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s volume is devoted to the wonders of Ancient Egypt during the time of the Pharaohs and under Sesostris, the period of its greatest splendor and magnificence. Her monuments, her palaces, her pyramids, and her works of art are not only accurately described in the text, but reproduced in a series of very attractive illustrations as they have been restored by French explorers, aided by students of Egyptology. While the volume has the attraction of being devoted to a subject which possesses all the charms of novelty to the great number of readers, it has the substantial merit of discussing, with intelligence and careful accuracy, one of the greatest epochs in the world's history. CRITICAL NOTICES. "I think this a good book for the purpose for which it is designed. It is brief on each head, lively and graphic, without any theatrical artifices: is not the work of a novice, but of a real scholar in Egyptology, and, as far as can be ascertained now, is history."--_JAMES C. MOFFAT, Professor in Princeton Theological Seminary_. "The volume is full of wonders."--_Hartford Courant_. "Evidently prepared with great care."--_Chicago Evening Journal_. "Not merely the curious in antiquarian matters will find this volume attractive, but the general reader will be pleased, entertained, and informed by it."--_Portland Argus_. "The work possessed the freshness and charm of romance, and cannot fail to repay all who glance over its pages."--_Philadelphia City Item_. =Great Hunts.= ADVENTURES ON THE GREAT HUNTING GROUNDS OF THE WORLD. By VICTOR MEUNIER. Illustrated with 22 woodcuts. One volume 12mo $1 50 _For specimen illustration see page 18._ Besides numerous thrilling adventures judiciously selected, this work contains much valuable and exceedingly interesting information regarding the different animals, adventures with which are narrated, together with accurate descriptions of the different countries, making the volume not only interesting, but instructive in a remarkable degree. CRITICAL NOTICES. "This is a very attractive volume in this excellent series."--_Cleveland Herald_. "Cannot fail to prove entertaining to the juvenile reader."--_Albion_. "The adventures are gathered from the histories of famous travellers and explorers, and have the merit of truth as well as interest."--_N.Y. Observer_. "Just the book for boys during the coming Winter evenings."--_Boston Daily Journal_. =Pompeii.= WONDER
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