Chapter III: Introduction: The Country and Climate—metropolis—houses—population 1

CHAPTER

I. —PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND DRESS OF THE MUSLIM 21
EGYPTIANS

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 141
MIDDLE ORDERS)

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 352
TRICKS, ETC.

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 391
THREE MONTHS OF THE MUSLIM YEAR)

XXV. —PERIODICAL PUBLIC FESTIVALS, ETC., _continued_. 421
(THOSE OF THE FOURTH AND FOLLOWING MONTHS OF THE
MUSLIM YEAR)

XXVI. —PERIODICAL PUBLIC FESTIVALS, ETC., _continued_. 451
(THOSE OF THE SOLAR YEAR)

XXVII. —PRIVATE FESTIVITIES, ETC. 463

XXVIII. —DEATH AND FUNERAL RITES 473

SUPPLEMENT.

I. —THE COPTS 489

II. —THE JEWS OF EGYPT 512

III. —OF LATE INNOVATIONS IN EGYPT 515

APPENDIX A.

FEMALE ORNAMENTS 519

APPENDIX B.

EGYPTIAN MEASURES, WEIGHTS, AND MONEYS 532