Handbook for Egypt and the Sudan

Abstract

THE first edition of this work—“Murray's Egypt”— appeared so far back as 1847, an was a reprint of Sir Gardner Wilkinson's earlier book, “Modern Egypt and Thebes,” which had been revised by that great pioneer in Egyptian studies so as to meet, so far as possible, the requirements of a guide-book. From time to time since 1847 additions were made to the original edition, and in 1873, and again in 1880, it was thoroughly re-cast by the Rev. Greville Chester, the Rev. W. J. Loftie, Mr. Mitchell, and Mr. Phené Spiers, the latter of whom contributed many new architectural plans. Then followed the editions of 1896 and 1900, edited and revised by Miss Mary Brodrick, with the help of Prof. Sayce and Capt. H. G. Lyons, the director of the Geological and Land Surveys of Egypt. Unfortunately, these last two editions—the ninth and tenth—contained numerous errors and were far from satisfactory, so it is now a pleasure to be able to record the appearance of a new edition, under the editorship of Mr. H. R. Hall, which fully maintains the high standard of Wilkinson's original “Handbook for Travellers in Egypt.”

Handbook for Egypt and the Sudan.

Edited by H. R. Hall. Eleventh edition, revised, largely re-written and augmented. Pp. xiv+613; with 58 maps and plans. (London: Edward Stanford, 1907.) Price 14s.