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Excerpt from Daleth, or the Homestead of the Nations: Egypt Illustrated These pages are a humble tribute to this desire, which has guided the writer through so many pleasant hours. Its most ambitious hope has not ventured beyond the finding and grouping of scattered hints which may illustrate the works of others; as Palestrina to compare small things with great gathered the songs of Italy into the grand harmonics of the Mass. 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.