expédition au Soudan. Cairo, 1885.

Camel Mounted Infantry. Cairo, 1886.

† History of the Sudan Campaign, 1884-85. By Col. Colvile. 2 vols. 1889. 15s.

† Perennial Irrigation. By W. Willcocks. 1894.

† The Map of Africa by Treaty. By Sir E. Hertslet. 1893.

Catalogue of the War Office Library and Accessions to Ditto. 1893-1896.

† Report on the Nile and Country between Dongola, Suakin, Kassala and Omdurman. Capt. Count Gleichen, I.D.W.O. 2 Editions, 1897 and 1898. 4s. 6d.

† Handbook of the Sudan. Capt. Count Gleichen. I.D.W.O. 1898. 2s.

*† Intelligence Reports—Egypt. Compiled by Intelligence Department, Egyptian Army. 1891-1898. Printed by I.D.W.O.

*† Précis of Events on the Upper Nile, 1878-98. Foreign Office.

† Annual Report on Egypt and the Sudan. British Agent and Consul-General. 1899 to date. Issued by Foreign Office. Price varies.

*† Intelligence Reports—Sudan. Compiled by the Intelligence Department, Egyptian Army. 1899 to date. Printed by I.D.W.O.

† Supplement to Handbook of the Sudan. Major Count Gleichen. I.D.W.O. 1899. 2s. 6d.

† Report on the Sudan. Sir W. Garstin (Blue Book, Egypt, No. 5). 1899.

The Sudan Code of Criminal Procedure. 1899.

The Sudan Code of Criminal Procedure. Instructions to Officers in Civil Employment. 1899.

The Sudan Penal Code. 1899.

† Red Sea Pilot. Admiralty. 1900. 3s. 6d.

Sudan Military Railways. Traffic Regulations. 1900.

Regulations for the Government of Sudan Prisons. 1901.

† Report on the Forests of the Sudan. By E. C. Muriel. 1901.

Regulations for the Examination in Arabic and Law of Civilian Officials serving in the Sudan Civil Administration. 1901.

† Rules of Orthography for Native Names of Places, Persons, etc., in Egypt and the Sudan. 1901. Price P.T.3.

† Instructions for Destruction of Locusts, White Ants and Mosquitos in the Sudan. 1901.

† Report as to Irrigation Projects on the Upper Nile, etc., with 12 maps. Sir W. Garstin (Blue Book, Egypt, No. 2), 1901. 3s. 6d.

† Report on the Woods and Forests of the Sudan. By A. F. Broun. 1902.

† Notes for Travellers and Sportsmen in the Sudan. Agent-General’s Sudan Government Office, Cairo. 1902. Price 1s. Corrected annually to date. Supplement to Ditto. Price P.T.1.

† Notes on Outfit. Agent-Genera’s Sudan Government Office, Cairo. 1902. P.T.2.

† Report on Cultivable Products of the Sudan. By W. W. A. Fitzgerald. Agent-General’s Office, Cairo. 1903.

Mining and Prospecting Licenses in the Sudan. 1903.

London Convention. Africa. Game.

Budget of the Sudan. Annual.

Catalogue of the War Office, Cairo, Library. (Up to date). (In the Press.)

† Sudan Almanac. Intelligence Department, Cairo. Annual. P.T.5.

*† Foreign Office and various Despatches and Prints. Blue Books—Egypt, Africa and Uganda.

Report on the Wellcome Research Laboratories. Gordon College. 1904.

† Report on the Basin of the Upper Nile. Sir W. Garstin. Egypt. Blue Book No. 2, 1904. 17s. (with numerous diagrams and illustrations).

* Annual Reports of Mudirs of Provinces.

Sudan Finance Reports. (Annual).

Sudan Government Telegraphs—Regulations and Tariffs.

Sudan Ordinances, viz.:—

An Ordinance for Setting Questions as to Lands situated within the Towns of Khartoum, Berber, and Dongola, and for providing for the laying out and re-building of the said towns. 1899.

An Ordinance for Settling Disputes as to Land and for the Registration of Titles. 1899.

