COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN NURSERY RHYMES COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN NURSERY RHYMES BY LINA ECKENSTEIN AUTHOR OF "WOMAN UNDER MONASTICISM" _There were more things in Mrs. Gurton's eye, Mayhap, than are dreamed of in our philosophy_ C. S. CALVERLEY [Illustration] LONDON DUCKWORTH & CO. 3 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN 1906 TO THE GENTLE READER The walls of the temple of King Sety at Abydos in Upper Egypt are decorated with sculptured scenes which represent the cult of the gods and the offerings brought to them. In a side chapel there is depicted the following curious scene. A dead figure lies extended on a bier; sorrowing hawks surround him; a flying hawk reaches down a seal amulet from above. Had I…
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