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Excerpt from Egypt No country is more fascinating to both student and traveller than the land of the Pyramids, the Sphinx and the Nile; the land of tombs, temples and ruins of ancient towns; the land of feathery palm-trees, lovely colours and jewelled skies. The subject is so vast and varied and the instructive and delightful books upon it so numerous, that the task of presenting even a general view of some of the most celebrated towns and phases of contemporary life is formidable, particularly when space is limited. When Aladdin entered the garden of gems, in which all the trees glittered with clusters of jewels, he could only bring away a few specimens. I have been similarly embarrassed in making my selection from the golden treasury of literature upon this romantic country. I have only been able to collect and present here from the innumerable works by travellers and Orientalists, their impressions and descriptions of some of the monuments of the past, the most striking features of the scenery and some accounts of the various races that constitute the present population. 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.