Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 726
an plainswith the fragments of these colossal figures, col-umns, and temples ? There is but one answer. Cambyses—mad Cam-byses. He was, in the traditions of that time, theCromwell of Egypt. On w;e sail. I hear the plash of the Nile wavesas we float along in the beautiful moonlight. The Arab boatmen… … STATUE OF MEMNON. (FROM A PHOTOGRAPH.) you one of the pair. A weird story is told of thisstatue. It is said that formerly, when the sun aroseand shone upon the face of this figure, it gave fortha note of music; but the voice of the giant ishushed now, and his face, like that of his com-panion, is…
Children's literature
Internet Archive · UNC Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 726](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/1024/ia-stnicholasserial01dodg-726-481.webp)
![An illustration from The Holy Land: Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia: = Egypt & Nubia [1] (1846)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/heidelberg-roberts1846bd4-28-1.webp)
