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Excerpt from Egypt Illustrated: With Pen and Pencil The first edition of this book has been before the public for some years. Written with all the original author's brightness and skill, and dealing with one of the most fascinating countries on the globe, it deserved, as it has attained, a high place in the popular regard. The lamented death of Dr. Manning prevented him from undertaking the work of revision that had become necessary in the course of years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.