, 1874-11-08
Inn ri their management Of the railways
'zsa1'oS. s.ory their calm and deliberate way OF

s tn show tnelI csA11i @t@
d's Is the trains seem 20 run me ~ ot;ciala have
-.n tines, tein amount Of e1actnesa IN regard 10
.cqa1ed ,,asaive, melancholy way as II me SUD
~ ~, no ~ yet reached either Drn u ech;na Ses,:
somehow. ,,n't.1,les may be reduced to =
e{tg; uS oe,os. but the t1a1us AVOID co41s1on.
~ q anrsrs su neither fear nor complain. Al -
I'd eatE, goy gSa N 10th sides Of the track, Take
e, 70 The peo33ao 3aoa q men, womcnf' Just as the
ur Of {oar r da in the bazars. The waidng-rooma
rs1ey as the chambers IN me oa.iaaa,on an
sr1Eeps ~ Ite them, arc populous with aeas.
j Kt.ns, ana: long divan. covered with dirty
Ttce Is eea Int no European chairs. The tickets
n u aratic, excspt the first-elaaa, which are
.,o in Eugsa; On tho road to upper Egypt, ven
tEay-sAno 1;tt]a impatience. sitter waiting three
td sps one dai]y slow t1aln and hheng thas its
bo1's l@ rt. ~ had not even been announced ny teie
.nh Ion must M 1e,oe@ee. e ner rcad Ind X tates
1non ep ~ ret everything IN otdcr.
,at ntne ~ ~ hss the road been open ?" ssked
nst. ~ Hre Of dx yesss. . t,1o .,a ..a,us
4Aad shea o. T., forty or fifty years7" inquired,
ming On nnea aaoDnenance; and ths oicia never sus-
s'.a ~ T, ,ropy, answered: ~, -,
resd1nsh re1nssh.nb!" nb!" qf God Fiila ~
~! Io'T. T.r1or enjoyed the favor OF an interview
~ ~. 49, Tbsdive. ID Cairo, and furnishes tho
.'1r ,a'osine sIp sketch o. His Hishness:
1e0o"@0o .asn The Khediye's father, the famous
Hsyins oose n, fe1ce cid Lion Of the Orient, In
lnEso u Fiaeet, sought anu esss iouha !. aone
70 ao1r cheerful likeness. 1sman pashA
sott1, nnas e.. of age and Of tho medium height,
.boat T. RI puIe1cs makes him appear shorter.
l. ss 4 h' gun his 0' less eas7' he % moves WITH
dre taleAd I'd ,7eor: and his face, phlegmahc in
qu1ekahs hscomes bright aud animated when he speaks
rs. ns.ssnt gsy e!es gleam under tue fathef hushy
Eoss = @,otdh md expressive, without these grim
TO- -. corners which indicate cruel inte1ibilty
re En = Teyss1s hs own thick dark hats under the
q, md fun beard clipped % moderately , close: ais
osAd ~ nateutle.ther boots; single diamond in
sf', ,sr.t ~. nj he ou]y ornament. His man
ce dnrino ths reception, was that Of thoroughly
r. rorerpment OF the Khediye ia directed
.,ther to bis OVID personal aggraudizament than
:. .ha benefit ct his people; yet the
ssorts be is making to develop the re-
.,nrces o' bis Empire 8nd increase ita revenues
..rd in the msin to their advantage, materially
.nt snrtua1lg. They complain bitterly Of exces-
.;ra t.x,tou. Of their he1pieseness in the hands
If tbair rnle,a. and Of the negligence and cor
7no.,ou Of both civil and criminal courts. The
Feu.hs or peasants Of Egypt are industrious,
r,t;,nt. and good-humored- The work Of cult
x,t;no thar lands is not much less than it is
,monr the asricolturists Of Europe. The fields
t,ye to be manu1ed and plowed, aud tho labor
~ ;rag.ting them requires daily supervision and
mil The popular idea that crops grow IN the
fertile valley Of the Nile with only the trouble OF
p.autins and reaping, is altogether mistaken
oce. The Life Of tie farmer is scarcely eaaler
be1s than On the prairies OF America, while its
t;,dens and priyations are far greater.