An Ordinance for Regulating the Land and Date Tax. 1899.

An Ordinance for Regulating the Royalties on Gum, Ostrich Feathers, Ivory, and India-rubber. 1899.

An Ordinance for Regulating the Carrying of Fire-arms. 1899.

An Ordinance for Regulating and Licensing the Sale of Alcoholic Liquors. 1899.

An Ordinance for Regulating the House Tax. 1899.

An Ordinance for Regulating the Boat Tax. 1899.

An Ordinance for Regulating and Licensing the Occupation of Auctioneer and Pedlar. 1899.

An Ordinance for Regulating the application of General Laws and Regulations to the Districts of Wadi-Halfa and Suakin. 1899.

An Ordinance for Regulating the Herd Tax. 1899.

An Ordinance for Regulating the Prospecting for Metals, Minerals, etc. 1899.

An Ordinance for Providing for the Deportation of Offenders from the Sudan. 1899.

An Ordinance for Regulating Public Ferries, 1900. Repealing the 1899 Ordinance.

An Ordinance for Sudan Civil Justice. 1900.

An Ordinance for Extending the time within which Allottees of Land at Khartoum and Berber are required to erect Buildings. 1901.

An Ordinance for Amending the Land Tax Ordinance, 1899. 1901.

An Ordinance for Providing that the Royalty taken on Gum, Ostrich Feathers, Ivory and India-rubber, shall be taken in Money. 1901.

An Ordinance for Imposing and Regulating a Tax upon Animals. 1901.

An Ordinance for the Preservation of Wild Animals and Birds, 1903. Repealing the 1901 Ordinance.

An Ordinance for Regulating the Levying of Tribute. 1901.

An Ordinance for Regulating Woods and Forests. 1901.

An Ordinance for Regulating the Position of Civil Judges. 1901.

An Ordinance for Dealing with the Cattle Plague. 1901.

An Ordinance for Egyptian Judgments. 1901.

An Ordinance for Preventing and Regulating the Introduction of Contraband Goods in the Sudan. 1902.

An Ordinance for Regulating Liquor Licences. 1902.

An Ordinance for Licensing Seal Engravers and for the Registration of Seals. 1902.

An Ordinance for the Acquisition of Land for Public Purposes. 1903.

An Ordinance for Amending the Taxation of Animals Ordinance, 1901. 1903.

An Ordinance for Amending the Title of Lands Ordinance, 1899. 1903.

An Ordinance for Amending the Royalties on Gum, etc., Ordinance, 1899. 1903.

An Ordinance for Regulating the Manufacture and Sale of native Liquors. 1903.

An Ordinance for the Detection and Punishment of Adulteration of India-rubber and Gutta-percha. 1903.

An Ordinance for Regulating the Storage of Petroleum and other substances of a like nature. 1903.

An Ordinance for Regulating the Carrying of Fire-arms, 1903. Repealing the 1899 Ordinance.

Railway Ordinance. 1904.

Kassala and Kordofan Town Lands Ordinance. 1904.

Egyptian Judgments Ordinance, 1904. Amending 1901 Ordinance.

Suakin Town Land Registration Ordinance, 1904.

(b) Unofficial Publications.

Name of Work. Author. Date. Publisher. Publishing Price. Remarks.

†The Literature of Egypt and the Sudan Prince Ibrahim-Hilmy 1886 Trübner & Co., London.

A Journey to the Courts of Sennar and Abyssinia Poncet 1698 — — Sketchy.

Nouveau voyage dans la Haute et Basse Égypte, la Syrie, le Darfour W. G. Browne 1800 Dentu, Paris — No great value.

Travels in Nubia J. L. Burckhardt 1819 J. Murray, London. — Valuable historically.

Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries in Egypt and Nubia G. Belzoni 1821 J. Murray, London.

Notes during a Visit to Egypt, Nubia, the Oasis, Mount Sinai, and Jerusalem Sir F. Henniker 1823 J. Murray, London.

†Voyage à Méroé, etc. F. Cailliaud 1826 Imprimerie Royale, Paris — With atlas and plates; valuable.

