THE NILE AND EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION. By Alexandre Moret. (Kegan Paul.
25s.)—In this new volume of the History of Civilization, a great publishing enterprise that commands our respectful admiration, the well-known French Egyptologist, Professor Moret, surveys the rise and decline of Egyptian culture through thirty centuries. He explains the concepts of Egyptian religion and quotes freely from the papyri to illustrate his argument. He dismisses in outline the methods of administration 'and he gives an inter- esting chapter to art, science, and literature. When Professor Moret says that the huge Pyramids testify to " the capital importance attached by the Egyptian people to the protection of the bodies and souls of its dead Pharaohs," one wonders why " the Egyptian people " allowed or connived at tomb- robbing from the earliest times. It may be inferred that " the Egyptian people " was not, after all, very -deeply impressed by the official religion. The volume is well illus-
trated and should serve as a valuable companion to the . . ordinary histories of Egypt.
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