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276 NOTICES OF BOOKS.
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^ Ragged Life In Egypt. By M. X*. Whatel...
_] Several but it , was who try had ing sisters to tlie at little school fellows , had , begge and we d frequentl felt extremely y to be admitted for them * ;
lane and , not ' had very assailed long our before door this with , a shouts little mob of O of teacher little boys ! my , ' teacher who lived ! we in wish the them to come feel to envious school of ! ' their so it sisters was not thoug mere h it ly naturall the intended put the festival climax that on made such
feelings . At the last moment , the , matron having forgotten y something ( her p old ipe standing , perhaps sadl ) , went y at back the door for it , his , and great happened black eyes to notice looking a boy earnestl of ten y at years the
were departing a girl group ! ' 'No , and one she Gain heard fully him estimate exclaim this speech in a piteous , ' said a voice friend , ' I of wish ours I acquainted ( who had spent with his the e feelings arliest years and habits in the of East those ) , ' who countries has not ' been It was intimatel indeed y
., , a could moment triump be , h to done to wish the ? himself All little that school a g was irl ! that possible but it it was caused was a to sad assure an triump Egyptian the h just poor boy then boy , even , ( for which what for I a
be did made on our known return , to finding our countrymen him still loiterin , and g that about , perhap ) , that s , the some boys of ' case them should who loved thing for poor poor boys boys , and in made Egyp schools t . " for them in England , would spare
some-Soon after seven the preparations were completed ; the matron and the children went first , followed by our authoress , and a donkey
laden with carpets and eatables—cakes flavoured with saffron , native sweetmeats , and coffee . A retired spot in the Ezbekieh , or
public garden , was selected , and there , beneath the shadow of a widespreading fig-tree , the carpet was spread and the dainties set out .
After the feastdown " When in a circle it was round too hot us for and us while to walk we any made more garlands , they to all amuse insisted them on sitting they :
sang a sort of extempore song , , with clapping of hands , something in the , style of the ] _STile boatmen , the chorus being , ' The teacher has brought us to the garden ! Oh , the garden I the garden ! ' and so forth .
afford " This great kin deli d of ght chanting to all , the with native words s here suited , and to is the common occasion to , both appears . Arabs to , Nubian always s strictl , and E kept gyptians and . the If the hand tune -clapp is ing not is very as regular melodious as , a the practised time is
y , told drummer them ' s to notes sing . their When hymn they , ' There had enj is oyed a happy this to land their . ' " hearts' content , we ' m
By ten o ' clock the increasing heat rendered a retreat necessary , and the joyous party returned home .
From the children , Miss Whately was naturally led to think of the parents , and to institute _" mothers' meetings . "
" On a burning ' Khamseen ' day in May did the first mothers' meeting in not Cairo assemble take place till ; just to be before sure , the sunset worst _btit part an of oppressive the heat was hot over wind , as was we still did
blowing when the guests began to arrive , . The schoolroom had been swept was neatl spread y , and in decorated the centre with upon tamarisk the - mat boug , on hs which and a few stood flowers two large , and b a owl cloth s of
water , and a quantity of native bread . ... meeting " About it fourteen could not mothers be , conducted and aunts , as and a ' grandmothers tea' for mothers , came at to home the
is , for the ; guests would not have touched the feast unless the hostess
sat down and ate with them . Several were of the poorest class 5 a few were
276 Notices Of Books.
276 _NOTICES OF BOOKS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1862, page 276, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121862/page/60/
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