EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION
. GEORGE YOUNG'S wide first-hand knowledge of
Levantine conditions coupled with his authoritative work
on Ottoman Law (Corps de Droit Ottoman, 7 volumes,
published by the Clarendon Press, first edition 1905-
1906) entitle him to be heard with respect on the political
problems of the Near East. -In the present volume Mr.
Young brings a fresh and always independent judgment
to bear on the growth of Egyptian nationalism, discover-
ing in the history of the recent past ampler grounds for
hope than his countrymen are wont to conceive. In his
last two chapters Mr. Young quits the past for the
future and enters the frankly controversial field of
the relations hereafter-.to be established between Britain,
Egypt, and the Sudan. Not every reader will agree with
the policies which are recommended, but as the argument
is presented with skill and fairness the dissenter is unlikely
to. complain.
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