As serialized in The Windsor Magazine vol. 8, June–Nov 1898, pp. 31–47, etc.
The central idea of the story—namely, that the old gods of Egypt revenge themselves by means of a great plague for the sacrilege which European nations, under the plea of “exploration,” have committed upon their sacred haunts—is a good one for Mr. Boothby's purposes. In the hands of Victor Hugo, even of Maurus Jókai, such a theme might have been made sublime; Mr. Boothby does better than that—he makes it effective. —extracted from the review in The Academy, 8 April 1899. [Full review(s) are on the Talk page.]
PHAROS
THE
EGYPTIAN
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BY GUY BOOTHBY
Illustrated by John H. Bacon
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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