Copyright, 1893, by Harper & Brothers.
All rights reserved.


TO
HON. EDWARD C. LITTLE
EX-DIPLOMATIC-AGENT AND CONSUL-GENERAL
OF
THE UNITED STATES TO EGYPT


CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
ITHE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR[1]
IITANGIER[37]
IIIFROM GIBRALTAR TO CAIRO[72]
IVCAIRO AS A SHOW-PLACE[102]
VTHE ENGLISHMEN IN EGYPT[139]
VIMODERN ATHENS[178]
VIICONSTANTINOPLE[198]

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
[ONE OF THE CAMEL CORPS OF EGYPT]Frontispiece
[THE MAN FROM DETROIT]5
[THE ROCK FROM THE BAY]9
[TYPES]13
[GIBRALTAR AS SEEN ACROSS THE NEUTRAL GROUND]15
[AN ENGLISH SENTRY]19
[A SPANISH SENTRY]21
[SIGNAL STATION ON THE TOP OF THE ROCK]25
[CANNONS MASKED BY BUSHES]29
[TEA IN THE OFFICERS' QUARTERS]33
[BREAD MERCHANTS AT THE GATE]41
[SANITARY OUTFIT DUMPING REFUSE OVER THE WALL]47
[A WOMAN OF TANGIER]53
[WATER-VENDER AT THE DOOR OF A PRIVATE HOUSE]57
[A STREET DANCER]63
[IN THE PRISON]67
[MALTESE PEDDLERS]75
[STREET OF SANTA LUCIA, MALTA]79
[BRINDISI]85
[PILLAR OF CÆSAR AT BRINDISI]89
[APPROACH TO ISMAÏLIA BY THE SUEZ CANAL]93
[STEAM-DREDGE AT WORK IN THE SUEZ CANAL]97
[BAZAR OF A WORKER IN BRASS]105
[GROUP OF NATIVES IN FRONT OF SHEPHEARD'S HOTEL]109
[A BRITISH SQUARE FORMED IN FRONT OF THE PYRAMIDS]117
[SHADOW OF THE PYRAMID OF CHEOPS]123
[A SECTION OF THE PYRAMID]129
[DAHABEEYAHS ON THE NILE BEFORE CAIRO]135
[EGYPTIAN INFANTRY IN THEIR DIFFERENT UNIFORMS]141
[RIAZ PASHA, PRIME-MINISTER OF EGYPT]145
[AN EGYPTIAN LANCER]149
[TIGRANE PASHA, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS]153
[A CAMEL CORPS PATROL AT WADI HALFA]157
[H. H. ABBAS II., KHEDIVE OF EGYPT]161
[THE GUN MULE OF THE MULE BATTERY]165
[LORD CROMER, THE ENGLISH DIPLOMATIC AGENT IN EGYPT]169
[A GUN OF THE MULE BATTERY IN ACTION]173
[GREEK SOLDIER IN THE NATIONAL (ALBANIAN) UNIFORM]179
[GREEK PEASANT GIRL]181
[THE UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS]183
[ALBANIAN PEASANT WOMAN]186
[ALBANIAN PEASANT WOMAN]187
[GREEK PEASANT]188
[ALBANIAN PEASANT IN THE STREETS OF ATHENS]189
[POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL]191
[AN OLD ATHENIAN OF THE PRESENT DAY]194
[A GREEK SHEPHERD]195
[GENERAL VIEW OF CONSTANTINOPLE]201
[ONE OF THE SULTAN'S PALACES ON THE BOSPORUS]205
[A FIRE COMPANY OF CONSTANTINOPLE]209
[STREET DOGS OF CONSTANTINOPLE]215
[GUARD OF CAVALRY PRECEDING THE SULTAN TO THE MOSQUE]219
[EXTERIOR OF THE MOSQUE OF ST. SOPHIA]225