Petrie, W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders), Sir, 1853-1942 / 2008-07-02 00:00:00
EBOOK EGYPTIAN TALES, FIRST SERIES ***
Produced by Eric Eldred
EGYPTIAN TALES
TRANSLATED FROM THE PAPYRI
FIRST SERIES
IVth TO XIIth DYNASTY
EDITED BY
W. M. FLINDERS PETRIE
D.C.L., LL.D.., PH.D., HON. F.S.A. (SCOT.)
ILLUSTRATED BY TRISTRAM ELLIS
SECOND EDITION
LONDON
1899
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
TALES OF THE MAGICIANS
KHAFRA'S TALE
BAUFRA'S TALE
HORDEDEF'S TALE
REMARKS
THE PEASANT AND THE WORKMAN
REMARKS
THE SHIPWRECKED SAILOR
REMARKS
THE ADVENTURES OF SANEHAT
REMARKS
INDEX
INTRODUCTION
IT is strange that while literature occupies so much attention as at
present, and while fiction is the largest division of our book-work, the
oldest literature and fiction of the world should yet have remained
unpresented to English readers. The tales of ancient Egypt have appeared
collectively only in French, in the charming volume of Maspero's "Contes
Populaires"; while some have been translated into English at scattered
times in volumes of the "Records of the Past." But research moves
forward; and translations that were excellent twenty years ago may now
be largely improved, as we attain more insight into the language.
For another reason also there is a wide ground for the present volume.
In no case have any illustrations been attempted, to give that basis for
imagination which is all the more needed when reading of an age and a
land unfamiliar to our ideas.
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