Excerpt from The Redemption of Egypt

In this book I have endeavoured to give some account of the physical and social characteristics of Egypt, and to exhibit these characteristics in connection with the work of political reorganization and industrial development which is now in progress. The sketches and the information which I have ventured to present to the reader are the fruits of a visit, undertaken for the purpose, during the winter of 1898-99.

In sending this work to the press, I desire to express my thanks to all the many friends who were kind enough to place their information at my disposal, or to assist me in acquiring such information by personal observation. To the following I am especially indebted: Sir Rennell Rodd, C. B., K. C. M. G., First Secretary of Legation; H. E. Yacoub Artin Pasha, Under-Secretary of State for Education; Mr. F. T. Rowlatt, Sub-Governor of the National Bank of Egypt; Mr. W. C. Mackenzie, D. Sc., Director of the School of Agriculture; Coles Pasha, Director-General of Prisons; Mr. Edmund Carver, Chairman of the Egyptian Sugar and Land Co.; Mr. W. O. Joseph, Managing Director of the Fayum Light Railway Co.; Mr. A. V. Houghton, Headmaster of the Khedivieh School and Principal of the Training College; Sir Elwin Palmer, K. C. B., K. C. M. G., late Financial Adviser, and Governor of the National Bank of Egypt; Hassan Oassif Bey, Mudir of the Fayum; Mr. Reginald Henriques, Secretary (Cairo) to the British Chamber of Commerce; Sir Reginald Wingate, R. A., K. C. B., &c., Director of Military Intelligence, Egyptian Army.

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