Travelling by dahabiah, a well-appointed sailing craft peculiar to the Nile, and armed with sketch-book and measuring tape, Amelia Edwards carefully recorded all she saw of the temples, graves, and monuments - even discovering a buried chapel of her own- and provided in A Thousand Miles Up The Nile the first general archaeological survey of Egypt's ruins. The book is full of historical footnotes and careful details. Amelia Edwards was responsible for founding the first chair in Egyptology (a science she helped create) at University College London, and was behind the appointment of Sir...

In the dead of night a stranger arrives and disembarks from his train at Mugby Junction. He is running away from his past. Desperately trying to avoid it by deciding which of the seven rail lines, out of town, to take with the help of his new friends, a Lamp Lighter from the station and his daughter. Will they help him find the closure he needs with his troubles? This book is a collection of eight short stories all set around the mythical train station Mugby Junction. Charles Dickens, and four of his contemporaries, explore this fictional setting through their own inventive tales. The fourth...