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PREFACE.
The growing interest that is felt in all that concerns Egypt and its past has led me to hope that there may be many who will be glad of a book containing, in a concise and easily accessible form, the chief results of modern research and discovery in the valley of the Nile.
The Manuscript of this work was submitted to Dr. Lushington, formerly Professor of Greek at Glasgow University, and he has very kindly permitted the publication of the following opinion:—
'It appears to me very carefully and accurately
written, with diligent consultation of the most trustworthy
sources. The illustrative quotations interspersed
seem well calculated to inspire and maintain
interest in the reader as well as the descriptive
sketches.
