Cleopatra, being an account of the fall and vengeance of Harmachis, the royal Egyptian, as set forth by his own hand . Dedication. 21V DEAR Mo THEN, I have for a long while hoped to be allowedto dedicate some booh of mine to you, and now I bringyou this ivork, because whatever its shortcomings, andwhatever judgment may be passed upon it by yourselfand others, it is yet the one I should zuish you toaccept. I trust that you will receive from my romance of1 Cleopatra some such pleasure as lightened the labourof its building up; and that it may convey to yourmind a picture, however imperfect, of t
Cleopatra, being an account of the fall and vengeance of Harmachis, the royal Egyptian, as set forth by his own hand . Dedication. 21V DEAR Mo THEN, I have for a long while hoped to be allowedto dedicate some booh of mine to you, and now I bringyou this ivork, because whatever its shortcomings, andwhatever judgment may be passed upon it by yourselfand others, it is yet the one I should zuish you toaccept. I trust that you will receive from my romance of1 Cleopatra some such pleasure as lightened the labourof its building up; and that it may convey to yourmind a picture, however imperfect, of the old andmysterious Egypt in whose lost glories you are sodeeply interested. Your affectionate and dutiful Son, H. Bider 21, 1889. Hutbors Bote The history of the ruin of Antony and Cleopatra must havestruck many students of the records of their age as one of themost inexplicable of tragic tales. What malign influence andsecret hates were at work, continually sapping their prosperityand blinding their judgment *? Why did Cleopatra fly atActium, and why did Antony follow her, leaving his fleet and
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