Petrie, W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders), Sir, 1853-1942 / 2008-07-22 00:00:00
EBOOK EGYPTIAN TALES, SECOND SERIES ***
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EGYPTIAN TALES
TRANSLATED FROM THE PAPYRI
SECOND SERIES
XVIIIth TO XIXth DYNASTY
EDITED BY
W. M. FLINDERS PETRIE,
HON. D.C.L., LL.D.
EDWARDS PROFESSOR OF EGYPTOLOGY, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON
ILLUSTRATED BY TRISTRAM ELLIS
SECOND EDITION
_First Published . . . September 1895
Second Edition . . . February 1913_
PREFACE
As the scope of the first series of these Tales seems to have been
somewhat overlooked, a few words of introduction may not be out of place
before this second volume.
It seems that any simple form of fiction is supposed to be a "fairy
tale:" which implies that it has to do with an impossible world of
imaginary beings. Now the Egyptian Tales are exactly the opposite of
this, they relate the doings and the thoughts of men and women who are
human--sometimes "very human," as Mr. Balfour said. Whatever there is of
supernatural elements is a very part of the beliefs and motives of the
people whose lives are here pictured.
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