Excerpt from Chicago Literary Papyri Not all of the following texts, however, are republications. No. I, a fragment of the oration of Isocrates To Nicocles, has not previously been published or described. With the exception of the third, the Ayer Papyrus, which belongs to the Field Museum, the papyri are in the collection of the editor. The Ayer Papyrus was purchased in Cairo by Mr. Ed. E. Ayer, of Chicago, about 1895. It afterward lay for a year in the Gizeh Museum, and was then brought by Mr. Ayer to Chicago and presented to the Field Museum, where it now lies. The papyri belonging to the writer fall in two groups. Nos. I, IV, V, and VII formed part of a considerable purchase of papyri made through friends in Egypt in 1897. There is good reason for believing that all these came from Kom Ushim, the ancient Karenis, in the Fayum. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.