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An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern EgyptiansWritten in Egypt during the Years 1833, 34, and 35, Partly from Notes Made during a Former Visit to that Country in the Years 1825, 26, 27 and 28\nAuthor(s): Edward William Lane\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108055246, 978-1108055246\nSynopsis\nEdward William Lane [tel] published this work in two volumes in 1836. Resident in the country for many years, and fluent in Arabic, he devoted his life's study to Egypt. A fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Institut de France, Lane translated One Thousand and One Nights and selections from the Koran. His major work was an Arabic-English lexicon; a monumental undertaking, he was working on the sixth volume when he died. Volume 2 of Modern Egyptians primarily details Cairo's vibrant public space, covering drug use, games, street music and dancers, as well as snake charmers, sto.