A Thousand Miles up the Nile. By Amelia B. Edwards.
Second edition, revised. (Routledge and Sons.)—After an interval of about ten years, Miss Edwards sends out a cheaper edition of this interesting book. To say that it is the narrative of a dahabeeyah voyage up the Nile as far as the Second Cataract, is only to describe a part of the book. Miss Edwards does, indeed, give various in- cidents of travel, sketches of native life and manners, and other matters, in a pleasant and lively fashion; but she does more. She is an Egyptologist of no small repute, and of acquirements which give her a good rank among the professors of the science. She has a good deal to say, therefore, about the archnology of Egypt, the tombs, the literature of the papyri, &c. If any one is looking for a gift-book of handsome appearance and substantial and permanent value, he can hardly do better than select A Thousand Miles up the Nile.
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