My Winter on the Nile / Eighteenth Edition
O Commander of the Faithful. Egypt is a compound of black earth and green plants, between a pulverized mountain and a red sand. Along the valley descends a river, on which the blessing of the Most High reposes both in the evening and the morning, and which rises and falls with the revolutions of the sun and moon. According to the vicissitudes of the seasons, the face of the country is adorned with a silver wave, a verdant emerald, and the deep yellow of a golden harvest.
From Amrou, Conqueror of Egypt, to the Khalif Omar.
CONTENTS
“My Winter on the Nile,” and its sequel, “In the Levant,” which record the experiences and observations of an Oriental journey, were both published in 1876; but as this volume was issued only by subscription, it has never reached the large public which is served by the general book trade.
It is now republished and placed within the reach of those who have read “In the Levant.” Advantage has been taken of its reissue to give it a careful revision, which, however, has not essentially changed it. Since it was written the Khedive of so many ambitious projects has given way to his son, Tufik Pasha; but I have let stand what was written of Ismail Pasha for whatever historical value it may possess. In other respects, what was written of the country and the mass of the people in 1876 is true now. The interest of Americans in the land of the oldest civilization has greatly increased within the past few years, and literature relating to the Orient is in more demand than at any previous time.
The brief and incidental allusion in the first chapter to the peculiarity in the construction of the oldest temple at Pæstum—a peculiarity here for the first time, so far as I can find, described in print—is worthy the attention of archaeologists. The use of curved lines in this so-called Temple of Neptune is more marked than in the Parthenon, and is the secret of its fascination. The relation of this secret to the irregularities of such mediaeval buildings as the Duomo at Pisa is obvious.
Charles Dudley Warner
MY WINTER ON THE NILE
Eighteenth Edition
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company
1876
PREFATORY NOTE.
C. D. W.
CHAPT. I.—AT THE GATES OF THE EAST.
CHAPT. II.—WITHIN THE PORTALS.
CHAPT. III.—EGYPT OF TO-DAY.
CHAPT. IV.—CAIRO.
CHAPT. V.—ON THE BAZAAR.
CHAPT. VI.—MOSQUES AND TOMBS.
CHAPT. VII.—MOSLEM WORSHIP—THE CALL TO PRATER.
CHAPT. VIII.—THE PYRAMIDS.
CHAPT. IX.—PREPARATIONS FOR A VOYAGE.
CHAPT. X.—ON THE NILE.
CHAPT. XI.—PEOPLE ON THE RIVER BANK.
CHAPT. XII.—SPENDING CHRISTMAS ON THE NILE.
CHAPT. XIII.—SIGHTS AND SCENES ON THE RIVER.
CHAPT. XIV.—MIDWINTER IN EGYPT.
CHAPT. XV.—AMONG THE RUINS OF THEBES.
CHAPT. XVI.—HISTORY IN STONE.
CHAPT. XVII.—KARNAK.
CHAPT. XVIII.—ASCENDING THE RIVER.
CHAPT. XIX.—PASSING THE CATARACT OF THE NILE.
CHAPT. XX.—ON THE BORDERS OF THE DESERT.
CHAPT. XXI.—ETHIOPIA.
CHAPT. XXII.—LIFE IN THE TROPICS—WADY HALFA.
CHAPT. XXIII.—APPROACHING THE SECOND CATARACT.
CHAPT. XXIV.—GIANTS IN STONE.
CHAPT. XXV.—FLITTING THROUGH NUBIA.
CHAPT. XXVI.—MYSTERIOUS PHILÆ.
CHAPT. XXVII.—RETURNING
CHAPT. XXVIII.—MODERN FACTS AND ANCIENT MEMORIES.
CHAPT. XXIX.—THE FUTURE OF THE MUMMY'S SOUL.
CHAPT. XXX.—FAREWELL TO THEBES.
CHAPT. XXXI.—LOITERING BY THE WAY.
CHAPT. XXXII.—JOTTINGS.
CHAPT. XXXIII.—THE KHEDIVE.
CHAPT. XXXIV.—THE WOODEN MAN.
CHAPT. XXXV.—ON THE WAY HOME.
CHAPT. XXXVI.—BY THE RED SEA.
CHAPT. XXXVII.—EASTWARD HO.
CHAPTER I.—AT THE GATES OF THE EAST.
CHAPTER II.—WITHIN THE PORTALS.
CHAPTER III.—EGYPT OF TO-DAY.
CHAPTER IV.—CAIRO.
CHAPTER V.—IN THE BAZAAR.
CHAPTER VI.—MOSQUES AND TOMBS.
CHAPTER VII.—MOSLEM WORSHIP.—THE CALL TO PRAYER.
CHAPTER VIII.—THE PYRAMIDS.
CHAPTER IX.—PREPARATIONS FOR A VOYAGE.
CHAPTER X.—ON THE NILE.
CHAPTER XI.—PEOPLE ON THE RIVER BANKS.
CHAPTER XII.—SPENDING CHRISTMAS ON THE NILE.
CHAPTER XIII.—SIGHTS AND SCENES ON THE RIVER.
CHAPTER XIV.—MIDWINTER IN EGYPT.
CHAPTER XV.—AMONG THE RUINS OF THEBES.
CHAPTER XVI.—HISTORY IN STONE.
CHAPTER XVII.—KARNAK.
CHAPTER XVIII.—ASCENDING THE RIVER.
CHAPTER XIX.—PASSING THE CATARACT OF THE NILE.
CHAPTER XX.—ON THE BORDERS OF THE DESERT.
CHAPTER XXI—ETHIOPIA.
CHAPTER XXII.—LIFE IN THE TROPICS. WADY HALFA.
CHAPTER XXIII.—APPROACHING THE SECOND CATARACT.
CHAPTER XXIV.—GIANTS IN STONE.
CHAPTER XXV.—FLITTING THROUGH NUBIA.
CHAPTER XXVI.—MYSTERIOUS PHILÆ.
CHAPTER XXVII.—RETURNING.
CHAPTER XXVIII.—MODERN FACTS AND ANCIENT MEMORIES.
CHAPTER XXIX.—THE FUTURE OF THE MUMMY'S SOUL.
CHAPTER XXX.—FAREWELL TO THEBES.
CHAPTER XXXI.—LOITERING BY THE WAY.
CHAPTER XXXII.—JOTTINGS.
CHAPTER XXXIII.—THE KHEDIVE.
CHAPTER XXXIV.—THE WOODEN MAN.
CHAPTER XXXV.—ON THE WAY HOME.
CHAPTER XXXVI.—BY THE RED SEA.
CHAPTER XXXVII.—“EASTWARD HO!”
