Excerpt from Some Sources of Human History The purpose of these outlines is to show some of the interests of human, history, to those who are neither specialists nor students, and therefore a Very general view is all that is attempted. In the choice of material, that which is less familiar has been taken' in preference to that which has been already often treated: and the books referred to are those which are easily accessible, in preference to monumental works. The Object has been to look over the country on each side of the beaten tracks of history teaching, and see some of the distant views and green fields. All that is said here no more represents the know ledge oi the subject, than a glimpse of far-off hills teaches their geography. Yet even such a view may be relished by those who never expect to wander so far from the road. The dating given by the Egyptians themselves has been followed here, in accordance with the usage of Champollion, Rookh, Unger, Mariette and Wiedemann, which there is no reason to abandon. 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.