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THE DÓSEH. (Page 416.)
Lane’s Modern Egyptians] [Frontispiece
AN ACCOUNT OF THE
Manners and Customs of the
Modern Egyptians
With Eighty Illustrations andSixteen Full-Page Engravings, andBiographical Notice of the Author
BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION.
Fortunately in recent years many educated, observant, andenterprising Englishmen have studied Mussulman life and characterin many parts of the world. The names of Sir RichardBurton and Edward Henry Palmer stand as types of the later generationof these men; but in the early part of this century no mancan be named who has greater claims to recognition and gratitudefor his labours in this direction than Edward