WISDOM OF THE EAST ANCIENT EGYPTIAN LEGENDS BY M. A. MURRAY LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. 1920 FIRST EDITION .... January 1913 Reprinted .... March 1920 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO MY STUDENTS, PAST AND PRESENT, I DEDICATE THIS BOOK PREFACE In this book I have retold the legends of the Gods of ancient Egypt, legends, which were current in the "morning of the world," preserved to the present day engraved on stone and written on papyri. I have told them in my own way, adhering strictly to the story, but arranging the words and phrases according to the English method; retaining, however, as far as possible the expressions and metaphors of the Egyptian. In some cases I have inserted whole …
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