THE WISDOM OF THE EAST

THE INSTRUCTION
OF PTAH-HOTEP AND
THE INSTRUCTION OF
KE'GEMNI: THE OLDEST
BOOKS IN THE WORLD.

TRANSLATED FROM THE EGYPTIAN
WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND APPENDIX

BY BATTISCOMBE G. GUNN

LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET
1906

TO
MY MOTHER
VII.NOV.MCMIV