This volume contains twelve chapters, written at various times and in various places, each dealing with some subject drawn from the great treasury of Ancient Egypt.
From the contents:
The Value Of Archæology.
The Egyptian Empire.
The Necessity Of Archæology To The Gaiety Of The World.
The Temperament Of The Ancient Egyptians.
The Misfortunes Of Wenamon.
The Story Of The Shipwrecked Sailor.
The Tomb Of Tiy And Akhnaton.
The Tomb Of Horemheb.
Theban Thieves.
The Flooding Of Lower Nubia.
Archæology In The Open.
