CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE: WITH BRIEF NOTES ON EGYPT AND EGYPTIAN OBELISKS.

BY ERASMUS WILSON, F.R.S.

CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE AT ALEXANDRIA.

LONDON: BRAIN & CO., 26, PATERNOSTER ROW.

ENTERED AT STATIONERS’ HALL.

TO HIS ESTEEMED FRIENDS, CHARLES ALFRED SWINBURNE AND HENRY PALFREY STEPHENSON,

WHOSE JUDICIOUS COUNSELS HAVE AIDED HIM IN CARRYING OUT THE PROJECT OF SECURING THE BRITISH OBELISK TO GREAT BRITAIN, THIS LITTLE WORK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR.