Among books of essays that successfully spread the Magic Carpet for readers I should like to draw attention to the following (in addition to those described above):
ROBERT CORTES HOLLIDAY’S In the Neighborhood
of Murray Hill.
J. C. SQUIRE’S Essays at Large and his Books
Reviewed.
HILAIRE BELLOC’S On.
Other collections of essays, chiefly on literary and philosophical subjects, are included in or listed after Chapter 15, “For the Literary Investor.”
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In the matter of books of travel, some classification is necessary, and in addition to the ones just described I am glad to name the following in all their happy variety:
A Group of Books on Ancient Egypt and
Present-day Egyptian Explorations.
A History of Egypt From the Earliest Times to the Conquest of the Persians, by JAMES HENRY BREASTED. The ninth printing has just been called for. With 200 illustrations and maps.
History of Assyria, by A. T. OLMSTEAD. A companion volume to Breasted’s History of Egypt, and equally admirable. With maps and many illustrations.
G. MASPERO’S Life in Ancient Egypt and Assyria, his Egyptian Art: Studies, and his History of Art in Egypt. These remain standard in their field.
TERENCE GRAY’S And in the Tomb Were Found and his The Life of Hatshepsut. The first is a series of historical studies and sketches including Khufu, builder of the Great Pyramid, and Rameses the Great. Some literal translations of Egyptian love songs are added. The second book is the romance of an Egyptian princess who reigns as a man; the work is cast in the form of a pageant for the sake of greater vividness.