The Arabian Nightmare

  *Frontispiece*

  Dedication

  Epigraph

  1: The Way into Cairo

  2: Another Way into Cairo

  3: Roda Island

  4: The Citadel

  5: A Panoramic View of the City

  6: From the Dawadar’s Garden to the Arqana

  7: Inside the House of the Father of Cats

  8: Climatic Conditions

  9: How to Leave Cairo

  10: Cairo’s Freaks

  11: The Government of Cairo

  12: An Impression of a City Garden

  13: From the Zuweyla Gate to Mount Muqattam

  14: A Tour of the Streets Ending in an Underground Chapel

  15: An Interlude—the Tale of the Talking Ape

  16: The Interlude Concluded

  17: The Interlude Concluded Continued

  18: The Conclusion of the Continuation of the Interlude’s Conclusion

  19: The Treasures of Cairo

  20: The Administration of Justice

  21: Eating Well in Cairo

  A Note on the Artist