The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands . erts which separate the two conti-ents, Cambyses met and defeated the Egyptians in front of theircity of Pelusium, the great border fortress which
The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands . erts which separate the two conti-ents, Cambyses met and defeated the Egyptians in front of theircity of Pelusium, the great border fortress which they had builtas a defense against the Asiatics. Some of the fleeing Egyptiansshut themselves in Pelusium and endeavored to defend the captured it by a clever stratagem. The Egyp-tians regarded certain animals, especially cats, as being sacred,and would not injure them on any account. Cambyses had hismen carry the sacred animals in front of them to the Egyptians dared not shoot their arrows for fear of woundingthe poor beasts, and so Pelusium was stormed adds that on this, as on many subsequent occasions,Cambyses seized the opportunity to express his contempt andhatred of the Egyptian religion. He himself carried a cage ofcats in front of him upon his horse, and hurled the unhappypussies, with insulting taunts and laughter, in to the faces of hisfoes. If he did, let us hope he got well 1-44
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