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THE appearance of Mr. St. Chad Boscawen's book on the “First of Empires” will, we believe, be welcomed by many, and we have no hesitation in saying that it will prove a very acceptable addition to the small library of trustworthy works on Babylonian archaeology which is to be obtained in the English language. Mr. Boscawen is well known as a lecturer upon Oriental archaeology and antiquities, and especially on the branch of them which brings the student into close relationship with the Bible, and there is no doubt that he has a good, working, firsthand knowledge of the cuneiform inscriptions; this being so, his book possesses a value which is not enjoyed by any other popular work on his subject. And here, before we proceed to criticise the “First of Empires,” it will be well to describe its contents briefly.
The First of Empires.
By W. St. Chad Boscawen. Pp. xxix + 356. (London: Harper and Brothers, 1903.) Price 10s. 6d. net.
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The First of Empires . Nature 69, 337–338 (1904). https://doi.org/10.1038/069337a0
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