Relation Historique, etc. Ferlini 1834 — — Treasure at Meroe.

†Reisen in Nubien, etc. Russegger 1838 Vienna (?) — 16 vols, 60 maps; scarce. There is an abridged edition. Valuable.

Premier voyage à la recherche des sources du Nil Blanc Capt. Selim 1842 C. A. Bertrand, Paris.

Voyage au Darfour Cheykh Mohd. Ebn-Omar El-Tounsy 1845 B. Duprat, Paris — Interesting.

Voyage en Égypte, en Nubie E. Combes 1846 Desessart, Paris.

†Expedition to discover the Sources of the White Nile, 1840-41 F. Werne 1849 London.

†Denkmäler aus Aegypten, etc. R. Lepsius 1849 — — Valuable; 500 plates.

Le Désert et le Soudan Cte. d’Escayrac de Lauture 1853 J. Dumaine, Paris.

Mémoire sur le Soudan Cte. d’Escayrac de Lauture 1855-1856 A. Bertrand, Paris.

†Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa H. Barth 1857 London — Useful.

Étude sur la Conquête de l’Afrique par les Arabes H. Fournel 1857 B. Duprat, Paris.

†Travels in Central Africa J. Petherick 1862 London — Useful. Ghazal.

†Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile Capt. J. H. Speke 1864 Edinburgh.

What led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile Capt. J. H. Speke 1864 W. Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh.

†A Walk across Africa Grant 1864

Voyage aux deux Nils G. Lejean 1865 L. Hachette & Co., Paris — With atlas; detailed, but not accurate.

L’Égypte, la Basse Nubie et le Sinai Dr. Stacquez 1865 Imprimerie de L. Grandmont Donders, Liège.

Skizze der Nilländer Hartmann 1866 Berlin.

Sul N’Yanza Alberto M. Erizzo 1866 G. Antonnelli, Venice.

†The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia Sir S. W. Baker 1867 MacMillan & Co., London.

†Discovery of the Albert Nyanza Sir S. W. Baker 1868 MacMillan & Co., London.

Travels in Egypt and Nubia, Syria and the Holy Land Hon. C. L. Irby and J. Mangles 1868 J. Murray, London.

Les jardins et les champs de la vallée du Nil G. Delchevalerie 1870 Imprimerie C. Annoot-Braeckmann, Gand.

†The Heart of Africa Dr. G. Schweinfurth 1871 Sampson, Low & Co., London 7s. Useful.

Vocabulaire de la langue du Darfour Dr. Perron 1874 Imprimerie de l’État-major, Cairo.

†Reise in der Egyptischen Aequatorial-Provinz und in Kordofan E. Marno 1875 — — Useful.

†Reisebriefe vom oberen Nil E. Marno 1875 Wien. — Useful.

Central Africa Col. C. C. Long 1876 London.

Life with the Hamran Arabs A. B. R. Myers 1876 Smith & Co., London.

Dell’ arrivo fra i Niam-Niam e del soggiorno sul lago Tzana in Abissinia C. Piaggia 1877 Lucca.

Reisen und Forschungen im Gebiete des Weissen und Blauen Nil K. Zoppritz 1877 J. Perthes, Gotha.

†The Cradle of the Blue Nile E. A. de Cosson 1877 J. Murray, London.

†Reisen im Gebiete des Nil E. Marno 1880 — — Useful.

Nubische Gramatik Lepsius 1880 —

Incidents of a Journey through Nubia and Darfur F. Ensor 1881 London.

†Col. Gordon in Central Africa, 1874-79 G. B. Hill 1881 T. de la Rue & Co., London.

To the Central African Lakes and back J. Thomson 1881 Sampson, Low & Co., London.

†Uganda and the Egyptian Sudan Rev. C. T. Wilson and R. W. Felkin 1882 London.

†Wild Tribes of the Soudan F. L James 1883 J. Murray, London — Useful.

Itinéraire de Souakin à Berber — 1883 Typo-Lithographie, V. Penasson, Alexandria

Modern Languages of Africa L. Cust 1883 London.

