SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
[under this heading lee notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] Ancient Records of Egypt. Translated by James Henry Breasted, .Ph.D. Vol. III. (Luzac and Co. 3 vols., £2 14s.)—This third volume is occupied with the Nineteenth Dynasty. The time in- cluded is comparatively short—comparatively with the vast periods of Egypt& history—for it is but a century and a half ; but it is eventful, and rich in monuments. While the dynasty was in its vigour—i.e., during the reigns of its earlier princes, Hermhab, Ramses I., Seti I., and Ramses II.—it pursued a policy of adventure, and the last of these Kings, the Egyptian Grand Monarque, took special pains that posterity should be made acquainted with his achievements. No single King left's° many evidences of his greatness behind him. The last three, who were, it is true, ephemeral beings, left scarcely a trace behind them. But their position is very doubtful ; only one seems to have had a title to the throne.
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