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001 - Prayer in a mosque: Old Cairo, Painting, Frontispiece
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002 - Egypt Part I: How things were done four thousand years ago: Historical note
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003 - Strange stories of early Egypt, by Herodotus
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004 - Early Egyptian picture-writing, by Amelia B. Edwards
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005 - How the Egyptians painted portraits, by Amelia B. Edwards
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006 - Conquests of Rameses II, an Egyptian wall painting p. 10
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007 - The king's palace and his attendants, by G. Maspero
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008 - How the Egyptians amused themselves, by Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson
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009 - An Egyptian experiment, by Herodotus
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010 - Egypt Part II: Stories and poems of Ancient Egypt: Historical note
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011 - From the oldest book in the world, by Ptah-Hotep, put into meter by Hardwicke D. Rawnsley
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012 - The lost malachite, from the ancient Egyptian, edited by W. M. Flinders Petrie
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013 - Procession of the royal bull Apis-Osiris, painting p. 40
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014 - The shipwrecked sailor, from the ancient Egyptian, edited by W. M. Flinders Petrie
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015 - The magic book, from the ancient Egypt, edited by W. M. Flinders Petrie
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016 - Egypt Part III: Pyramids and palaces: Historical note
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017 - A trip to the pyramids, by Bayard Taylor
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018 - How Cheops built his pyramid, by Herodotus
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019 - Building the pyramids, painting p. 68
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020 - Karnak and the Hall of Columns, by Charles Dudley Warner
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021 - Colonnade of the temple of Rameses III, Thebes, photograph p. 74
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022 - How to excavate a buried town, by W. M. Flinders Petrie
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023 - Portal of Euergetes I, Thebes, photograph p. 84
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024 - Egypt Part IV: In the days of Pharaoh: Historical note
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025 - The mighty reign of Sesostris (Rameses II), by Diodorus the Sicilian
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026 - The story of Joseph, from the Old Testament
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027 - Joseph sold by his brethren, painting p. 100
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028 - In the brick fields, by Rev. J. H. Ingraham
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029 - 'Let my people go'', by Théophile Gautier; translated by Augusta McC. Wright
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030 - The victory over the Khita, by Pen-Ta-Ur, 1326 B.C. put into meter by Hardwicke D. Rawnsley
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031 - Finding Pharaoh, by Edward L. Wilson
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032 - Going to see Pharaoh (Rameses II), by Hardwicke D. Rawnsley
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033 - Egypt Part V: The glory wanes: Historical note
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034 - Why Phanes was exiled, by Georg Ebers
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035 - The founding of Alexandria (332 B.C.), by Plutarch
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036 - Antony and Cleopatra, painting p. 204
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037 - The death of Cleopatra (30 B.C.), by William Shakespeare
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038 - Egypt Part VI: Modern Egypt: Historical note
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039 - Bonaparte in Egypt, painting p. 214
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040 - The battle of the pyramids (1798), by John S. C. Abbott
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041 - Bonaparte before the Sphinx, painting p. 228
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042 - The story of the Suez Canal, from ''All the year round'', 1854
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043 - How General Gordon outwitted the King of Abyssinia (between 1873 and 1880), by Alfred Egmont Hake
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044 - The death of General Gordon at Khartoum (1885), by Anonymous
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045 - Up the cataracts of the Nile (1875), by Charles Dudley Warner
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046 - Northern Africa Part I: Legendary history and the story of Carthage: Historical note
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047 - Ulysses in the land of the Lotus-Eaters (Tripoli), by Homer
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048 - Aeneas at Carthage, by Virgil
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049 - Aeneas at the court of Dido, painting p. 276
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050 - The cutting of the aqueduct, by Gustave Flaubert
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051 - The fall of Carthage (146 B.C.) by Rev. Alfred J. Church
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052 - Northern Africa Part II: Life and customs in Northern Africa: Historical note
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053 - How the Barbary pirates learned to respect the American flag (1815), by John Bach McMaster
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054 - Traditions of the sheikhs of Morocco (sixteenth century), by T. H. Weir
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055 - Morocco law (sixteenth century), by Edmondo de Amicis
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056 - Hawking in Algeria, painting p. 322
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057 - One day in Morocco (nineteenth century) by Edmondo de Amicis
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058 - The great market of Tripoli (latter part of nineteenth century), by George E. Thompson
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059 - Northern Africa Part III: The mystery of the desert: Historical note
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060 - The hour of prayer in the desert (latter part of nineteenth century), by Gilbert Watson
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061 - The oasis of the great-grandfather (latter part of nineteenth century), by Gilbert Watson
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062 - The music of the desert (latter part of nineteenth century), by Gilbert Watson
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063 - Western and Central Africa Part I: Unveiling the dark continent: Historical note
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064 - Writing a charm (about 1795), by Mungo Park
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065 - A zealous missionary (about 1795), by Mungo Park
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066 - A visit to King Moselekatse (1829), by Anne Manning Rathbone
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067 - 'The mountain with several caves'' (1854), by David Livingstone
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068 - A magic lantern in Africa (1854), by David Livingstone
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069 - The electric wind of the desert (1854), by David Livingstone
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070 - The merman missionary (1854), by David Livingstone
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071 - How I found Livingstone (1871), by Sir Henry M. Stanley
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072 - Western and Central Africa Part II: Adventures in the African jungle: Historical note
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073 - The village of dwarfs (about 1870), by Paul du Chaillu
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074 - Crossing an African bridge (about 1868), by Paul du Chaillu
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075 - Consulting the Man in the Moon (about 1868), by Paul du Chaillu
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076 - Du Chaillu the First, King of the Apingi (about 1868), by Paul du Chaillu
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077 - South Africa: Historical note
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078 - The last trek, painting p. 436
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079 - The diamond fields of South Africa (about 1870), by Anthony Trollope
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080 - A modern battlefield (about 1898), by Julian Ralph
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081 - In the South African army (1903-1904), by Gustav Frenssen
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082 - Advancing upon the enemy (1903-1904), by Gustav Frenssen
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083 - Arabia Part I: Early history: Historical note
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084 - The legend of the Arabs, by Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine
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085 - Mohammed (about 570-632), by Eva March Tappan
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086 - A reading from the Koran, painting p. 496
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087 - The ''Square House'', or Kabah, by Hadji Khan and Wilfrid Sparroy
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088 - Arabia Part II: Stories of the caliphs of Bagdad: Historical note
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089 - Al Mansur, builder of Bagdad, and the poet (eighth century A.D.), adapted from the Arabic by Claude Field
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090 - Al Mansur rebuked (eighth century A.D.), adapted from the Arabic by Claude Field
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091 - Al Mahdi and the two wishes (eighth century A.D.), adapted from the Arabic by Claude Field
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092 - Haroun Al Rashid and the musician (eighth century A.D.), adapted from the Arabic by Claude Field
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093 - The caliph and the poet of the Barmeks (eighth century A.D.), by E. H. Palmer
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094 - The division of the reward (eighth century A.D.), by E. H. Palmer
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095 - The caliph and ''the man with the stew'' (eighth century A.D.), by E. H. Palmer
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096 - The poet and the jester (eighth century A.D.), by E. H. Palmer
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097 - Arabia Part III: Stories of modern Arabia: Historical note
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098 - Justice in Arabia (nineteenth century), by Colonel L. Du Couret
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099 - Wit from Arabia, by Colonel L. Du Couret
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100 - Arabian Horsemen in battle, painting p. 536
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101 - A pilgrimage to Mecca, by Sir Richard F. Burton