Research Catalog

Title

The Khedive's Egypt, or, The old house of bondage under new masters / By Edwin De Leon ; with illustrations.

Author

De Leon, Edwin, 1818-1891

Publication

London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, Crown Buildings, 188, Fleet Street, 1877.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, publisher.
• William Clowes and Sons, printer.

Description

[2], xii, [1], 435, [1] pages, [7] leaves of plates : illustrations; 23 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Alternative Title

• Khedive's Egypt
• Old house of bondage under new masters

Subjects

• Egypt
• Egypt > Politics and government
• Egypt > Description and travel
• Inscriptions (Provenance)

Genre/Form

Inscriptions (Provenance)

Note

• With a half-title.
• "London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street and Charing Cross."--printer statement, colophon, foot of page 435.
• Errata slip inserted.

Provenance (note)

• inscribed: in ink "W.R. Thurston Jr. London 17th Aug. '77." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

ch. 1. Eastward ho! From Southampton to Port Saïd -- ch. 2. Ismaïlia ; The desert ; Cairo -- ch. 3. Old and new Cairo -- ch. 4. The founders of the dynasty -- ch. 5. Abbas Pacha -- ch. 6. The reign of Saïd Pacha -- ch. 7. The foreign colony of Egypt in olden time -- ch. 8. The Khedive's Egypt -- ch. 9. Helouan -- ch. 10. The Khedive Ismaïl as a public and private man -- ch. 11. Four native ministers and Hekkekyan Bey -- ch. 12. The land of Egypt and its productions -- ch. 13. The Fellaheen -- ch. 14. Scions of the royal house of Mehmet Ali -- ch. 15. Irrigation and the barrage -- ch. 16. Education in Egypt -- ch. 17. Sketches of two famous Anglo-African explorers -- ch. 18. Mixed judicial tribunals in Egypt -- ch. 19. Egyptian finance and resources -- ch. 20. Egyptian nights' entertainments -- ch. 21. The Soudan -- ch. 22. Imporvements and public works in Egypt -- ch. 23. The army of Egypt -- ch. 24. The shadow of the stranger -- ch. 25. By Cairo to Europe, viâ Alexandria -- Egypt's future -- appx. A. Concession and alleged cost of Suez Canal to Egypt -- appx. B. The Suez canal and the English government -- appx. C. The mixed tribunals -- appx. D. Population of the foreign colony -- appx. E. Firman changing succession -- appx. F. Egyptian exploration of Central Africa --- appx. G. Mr. Goschen's tabular statement -- appx. H. Exports and prices of Egyptian crops.

Call Number

Sc 916.2-D (De Leon, E. Khedive's Egypt)

LCCN

47036016

OCLC

• 2937539
• NYPGR2937539-B

Author

De Leon, Edwin, 1818-1891, author.

Title

The Khedive's Egypt, or, The old house of bondage under new masters / By Edwin De Leon ; with illustrations.

Publisher

London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, Crown Buildings, 188, Fleet Street, 1877.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Provenance

Copy in Sc 916.2-D (accession no. B541570) inscribed: in ink "W.R. Thurston Jr. London 17th Aug. '77." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Added Author

Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, publisher.

William Clowes and Sons, printer.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc 916.2-D (De Leon, E. Khedive's Egypt)

BLA (De Leon, E. Khedive's Egypt)