With Introductory Note by Prof. E. Robinson, D. D., LL. D.
Illustrated with 13 Plates and Maps, and 90 Woodcuts. 2 vols. 8vo.
Cloth. $4 50.
“We cannot doubt it will find its way into the hands of scholars and
thinkers at once, and we shall be surprised if it does not prove to
be one of the most popular, as it certainly is one of the most
useful issues of the season.”—_Evangelist._
“As a record of discoveries it is equally wonderful and important;
confirming in many particulars the incidental histories of Sacred
West, disentombing temple-palaces from the sepulchre of ages, and
recovering the metropolis of a wonderful nation from the long night
of oblivion.”—_Com. Advertiser._
[Illustration: Assyrian bas-relief: spearmen]
“Taking this only as a book of travels, we have read none for a long
time more interesting and instructive.”—_Quarterly Review._
“We repeat that there has been no such picture in any modern book of
travels. Park is not brave or more adventurous, Burkhaph is not more
truthful, Eöthen not more gay or picturesque than the hero of the
book before us.”—_London Examiner._
“This is, we think, THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY WORK OF THE PRESENT AGE,
whether with reference to the wonderful discoveries it describes,
its remarkable verification of our early biblical history, or of the
talent, courage, and perseverance of its author. * * * * * * We will
only add in conclusion, that in those days, when the fulfilment of
prophecy is engaging so much attention, we cannot but consider that
the work of Mr. Layard will be found to afford many extraordinary
proofs of biblical history.”—_London Times._
“Of the historical value of his discoveries, too high an estimate
can hardly be formed.”—_N.Y. Recorder._
“It has been truly said, that the narrative is like a romance. In
its incidents and descriptions it does indeed remind one continually
of an Arabian tale of wonders and genii.”—_Dr. Robinson in
Introductory Note._
“The work of Mr. Layard has two prominent and distinct characters.
Its narration of wonderful discoveries is of high and absorbing
interest; but as a book of modern travels, abounding in living and
piquant descriptions of the manners and habits of a people always
regarded with intense interest, it is second to none.”—_Democratic
Review._
“The book has a rare amount of graphic, vivid, picturesque
narrative.”—_Tribune._
“The work of Layard is the most prominent contribution to the study
of Antiquity, that has appeared for many years.”—_Christian
Inquirer._
“Not one excels in interest the account of Nineveh and its Ruins,
given by Mr. Layard.”—_Washington Intelligencer._
“As we follow the diggers with breathless interest in their
excavations, and suddenly find ourselves before a massive figure
carved with minute accuracy, now lifting its gigantic head from the
dust of 3000 years, we are ready to cry out with the astonished
Arabs, ‘Wallah, it is wonderful, but it is true!’”—_Independent._
_Egypt and Its Monuments_,
As Illustrative of Scripture History.
BY FRANCIS L. HAWKS, D.D., LL.D., &c., &c.
Illustrated with Engravings from the Works of Champollion,
Rosellini, Wilkinson, and others, and Architectural Views of the
Principal Temples, &c. One vol. 8vo, uniform with ‘Layard’s
Nineveh.’
This work presents a comprehensive and authentic, and at the same
time popular view of all that has been brought to light by modern
travelers, illustrative of the manners and customs, arts,
architecture, and domestic life of the ancient Egyptians—with
reference to other ancient remains in the “Old and New World.”
⁂ The following are some of the architectural illustrations,
beautifully executed in int. by Sarony & Major:—
_Sphinx and Pyramids_,
_Great Temple of Karnac_,
_Statues of Memnon, Thebes_,
_Interior of a Tomb_,
_Koom—Ombos_,
_Interior of Great Temple, Abou Simbel, &c._
_Visits to Monasteries in the Levant._