me gathers together from many quarters sketches drawn
under those circumstances, supplemented by a _resume_ of recent events
and the political outlook, together with three chapters--viii., xi.,
and xiv.--contributed by his wife, whose assistance throughout its
preparation he has once more to acknowledge with pleasure. To many
correspondents in Morocco he is also indebted for much valuable
up-to-date information on current affairs, but as most for various
reasons prefer to remain unmentioned, it would be invidious to name
any. For most of the illustrations, too, he desires to express his
hearty thanks to the gentlemen who have permitted him to reproduce
their photographs.

Much of the material used has already appeared in more fugitive form
in the _Times of Morocco_, the _London Quarterly Review_, the _Forum_,
the _Westminster Review_, _Harper's Magazine_, the _Humanitarian_,
the _Gentleman's Magazine_, the _Independent_ (New York), the
_Modern Church_, the _Jewish Chronicle_, _Good Health_, the _Medical
Missionary_, the _Pall Mall Gazette_, the _Westminster Gazette_, the
_Outlook_, etc., while Chapters ix., xix., and xxv. to xxix. have been
extracted from a still unpublished picture of Moorish country life,
"Sons of Ishmael."

B.M.

HAMPSTEAD,
_November 1905._

CONTENTS

PART I

CHAPTER PAGE

I. RETROSPECTIVE 1

II. THE PRESENT DAY 14

III. BEHIND THE SCENES 36

IV. THE BERBER RACE 47

V. THE WANDERING ARAB 57

VI. CITY LIFE 63

VII. THE WOMEN-FOLK 71

VIII. SOCIAL VISITS 82

IX. A COUNTRY WEDDING 88

X. THE BAIRNS 94

XI. "DINING OUT" 102

XII. DOMESTIC ECONOMY 107

XIII. THE NATIVE "MERCHANT" 113

XIV. SHOPPING 118

XV. A SUNDAY MARKET 125

XVI. PLAY-TIME 133

XVII. THE STORY-TELLER 138

XVIII. SNAKE-CHARMING 151

XIX. IN A MOORISH CAFE 159

XX. THE MEDICINE-MAN 166

XXI. THE HUMAN MART