[Illustration: CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE AT ALEXANDRIA.]
LONDON: BRAIN & CO., 26, PATERNOSTER ROW.
ENTERED AT STATIONERS’ HALL.
TO HIS ESTEEMED FRIENDS,
CHARLES ALFRED SWINBURNE
AND
HENRY PALFREY STEPHENSON,
WHOSE JUDICIOUS COUNSELS
HAVE AIDED HIM IN CARRYING OUT
THE PROJECT OF SECURING
THE BRITISH OBELISK
TO GREAT BRITAIN,
THIS LITTLE WORK IS AFFECTIONATELY
DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR.