ZÉNAÏDE A. RAGOZIN
Reading edition
MEMBER OF THE "SOCIÉTÉ ETHNOLOGIQUE" OF PARIS; OF THE "AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY"; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE "ATHÉNÉE ORIENTAL" OF PARIS; AUTHOR OF "ASSYRIA," "MEDIA," ETC.
"He (Carlyle) says it is part of his creed that history is poetry, could we tell it right."—Emerson.
FOURTH EDITION
London
T. FISHER UNWIN
PATERNOSTER SQUARE
NEW YORK: G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
MDCCCXCIII
TO THE MEMBERS OF
THE CLASS,
IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF MANY HAPPY HOURS, THIS VOLUME AND THE FOLLOWING ONES ARE AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED BY THEIR FRIEND.
The Author.
Idlewild Plantation,
San Antonio.
