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I.

The Precepts of Ptah-Hotep: The Oldest Book in the World. By M. Philippe Virey

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II.

The Daughter of the Prince of Bakhtan, and the Spirit that Possessed her. By Professor G. Maspero, Member of the Institute

36

III.

Hymn to the Nile. By M. Paul Guieysse

46

IV.

Letters to Egypt from Babylonia, Assyria, and Syria, in the Fifteenth Century B.C. By the Editor

55

V.

Ancient Babylonian Agricultural Precepts. By Mr. G. Bertin

91

VI.

The India House Inscription of Nebuchadrezzar The Great. By the Rev. C. J. Ball

102

VII.

Contract-Tablets Relating to Belshazzar. By the Editor

124