ABSTRACT

ALEXANDRIA—ITS FOUNDER—THE HISTORIC PRINCE OF MACEDONIA DIES YOUNG—IMPORTANCE OF TOWN IN GREEK AND ROMAN DAYS- GATHERING OF WORLD'S DISTINGUISHED MEN—THE FAMOUS LIBRARY AND MUSEUM—DESTRUCTION OF PRICELESS DOCUMENTS —JULIUS CÆSAR's VANDALISM—POMPEY'S PILLAR—ALEXANDRIA UNDER THE OTTOMANS—HARBOUR IMPROVEMENTS—AN ORIENTAL CITY NO LONGER—MODERN STREET NOMENCLATURE—UTILITY OF PORT DURING THE WAR.