When Mr. TAYLOR visited the site OF sncient
Memphis in November. 1851, u. Aususte Nariette,
ths eminent French Archaeological, then q or 30
years Of age. hsd entered upon the sef-lmposed
tux Of e1humiDg the ruins Of Egypt in search
Of antiquities. since then he has steadily con-
tnued the work, under many discouragements,
but With the reward Of many valuable diacover-
les. The Egyptian Museum Which he has col
lcctod at Cairo msy now be pronounced the
most extensive in the world. The researches OF
II. Maaette show that the glory OF tho Egypt
ian art teached its elimination in the age Of
Cheops, and was N its decay in the time OF
Eameses IL (Sesostus). They also carry the
culture, religion, and political organization OF
Egypt back to the Third Dynasty (4450 B. c.. and
hlag Menes into view, not as primitive bar
bsrian, but as the descendant Of many genera
ta2s Of civilization. His discoveries th1ox, too,
peat Light upoR Egyptian chronology, and cor
rborate the accuracy OF Nanethe's table Of the
thirty d5nasties Of Kings.
Among the myriad precious relics preserved
h L. Marietta's collection, none more impressed
u. Isylor than the ife-size statues Of painted
lmsstone, which illustrate the Oldest period Of
Egyptian art The most interesting group WAS
found some two years ago. in an ancient ne
copoGs, about 50 miles south OF Cairo. II COM
lEses two statues, whose inscriptions show that
es5 represent the Prince Ra-Hotep and the
Princess Nefer-t- They sit side by side, in
pain, massive chairs, in easy and natural atti-
tides. The drapery is stif1y adjusted but
the limh md the muscles, the joints, hands,
,ai feet, are carefully modelled. and the heads
vii compare with the best portrait~busts ever
tass!sd "Nothing can be finer than the dell
este Individuality expressed in the TWO faces.
LIS is strong. proud, asserting authority;
hefs. kind, sympathetic, Jet carried with
:as air of one to whom respect
e nlnevitably paid" The eyes are inserted,-the
Whites being Of Opaque quartz and the iris Of
foek crystal, Rejecting the Light like that in the
human orb Of Tision. These, with the other
remains o. the earliest and highest Egyptian
01 represent tspe Of the Caucasian OF Aryan
1aes. Much more freedom and strength Of
character are evident in their attitude and e1-
pEesaon than IN the sculptures Of the Later
Empire.
~ cue OF the rooms Of the Museum, the mag
,aneens Jewels Of the Queen Anbnotep (of the
eighteenth Dynasty, about 1000 B. C.) are ex-
ao!ea IN l4rge glass case. The bracelets,
e@tlnga' ehains and diadems, are Of exquisite
'os4manshlp, and would rival in beauty the Of
'1uenss ~, Of any modern Queen.
=. 4o0 leap from Egypt to Iceland is long and
- aa 'oonast bstween the land that baaks under
~ We e9aASo1la sun, and that which lies under
ta' "ozen zone Of the North, is sharp aud START
~ Dus Nj. Taylor places the two countries
,.;s, ' " nae IN his little volume, and the plant
su ,zl. 4eeommodates itself to their unnatural
at1apositon.
s,r ~ "ousaodth Anniversary Of the settlement
= ssana by 1ngof Of Norway was celebrated
=, sasE o. the present year, and Christian x.
49, e4'A'k Of whose crown the island ia an
,Y. saaAee chose the occasion for risit to his
H. =, dependency. The event brought the
49,, O'eak Isle In the Arctic Ocean into sudden
r sn'' W. aud "a, wherever the interest
,h... Ae moment chances to centre,
,,..a,, inevitably appears tho special cor
s-s sesoaaaas, We find tho ubiouftous in