The English in Egypt, England and the Mahdi Lieut.-Col. Hennebert 1884 W. H. Allen & Co., London.

My Wanderings in the Soudan Mrs. Speedy 1884 R. Bentley & Son, London — 2 vols.

Life in the Soudan J. Williams 1884 London.

The Soudan and the British Ministry The Patriotic Association 1884 W. H. Allen & Co., London 6d.

†Ismailia: Expedition to Central Africa Sir S. W. Baker 1884 London — Useful.

Letters from Khartoum F. Power 1885 London.

Gordon and the Mahdi — 1885 London.

The Sudan Military Railway Lieut. M. Nathan 1885 London.

†Report on Gordon and the Fall of Khartoum Nushi Pasha 1885 Cairo — Arabic and English MS.

L’Afrique Septentrionale E. Reclus 1885 L. Hachette & Co., Paris 37 frs. Useful.

With Hicks Pasha in the Sudan Col. Hon. J. Colborne 1885 Smith & Co., London.

Three Months in the Soudan E. Sartorius 1885 Kegan Paul & Co., London.

†Egyptian Campaigns, 1882-1885 C. Royle 1886 London — Useful.

†La Confrérie Musulmane de Sidi Mohammed Ben ’Ali Es-Senussi H. Duveyrier 1886 Société de Géographie, Paris — Useful.

Les Explorations égyptiennes en Afrique A. Khlat 1886 Khedivial Geographical Society, Cairo — Arabic.

†Journals of General Gordon at Khartoum A. E. Hake 1886 Remington & Co., Paris.

Suakin, 1885 Major E. G. Parry 1886 Kegan Paul & Co., London.

Diario storico militare delle Rivolte al Sudan, Dal 1878 in poi G. B. Messedaglia 1883 Typo-Lithographie, V. Penasson, Alexandria

Charles Gordon F. Grin 1886 Fischbacher, Paris.

Events in the Life of Charles George Gordon H. W. Gordon 1886 Kegan Paul & Co., London.

Days and Nights of Service with Sir G. Graham’s Field Force at Suakin Major E. A. de Cosson 1886 J. Murray, London.

†From Korti to Khartoum Sir C. W. Wilson 1886 London — Useful.

La Tripolitaine M. Fournel 1887 C. Ainé, Paris.

Too Late for Gordon and Khartoum A. Macdonald 1887 J. Murray, London.

The Story of Chinese Gordon A. E. Hake 1887 Remington & Co., London.

The late Battles in the Sudan Capt. C. B. Mayne 1887 Gale & Polden, Chatham 2s.

†Campaign of the Cataracts Col. Sir W. F. Butler 1887 London.

Notes on Transport and Camel Corps Major G. B. Burn 1887 Harrison & Sons, London 3s. 6d.

Recent Events in the Soudan W. H. D. Adams 1887 T. Nelson & Sons, London 3s. 6d.

Emin Pasha in Central Africa Mrs. R. W. Felkin 1888 London.

With the Camel Corps up the Nile Lieut. Count Gleichen 1888 Chapman & Hall, London 9s. 6d. Nile Expedition, 1884-85.

†’83 to’87 in the Sudan A. B. Wylde 1888 London — Useful.

Chinese Gordon A. Forbes 1889 G. Routledge & Sons, London.

†Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator J. Mounteney-Jephson 1890 Sampson, Low & Co., London — Useful.

†Chronological Index of Events in the Sudan, 1881-1889 Major F. R. Wingate 1890 Harrison & Sons, London — Useful.

†In Darkest Africa H. M. Stanley 1890 Sampson, Low & Co., London.

Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa H. Barth 1890 London — Reprint.

Ten Years in Equatoria G. Casati 1891 F. Warne & Co., London.

†Sette anni nel Sudan Egiziano (Gessi) Capt. M. Camperio 1891 G. Chiesa and F. Guindani, Rome.

†Le Nil, le Soudan, l’Égypte A. Chélu 1891 G. Frères, Paris — Useful; rather inaccurate.

