New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-09-29


skilled advice without authority TO secure its
adoption had in it no element of success" or
course the greatest feature of these works Is
the dam and reservoir now building at Assouan
perhaps properly called one Of the great engi-
neering projects Of the world which is expected
70 have far reaching effects of benefcence on
the farming industry Of the country by hus.
banding The supply of water for the dry season.
1t may interest tray eers in Egypt who desire
to penetrate beyond the beaten track to know
Mr.. FuIler's experience in travelling by the rail-
road to khartoum ana Omdurman He found
a weekly train service, requiring eight days 10
travel the l,332 miles connecting with a gov
eminent steamer from Shellal to Wady Hafa.
then another train. with sleeping car, bathrooms
and dining car. to HaIfeyeh opposite Ehar-
toum. This last train is accommodating in the
extreme, stopping during meal time and when
sandstorms make it difficult for the engineer
to proceed. The journey is Of exceeding inter
est, though there are too many graveyards ana
too many outlying Dervish skeletons and dry
bones to make the landscape cheerful"
Mr.. Trails book is an exposition Of the Eng
fish policy in Egypt, and a defence Of il, in
which he has traced the vicissitudes of Egyptian
politics. internal and International and finance,
that led to the English occupation. His discus
sion of the death of Gordon is a severe arraigu-
ment Of the government a the time in power
in England-the issue Of Sir Charles Wilson's
expedition for the relief Of Khartoum being in
Mr. Trails words, the most disastrous that any
British military expedition has ever met With
Since the suppression of Arabrs rebellion and
the defeat of the Khalfa Ensland's record of
constructive work in Egypt is one Of which the
country and the race have reason to be- proud.
Never. probably. has it fallen to the lot Of anv
n IN VIII lHrla rT,-
from the depths Of oppression and msgovern-
ment in which for long ages they had been
plunged, or To set their feet firmly and 10
lead their steps 50 far on the path Of civiliza-
ton.
As for the position of France, now that she
is out of Egypt Mr. Trail says:
The French may or may not have regarded
the arraU cement Of the Dual Control with Us
little satisfaction and much apprehension as
ourselves; but If they wished 10 prolonS it, the
opportunity was legally offered them. and
they must have seen that If they did not actu-
ally wish determine il there and then. and
forever. there was no course open to them but
10 stand 10y that day in the harbor of Alex
audria and 10 assist in prosecuting our common
enterprise 20 its close.
Mr.. ana Mrs Henry Bacon-"the Howadu
and "Sitt'-mad- a leisurey expedition up the
Nile 10 Ahu SImbeI. that temple of vast sculpt-
ure that has been the wonder of many ages.
Mrs Bacon describes their journey in all its
picturesque details in a eharmingly informal
manner and with a keen eye for all The strik-
ing, odd and humorous features that accompany
travel on the Nile in primitive dahabeyeh,
with native sailors. 1t was Mr.. Bacon's purpose
10 make artistic studies Of Abu SimbeI having
accomplished which he dismantIeI his sailing
boat to he roVed back again down the Nile OF
Abu simbel Mrs. Bacon says:
The proportions. the architecture and the
sculpture are what first hold one speIlbound.
lot oh,