Budge, Ernest Alfred Wallis. Egyptian heaven and hell. 3v. *$5. Open ct.
“The first two of his three volumes are given to the transcription and interpretation of the two great books in which the ‘Learning of the Egyptians.’ as it is related to the life after death, was expressed; the third is a history and explanation of the two. These may be defined as rival theories of eschatology, or they might be described in more popular language as illustrated guides to the abodes of the dead. They represent respectively the popular and the educated view of the other world.”—Spec.
“Dr. Budge’s rendering of the very difficult texts with which he here has to deal is in every way adequate, and his third volume, in which he discusses their bearing, contains matter which it is incumbent upon every student of such matters to read.”
+ + Ath. 1906, 1: 663. My. 26. 2610w. Lit. D. 33: 555. O. 20, ’06. 100w.
“It is impossible to do full justice to this work in the space at our disposal, but it will certainly long form the standard work on the subject of Egyptian eschatology.”
+ + + Lond. Times. 5: 295. Ag. 31, ’06. 1310w.
“The conceptions of the rewards and punishments of the dead in the next world as given in these two books are also well worth the attention of the anthropologist.”
+ + + Nature. 74: 10. My. 3, ’06. 770w.
“None of the material has escaped Dr. Budge’s unwearied industry. The English reader now has before him all that can be known at present about the ‘Book Am-Duat’ and the ‘Book of gates.’”