Ebook Summary of Recent Discoveries in Biblical Chronology, Universal History and Egyptian Archæology; With Special Reference to Dr. Abbott's Egyptian Museum in New-York

The interest taken by the human mind in the monuments Of antiquity is a remarkable pheno menon. Who does not regard with reverence an aged tree, which a thousand years ago, beheld gene rations long since passed from the earth, sitting in its shade? Who would willingly part with the clumsy, tarnished ring, which his aged mother or grandmother had worn upon her finger? 'who is not gratified by the sight of a few lines traced by a pen, guided by the hand of the Father of his country? Who does not examine with curiosity an Old skin, upon which Mexican priests painted their gods and hieroglyphics 500 years ago? Who can pass without emotion through the silent streets of Pompeii, which once resounded with the bustle of the forum and the song of sailors? Who does not take delight in treasuring up in his casket, among other gems, some Old coins of the age in which Pericles sent forth his ?eets against envious Sparta?