With an illustrated narrative of his residence in Cairo and Jerusalem and additional papers.

James Grant (1840-1896), a physician working in Cairo, collected Egyptian antiquities, and his correspondence includes letters on both archaeological and medical topics from well-known figures in these fields. There are few references to contemporary events in Egypt and much of the correspondence concerns visitors to Cairo.

Used on a journey by Michael Strachan and J Enoch Powell between Algiers and Cairo in 1943, many containing notes by the Strachan on their progress.