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THE TKANSLATOR'S PREFACE.
was encouraged, however, by my brother's kindly
expressed opinion that I would be all the better
qualified for it by my genuine sympathy with
the whole subject.
I have endeavored to be faithful to the
original text, keeping in view the author's idio-
syncrasy, and I have but seldom thought fit to
avail myself of the discretionary power that had
been given me. My task, I need scarcely say,
has been a pleasant one, and I shall feel amply
repaid for the trouble incurred if I can but think
that I have in the very remotest degree con-
tributed to popularize Egypt's wonders, and to
bring them and their English and American
visitors into closer intercourse.
As stated in the second French edition, this
little work does not pretend to replace Murray's
Handbook for Travellers in Egypt, especially
now that that excellent guide has been revised
by a most competent writer. The aim of this
volume is altogether different; it deals exclu-
sively with the antiquities, and its sole object is
to introduce the visitor to the Monuments of
Upper Egypt, and to supply him with such
information as will best enable him to under-
stand their meaning.
THE TKANSLATOR'S PREFACE.
was encouraged, however, by my brother's kindly
expressed opinion that I would be all the better
qualified for it by my genuine sympathy with
the whole subject.
I have endeavored to be faithful to the
original text, keeping in view the author's idio-
syncrasy, and I have but seldom thought fit to
avail myself of the discretionary power that had
been given me. My task, I need scarcely say,
has been a pleasant one, and I shall feel amply
repaid for the trouble incurred if I can but think
that I have in the very remotest degree con-
tributed to popularize Egypt's wonders, and to
bring them and their English and American
visitors into closer intercourse.
As stated in the second French edition, this
little work does not pretend to replace Murray's
Handbook for Travellers in Egypt, especially
now that that excellent guide has been revised
by a most competent writer. The aim of this
volume is altogether different; it deals exclu-
sively with the antiquities, and its sole object is
to introduce the visitor to the Monuments of
Upper Egypt, and to supply him with such
information as will best enable him to under-
stand their meaning.