------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note: This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. Footnotes have been moved to follow the paragraphs in which they are referenced. The full-page illustrations are indicated here by their captions, which have been repositioned to fall on the nearest paragraph break. Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _ABOUT ALGERIA_ _ALGIERS—TLEMÇEN—CONSTANTINE—BISKRA—TIMGAD_ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE SAME AUTHOR LEAVES FROM A MADEIRA GARDEN CROWN 8vo, 5_s._ NET [Illustration: ALGIERS: DOORWAY IN THE RUE KLEBER] _ABOUT ALGERIA_ _ALGIERS *flower* TLEMÇEN *flower* CONSTANTINE *flower* BISKRA *flower* TIMGAD *flower* *flower* *flower* *flower* BY CHARLES THOMAS-STANFORD F.S.A. *flower* WITH A MAP AND THIRTY-TWO ILLUSTRATIONS FROM DRAWINGS BY F. DORRIEN THOROTON AND FROM PHOTOGRAPHS_ *flower* *flower* *flower* *flower* *flower* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD_ _NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY. MCMXII_ WM. BRENDON AND SON, LTD., PRINTERS, PLYMOUTH ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PREFACE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The following pages are a record of impressions received from a visit Algeria in the early months of 1911. In a former volume I dared to ridicule the pretensions of those who, on the strength of a short stay in a foreign country to enlighten the public. My chickens have come home to roost.