My Personal Experiences in Equatorial Africa T. H. Parke 1891 Sampson, Low & Co., London.

The Other Side of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition H. R. F. Bourne 1891 Chatto & Windus, London.

†Herodotus H. Cary 1891 G. Bell & Sons, London.

†Mahdism and the Egyptian Sudan Major F. R. Wingate 1891 MacMillan & Co., London Valuable.

Seven Years in the Sudan R. Gessi Pasha 1892 London.

The Fate of the Sudan — 1892 London “Edinburgh Review,” January, 1892.

†Travels in Africa, 1879-1886 Dr. W. Junker 1890-1892 Chapman & Hall, London £3 3s. Valuable. 3 vols.

The Sudan Past and Present Major F. R. Wingate 1892 Royal Artillery Institution, Woolwich.

Notice sur quelques monnaies en argent frappées à Omme Dirman (Soudan) J. Artin Pacha 1892 Imprimerie Nationale, Cairo.

Charles George Gordon Col. Sir W. F. Butler 1892 Macmillan & Co., London.

The Ruin of the Sudan H. Russell 1892 Macmillan & Co., London.

The Siege and Fall of Khartoum Major F. R. Wingate 1892 London — “United Service Magazine,” 1892.

The Rise and Wane of the Mahdi Religion in the Sudan Major F. R. Wingate 1892 Woking — Proceedings of the Oriental Congress.

Notes on the Geology of Northern Etbai E. A. Floyer 1892 London — “Journal of the Geological Society,” November, 1892, Vol. 48.

La Chute de Khartoum 26 Janvier, 1885 Borelli-Bey 1893 J. Barbier Cairo.

Die Heiden-Neger des ägyptischen Suda H. Frobenius 1893 Berlin.

†Etude sur le Nord-Etbai entre le Nil et le Mer Rouge E. A. Floyer 1893 Cairo — Valuable.

Guide to Health in Africa Surgeon T. H. Parke 1893 London.

Plus loin que l’Oubanghi. Les Pères Blancs en Afrique A. Excoffon 1893 Jouvet & Co., Paris.

The Dwellers on the Nile E. A. W. Budge 1893 The Religious Tract Society, London 2s.

†England in Egypt A. Milner 1893 E. Arnold, London — Valuable.

†Die Wahrheit über Emin Pascha V. Hassan 1893 D. Reimer, Berlin 7 marks.

Father Ohrwalder’s Captivity E. M. Clerke 1893 M. H. Gill & Sons, London.

La Région du Haut Ubangi ou Ubangi-Dua. G. le Marinel 1893 Paris.

Six semaines sur le Nil M. E. Cotteau 1894 L. Hachette & Co., Paris 50c.

British Trade in the Soudan A. B. Wylde 1894 J. E. Cornish, Manchester.

Agordat Col. Arimondi 1894 V. Enrico, Rome.

I Dervisci nel Sudan Egiziano Gen. L. Dal Verme 1894 V. Enrico, Rome Lire, 1.50

Mit Emin Pascha ins Herz von Afrika Dr. F. Stuhlmann 1894 D. Reimer, Berlin.

Révélations sur la prochaine campagne de l’Angleterre au Soudan L. I. Picard 1894 A. Costagliola, Cairo PT.3

The Mahdi H. Caine 1894 Longmans & Co., London 1d.

†The Camel: its Uses and Management Major A. G. Leonard 1894 Longmans & Co., London — Useful.

More about Gordon “One who knew him” 1894 R. Bentley & Sons, London.

Sir Samuel Baker: a Memoir T. D. Murray and A. S. White 1895 London.

L’Égypte et le Soudan égyptien H. Pensa 1895 L. Hachette & Co., Paris.

†Dictionary of Islam T. P. Hughes 1895 W. H. Allen & Co., London — Valuable.

†Ten Years’ Captivity in the Mahdi’s Camp ⎰ ⎱ (Ohrwalder) 1892 ⎱ ⎰ Sampson, Low & Co. — Useful and interesting.

Major F. R. Wingate 1895

†The Partition of Africa J. S. Keltie 1895 E. Stanford, London — Useful.

