A thousand miles up the Nile

AMELIA BLANFORD EDWARDS.

Burt’s Library of the World’s Best Books.
By AMELIA B. EDWARDS.
Author of “Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys,” “Lord Brackenbury,” “Barbara’s History,” etc.
“It flows through old hush’d Egypt and its sands, Like some grave, mighty thought, threading a dream.” — Leigh Hunt.
ILLUSTRATED.
NEW YORK: A. L. BURT, PUBLISHER.


“Un voyage en Égypte, c’est une partie d’ânes et une promenade en bateau entremêlées de ruines.”— Ampère.
Ampere has put Egypt in an epigram. “A donkey ride and a boating trip interspersed with ruins” does, in fact, sum up in a single line the whole experience of the Nile traveler. Apropos of these three things—the donkeys, the boat, and the ruins—it may be said that a good English saddle and a comfortable dahabeeyah add very considerably to the pleasure of the journey; and that the more one knows about the past history of the country, the more one enjoys the ruins.