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| Biographical Notice of the Author | [v] |
| Preface | [ix] |
| Advertisement to the Third Edition | [xviii] |
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| INTRODUCTION. |
| The Country and Climate—Metropolis—Houses—Population | [1] |
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| CHAPTER | | |
| I. | —Personal Characteristics and Dress of the Muslim Egyptians | [21] |
| II. | —Infancy and Early Education | [42] |
| III. | —Religion and Laws | [52] |
| IV. | —Government | [98] |
| V. | —Domestic Life (Men of the Higher and Middle Orders) | [120] |
| VI. | —Domestic Life, continued (Women of the Higher and Middle Orders) | [141] |
| VII. | —Domestic Life, continued (The Lower Orders) | [174] |
| VIII. | —Common Usages of Society | [179] |
| IX. | —Language, Literature, and Science | [188] |
| X. | —Superstitions (Genii, Saints, and Darweeshes) | [202] |
| XI. | —Superstitions, continued (Charms and Auguration) | [226] |
| XII. | —Magic, Astrology, and Alchemy | [242] |
| XIII. | —Character | [255] |
| XIV. | —Industry | [285] |
| XV. | —Use of Tobacco, Coffee, Hemp, Opium, etc. | [303] |
| XVI. | —The Bath | [307] |
| XVII. | —Games | [315] |
| XVIII. | —Music | [323] |
| XIX. | —Public Dancers | [347] |
| XX. | —Serpent-Charmers and Performers of Legerdemain Tricks, etc. | [352] |
| XXI. | —Public Recitations of Romances | [359] |
| XXII. | —Public Recitations of Romances, continued | [367] |
| XXIII. | —Public Recitations of Romances, continued | [380] |
| XXIV. | —Periodical Public Festivals, etc. (Those of the first three months of the Muslim year) | [391] |
| XXV. | —Periodical Public Festivals, etc., continued. (Those of the fourth and following months of the Muslim year) | [421] |
| XXVI. | —Periodical Public Festivals, etc., continued. (Those of the Solar year) | [451] |
| XXVII. | —Private Festivities, etc. | [463] |
| XXVIII. | —Death and Funeral Rites | [473] |
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| SUPPLEMENT. |
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| I. | —The Copts | [489] |
| II. | —The Jews of Egypt | [512] |
| III. | —Of late Innovations in Egypt | [515] |
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| APPENDIX A. |
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| Female Ornaments | [519] |
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| APPENDIX B. |
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| Egyptian Measures, Weights, and Moneys | [532] |
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| APPENDIX C. |
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| Prayer of Muslim School-Boys | [536] |