“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:—