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About Algeria: Algiers, Tlemçen, Constantine, Biskra, Timgad

Chapter 16: INDEX
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About This Book

A travelogue and historical survey of Algeria that blends personal impressions with archaeological, architectural, and colonial observations. The author moves through Algiers, Tlemçen, Constantine, Biskra, and Timgad, describing urban life, Moorish doorways and houses, Roman ruins and a rediscovered municipal library, and the transforming effects of roads and motor travel. Chapters consider French colonization, military and administrative history, local customs, horticulture, and efforts to preserve monuments. Balancing anecdote and antiquarian detail, the narrative advocates conservation and highlights how ancient remains, modern infrastructure, and social change intersect across coastal and desert regions.

INDEX


  • Fort National, 298, 301
  • Foum-ês-Sahara, 201
  • Isly, the, 142
  • Isser, the, 179
  • Jardin d’Essai, 104 seq.
  • Palestro, 179
  • Roumel, the, 180 seq.

Transcriber’s Note

A large map at the end of the text is given here in a reduced version. However, the image serves as a link to a larger, more legible copy.

Errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here. The references are to the page and line in the original. The following issues should be noted, along with the resolutions.

14.13 Timgad: Arch [at/of] Trajan Replaced.
143.8 and [raised] the whole province of Oran sic: razed
221.14 As we approach Sidi O[bk/kb]a Transposed.
279.3 They [rased] the fortifications sic: rased