The story of Cairo . 3 5282 00052 4465. London: J. M, Dent S^ Co. Aldine House 29 and 30 Bedford StreetCovent Garden ^ ^ 1906 He who hath not seen Cairo hath notSEEN THE World. Her Soil is Gold ; Her Nile is a Marvel ; Her Women are as the bright-eyed Hourisof Paradise ; Her houses are Palaces, and her Air is soft,with an odour above Aloes, refreshing theHeart ; And how should Cairo be otherwise, when sheis the Mother of the World ? PREFACE CAIRO is in the fullest sense a mediaeval city. Ithad no existence before the Middle Ages ; itsvigorous life as a separate Metropolis almost coincides
The story of Cairo . 3 5282 00052 4465. London: J. M, Dent S^ Co. Aldine House 29 and 30 Bedford StreetCovent Garden ^ ^ 1906 He who hath not seen Cairo hath notSEEN THE World. Her Soil is Gold ; Her Nile is a Marvel ; Her Women are as the bright-eyed Hourisof Paradise ; Her houses are Palaces, and her Air is soft,with an odour above Aloes, refreshing theHeart ; And how should Cairo be otherwise, when sheis the Mother of the World ? PREFACE CAIRO is in the fullest sense a mediaeval city. Ithad no existence before the Middle Ages ; itsvigorous life as a separate Metropolis almost coincideswith the arbitrary millennium of the middle period ofhistory ; and it still retains to this day much of itsmediaeval character and aspect. The aspect is chang-ing, but not the life. The amazing improvements ofthe past twenty years have altered the Egyptiansmaterial condition, but scarcely as yet touched hischaracter. We have given him public order andsecurity, solvency without too heavy taxation, anefficient administration, even-handed
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