(Mrs.) A.H.B.V.
Minneapolis, Minn., May 7th, 1897.
Dear Madam:
Tel-el-Amarna is the ruin of a residence of Amenophis IV. in Central Egypt. In the winter of 1887-88 there were discovered there about three hundred clay tablets, covered with cuneiform inscriptions which have since been deciphered.
They contain the diplomatic correspondence of Kings of Babylon, Assyria, Palestine, and other countries of Western Asia with the Egyptian court.
The word library applies not only to books, but is often used to indicate a collection of inscribed tiles or bricks.
2. Mehemed Ali was made Viceroy of Egypt and Pasha of Three Tails in 1806.
He resigned in favor of his son Ibrahim Pasha in 1849.
Ibrahim died the same year, and was succeeded by Mehemed Ali's favorite grandson, Abbas Pasha, who died in 1854, and was succeeded by his brother Said.
In 1863 Said died, and was succeeded by his nephew Ismael, who promoted the Suez Canal.