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The Cat of Bubastes, by G. A. Henty
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Title: The Cat of Bubastes A Tale of Ancient Egypt
Author: G. A. Henty
Illustrator: J. R. Weguelin
Release Date: August 22, 2009 [EBook #29756]
Language: English
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THE CAT OF BUBASTES
G.A. HENTY.
[Illustration: C. of B. THE REBU PEOPLE LED INTO CAPTIVITY.--Page 55.]
THE CAT OF BUBASTES. A TALE OF ANCIENT EGYPT. BY G. A. HENTY,
Author of "The Young Carthaginian," "For the Temple," "In the Reign of Terror," "Bonnie Prince Charlie," "In Freedom's Cause," etc., etc.
FIVE PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS BY J. R. WEGUELIN.
NEW YORK: THE F. M. LUPTON PUBLISHING COMPANY.
PREFACE.
My Dear Lads: Thanks to the care with which the Egyptians depicted upon the walls of their sepulchers the minutest doings of their daily life, to the dryness of the climate which has preserved these records uninjured for so many thousand years, and to the indefatigable labor of modern investigators, we know far more of t