An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians
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It is now more than one hundred years since Lane gave to the world his admirable work on the Egyptians. It has become a classic, and no writer has given us such unsurpassed descriptions of the manners and customs of the people. Lane went to Egypt in 1825, and adopting the native customs, and with a good knowledge of Arabic, he mingled with the people, living at one time in a tomb, with bones, rags, and mummies for his companions. He associated, almost exclusively, with Moslems, of various ranks in society, lived as they lived, conforming with their general habits and their religious ceremonies...
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- AN ACCOUNT OF THE Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians
- BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION.
- PREFACE.
- ADVERTISEMENT TO THE THIRD EDITION.
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.
- ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT.
- INTRODUCTION.
- CHAPTER I. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND DRESS OF THE MUSLIM EGYPTIANS.
- CHAPTER II. INFANCY AND EARLY EDUCATION.
- CHAPTER III. RELIGION AND LAWS.
- CHAPTER IV. GOVERNMENT.
- CHAPTER VI. DOMESTIC LIFE—continued.
- CHAPTER VII. DOMESTIC LIFE—continued.
- CHAPTER VIII. COMMON USAGES OF SOCIETY.
- CHAPTER IX. LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND SCIENCE.
- CHAPTER X. SUPERSTITIONS.
- CHAPTER XI. SUPERSTITIONS—continued.
- CHAPTER XII. MAGIC, ASTROLOGY, AND ALCHEMY.
- CHAPTER XIII. CHARACTER.
- CHAPTER XIV. INDUSTRY.
- CHAPTER XV. USE OF TOBACCO, COFFEE, HEMP, OPIUM, ETC.
- CHAPTER XVI. THE BATH.
- CHAPTER XVII. GAMES.
- CHAPTER XVIII. MUSIC.
- SONGS.
- No. 1.
- No. 2.
- No. 3.
- No. 4.
- THE CALL TO PRAYER.
- THE CHANTING OF THE KUR-ÁN.
- CHAPTER XIX. PUBLIC DANCERS.
- CHAPTER XX. SERPENT CHARMERS, AND PERFORMERS OF LEGERDEMAIN TRICKS, ETC.
- CHAPTER XXI. PUBLIC RECITATIONS OF ROMANCES.
- CHAPTER XXII. PUBLIC RECITATIONS OF ROMANCES—continued.
- CHAPTER XXIII. PUBLIC RECITATIONS OF ROMANCES—Continued.
- CHAPTER XXIV. PERIODICAL PUBLIC FESTIVALS, ETC.
- CHAPTER XXV. PERIODICAL PUBLIC FESTIVALS, ETC.—continued.
- CHAPTER XXVI. PERIODICAL PUBLIC FESTIVALS, ETC.—continued.
- CHAPTER XXVII. PRIVATE FESTIVITIES, ETC.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. DEATH, AND FUNERAL RITES.
- SUPPLEMENT.
- I.—THE COPTS.
- II.—THE JEWS OF EGYPT.
- III.—OF LATE INNOVATIONS IN EGYPT.
- APPENDIX A.
- FEMALE ORNAMENTS.
- APPENDIX B. EGYPTIAN MEASURES, WEIGHTS, AND MONEYS.
- Measures of Length and Land.
- Corn Measures.
- Weights.
- Moneys.
- APPENDIX C. PRAYER OF MUSLIM SCHOOL-BOYS.
- INDEX.
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