CAMDEN PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD ANDCORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF TURIN; AUTHOR OF "THE FIVEGREAT MONARCHIES OF THE ANCIENT EASTERN WORLD." ETC., ETC.
WITH THE COLLABORATION OF
ARTHUR GILMAN, M.A. AUTHOR OF "THE STORY OF ROME," ETC.
TENTH EDITION
LONDON T. FISHER UNWIN
PATERNOSTER SQUARE, E.C.
COPYRIGHT BY T. FISHER UNWIN, 1886 (For Great Britain)
TO REGINALD STUART POOLE, KEEPER OF COINS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, AND CORRESPONDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE, IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF MUCH HELP AND MUCH PLEASURE DERIVED FROM HIS EGYPTIAN LABOURS.
General shape of Egypt, 1—Chief divisions: twofold division, 2;threefold division, 3—The Egypt of the maps unreal, 4—Egypt, "the giftof the river," in what sense, 5, 6—The Fayoum, 7—- Egyptianspeculations concerning the Nile, 7, 8—The Nile not beautiful, 8—Sizeof Egypt, 9—Fertility, 10—Geographical situation, 11, 12—The Nile, asa means of communication, 12, 13, Phenomena of the inundation, 13,14—Climate of Egypt. 14—Geology, 15—Flora and Fauna, 16, 17—Generalmonotony, 19—Exceptions, 20-22.
Origin of the Egyptians, 23—Phenomena of their language and type,24—Two marked varieties of physique. 25—Two types of character: themelancholic, 25, 27: the gay, 27-29—Character of the Egyptian religion:polytheism, ...
GREAT HALL OF COLUMNS AT KARNAK (RESTORED.)