Communication sur la Mahdisme et le Soudan égyptien Cte. C. Zaluski 1895 Imprimerie Nationale, Cairo — Journal officiel du Gouvernement égyptien, No. 138.

†North Africa A. H. Keane 1895 E. Stanford, London.

Les Expéditions Anglaises en Afrique Lieut.-Col. E. Septans 1895 H. C. La Vaugelle, Paris

†Albert Nyanza Sir S. W. Baker 1896 Macmillan & Co., London — Reprint.

The Story of the Church of Egypt Mrs. E. L. Butcher 1897 Smith, Elder & Co., London 16s. Useful for ancient history.

Towards Khartoum A. H. Atteridge 1897 A. D. Innes & Co., London.

Life of Gordon H. D. Boulger 1897 London.

Letters from the Soudan E. F. Knight 1897 London.

†The Journals of Major-Gen. C. G. Gordon at Khartoum A. E. Hake ⎰ ⎱ 1885 ⎱ ⎰ Kegan Paul & Co., London — Valuable.

1898

†Fire and Sword in the Soudan Col. Rudolf Slatin Pasha 1896-1898 E. Arnold, London 21s. Valuable and interesting; English, French, German, Italian.

Le Soudan égyptien sous Mehemet Ali H. Dehérain 1898

†Campaigning on the Upper Nile and Niger Lieut. S. Vandeleur 1898 Methuen & Co., London.

Emin Pascha G. Schweitzer 1898 Berlin — Useful.

The Egyptian Sudan: Its Loss and Recovery H. S. L. Alford and W. D. Sword 1898 Macmillan & Co., London.

Fachoda et le Bahr el Ghazal P. Barré 1898

Downfall of the Dervishes E. N. Bennett 1898

Sirdar and Khalifa B. Bennett 1898 Chapman & Hall, London 12s.

†Egypt in the Nineteen th Century D. A. Cameron 1898 Smith, Elder & Co., London.

With Kitchener to Khartoum G. W. Steevens 1898 W. Blackwood & Sons, London.

From Cairo to the Sudan Frontier H. D. Traill 1898

†The River War W. S. Churchill 1899 Longmans, Green & Co., London 36s. Very good.

La Question du Haut Nil au point de vue Belge V. Collin 1899

In the Mahdi’s Grasp G. M. Fenn 1899

A Prisoner of the Khalifa G. Neufeld 1899 G. Bell & Sons, London.

Sudan Campaign An Officer 1899 Chapman & Hall, London.

The Expansion of Egypt A. S. White 1899 Methuen & Co., London 15s. Mostly statistics.

†Handbook for Travellers in Upper and Lower Egypt J. Murray 1900 E. Stanford, London 15s.

Story of the Nations (Egypt) Rawlinson 1900 Fisher Unwin — Useful.

African Incidents (Egypt and Unyoro) Major A. J. Thruston 1900 J. Murray, London.

From the Cape to Cairo E. S. Grogan and A. H. Sharp 1900 Hurst & Blackett, London — Useful.

Die Aethiopische Königsinschrift des Berliner Museums H. Schäfer 1901 Leipzig.

†The Nile Dr. W. Budge 1901 T. Cook, Cairo. — Useful.

†Vers Fachoda C. Michel 1901 P. Nourrit & Co., Paris. (From Abyssinia).

Egypt and the Nile T. Cook & Son 1901-02 T. Cook & Son, Cairo

†Handbook for Travellers in Egypt K. Baedeker 1902 K. Baedeker, Leipzig 15 marks

†A History of Egypt Dr. W. Budge 1902 Kegan, Paul & Co. London — Valuable for B.C. history.

†Amongst Swamps and Giants in Equatorial Africa Major H. H. Austin 1902

†Geography of Egypt and the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan H. W. Mardon 1902 Blackie & Son, London.

The Mines of the Northern Etbai, or of Northern Ethiopia E. A. Floyer — Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.

Egypt and Nubia J. A. St. John — Chapman & Hall, London.

Le Nil — — Société d’Etudes du Nil, Paris.

