Egyptian Tales

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.