[709]. See pp. 39–42, 142 f., 212, supra.
[710]. See pp. 153–164, supra.
[711]. See Dean Stanley’s Historical Memorials of Westminster Abbey, first edition, pp. 59–67; also, Appendices, pp. 492–502.
[712]. See Dean Stanley’s Historical Memorials of Westminster Abbey, first edition, pp. 64–66.
[713]. This is the discovery to which Professor Hilprecht refers in his letter, Professor Hommel’s note having been received just before Professor Hilprecht sailed for Constantinople.
[714]. See Erman’s Life in Ancient Egypt, p. 468 f.; Maspero’s Dawn of Civilization, pp. 242, note, 391.
[715]. See Erman, pp. 467, 503, and Maspero, pp. 484, 490.
[717]. See pp. [23]–25, supra.
[718]. This was so in parts of New England, fifty years ago. I have seen the main hall or front “entry” of a farmhouse in Connecticut used as a bedroom, with a high-post state bedstead against the front door. In case of a funeral or wedding the bedstead would be removed, in order that the door might be opened.–H.C.T.