General shape of Egypt, [1]—Chief divisions: twofold division, [2]; threefold division, [3]—The Egypt of the maps unreal, [4]—Egypt, "the gift of the river," in what sense, [5], [6]—The Fayoum, [7]—- Egyptian speculations concerning the Nile, [7], [8]—The Nile not beautiful, [8]—Size of Egypt, [9]—Fertility, [10]—Geographical situation, [11], [12]—The Nile, as a means of communication, [12], [13], Phenomena of the inundation, [13], [14]—Climate of Egypt. [14]—Geology, [15]—Flora and Fauna, [16], [17]—General monotony, [19]—Exceptions, [20]-[22].
Origin of the Egyptians, [23]—Phenomena of their language and type, [24]—Two marked varieties of physique. [25]—Two types of character: the melancholic, [25], [27]: the gay, [27]-[29]—Character of the Egyptian religion: polytheism, [30], [31]—Animal worship, [31]-[33]—Worship of the monarch, [33]—Osirid saga, [34], [35]—Evil gods, [36]—Local cults, [37]—Esoteric religion, [38]; how reconciled with the popular belief, [39]—Conviction of a life after death, [40], [41]—Moral code, [41]-[43]—Actual state of morals, [43]—Ranks of society, [44], [45].
