Excerpt from The Egypt of Herodotus: Being the Second and Part of the Third Books of His History, With Notes and Preliminary Dissertations Portion of some one author, which might with the least violence be detached from the rest, to be carefully read and commented upon, giving such an introductory View of the whole work and the personal history, style and dialect of the writer, as would enable any one who was disposed, to read the remainder with improvement at any subsequent time. There could be little doubt what portion of Herodotus was most suitable for this pur pose. The history of the Persian War, contained in the three last books, has been already published in a sepa rate form, and as it presents few difficulties, it is well fitted for the schoolboy's use. But for an academical praelection, and for the purpose of combining the study of ancient history with that of the classics, the account of Egypt is far better adapted. It is so much of an epi sode, that it scarcely suffers at all by being taken out of its connexion. It needs detailed illustration more than any other part of the work the materials for this illus tration are more ample; it contains some of the best specimens both of the descriptive and narrative powers of Herodotus; and the recent discoveries in Egyptian antiquities and history have given a new interest to the most ancient written memorials of this extraordinary country. 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.