L’Afrique explorée et Civilisée, 1881-1885, etc. — — — — Periodical. Useful.

†The Nile Quest; Story of Explorations Sir H. Johnston 1903

Discovery of Lake Rudolf and Stefanie by Count Teleki’s Expedition Lieut. Ludwig Von Höhnel. 1903

†The Binding of the Nile and New Sudan Hon. Sydney Peel. 1904 E. Arnold, London.

Aethiopien W. Max Müller 1904 Berlin.

†History of the Sudan Naum Bey Shoucair 1904 Cairo — In Arabic.

And numerous articles in Periodicals and Newspapers, especially:—

Bulletin du Comité de l’Afrique Française. (Paris.)

Mouvement Géographique. (A. J. Wauters, Brussels.)

Revue Française de l’Etranger et des Colonies. (Paris.)

Petermann’s Mittheilungen. (Justus Perthes, Gotha.)

The Geographical Journal. (Royal Geographical Society, London).

The Scottish Geographical Magazine. (Royal Scottish Geographical Society, Edinburgh.)

Journal of the African Society. (Macmillan and Co., London);

etc., etc., etc.

(c) Maps.

See Map Catalogue[260] of War Office Library, Cairo, for details.

For general maps the following are recommended:—

The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. I.D.W.O., No. 1856, 1904. 1:4,000,000. (Latest and most up-to-date general map).

Afrika: Justus Perthes; 1892; Sections 6-8. 1:4,000,000.

Stieler’s, or the Times, Atlas.

Berber to Victoria Nyanza. I.D.W.O., No. 1319, 1898. 1:2,500,000.

Nile Basin. I.D.W.O., No. 860, 1891-98. 1:611,434.

French Staff Map: good; 1:2,000,000.

Ancient.For old maps of particular portions, see reproductions of ancient maps in Scott Keltie’s “Partition of Africa,” Cailliaud’s Atlas (along the Nile); the same and Lepsius, for Antiquities; Lejean’s Atlas of Voyage aux deux Niles—somewhat inaccurate; Russegger—valuable mineralogical and other maps of east Sudan and Kordofan; Junker—Modern.chiefly Bahr El Ghazal and Eastern Sudan; and the recently published one of Marchand’s, etc., journeys—Bahr El Ghazal to Abyssinia, 4 sheets (published by the “Société de Géographie, Paris,” 1903. 1:1,000,000.)

Petermann’s Mittheilungen and other geographical periodicals occasionally contain good maps of portions.

The most modern and most accurate maps however are the series of Ordnance Survey Maps now being constructed by the Director of Surveys, Sudan Government, and printed and published by I.D.W.O. (No. 1489) on a, scale of 1:250,000 (about 4 miles to the inch). Of these, each covering 1 degree of latitude and 1½ of longitude, there are over 50 now on sale, out of about 140 projected. They can be obtained (price 1s. 6d. each) from the leading map-sellers in England, and exceptionally a few are to be had from the Director of Intelligence, Cairo.

A reference to the last pages of the Monthly British Army List will show all the I.D.W.O. sheets that have been published. At present they are as follows:—

Abba Island, Adarama, Akobo, Atbara, Beni Shangul, Boma, Debba, Doka, Dongola, El Obeid, El Safia, Fazogli, Gallabat, Gedaref, Geili, Goré, Jebelein, Kagmar, Kaka, Karkoj, Karora, Kassala, Keili, Khartoum, Khor Langeb, Kirin, Kosha, Lower Omo, Lower Sobat, Ma’atuk, Maman, Merowe, Middle Dinder, Middle Sobat, Mt. Lubur, Murrat, Musha, Nasser, Nogara, Renk, Rera, Roseires, Salmia, Senna, Setit, Shabluka, Shendi, Sinkat, Suakin, Talgwarab, Tokar, Wadi Halfa, Wadi Keheli, Wad Medani, Walega.

Index to above sheets, October, 1904. Scale 14000000. I.D. No. 1578. Price 1s. 6d.

Sheets of the Sudan on the scale of 11000000 are now in the course of production.