Petrie, William Matthew Flinders. History of Egypt from the XIXth to the XXXth dynasties. (History of Egypt, v. 3.) *$2.25. Scribner.
“It is rather a series of citations from original sources than a history in the modern sense of the term.”
+ + – Bib. World. 27: 80. Ja. ’06. 40w.
“May be said to be almost a model of a presentative history as distinguished from a philosophical one.” L. H. Gray.
+ + Bookm. 22: 358. D. ’05. 350w.
“It is not history in the popular sense of that term, but it is rather a chronological arrangement of the materials out of which a running narrative could be constructed. As a compendium, it is invaluable to the scholar.” Ira Maurice Price.
+ + Dial. 41: 16. Jl. 1, ’06. 260w.
“He has made a book for students and for specialists, a book which enables us to say that the best and most inclusive history of Egypt is in English; but it is not one that can be read with ease or possesses literary merit.”
+ + – Nation. 82: 104. F. 1, ’06. 610w.
Petrie, William Matthew Flinders. Researches in Sinai. **$6. Dutton.