. Letters from Europe to the children; Uncle John upon his travels. LETTER SEVENTH, the story of a king. Dear Boys and Girls: FREQUENTLY pass, as I go to andfro, in this city of Paris, a tall, slendershaft of stone, like a monument, run-ning nearly to a point at the top, and,long as it is, made of a single block, with the ex-ception of the pedestal upon which it stands. Itis covered, from base to top, with very singularlooking characters, called hieroglyphics. Thisis what they term an obelisk. It was foundsome years ago among the ruins of an ancientEgyptian city, called Thebes, and was brought
. Letters from Europe to the children; Uncle John upon his travels. LETTER SEVENTH, the story of a king. Dear Boys and Girls: FREQUENTLY pass, as I go to andfro, in this city of Paris, a tall, slendershaft of stone, like a monument, run-ning nearly to a point at the top, and,long as it is, made of a single block, with the ex-ception of the pedestal upon which it stands. Itis covered, from base to top, with very singularlooking characters, called hieroglyphics. Thisis what they term an obelisk. It was foundsome years ago among the ruins of an ancientEgyptian city, called Thebes, and was broughtfrom there about thirty years since, and placedwhere it now is, by Louis Philippe, then theking of France. As one stands by this obelisk,looking toward the river Seine, not far away, 88 UNCLE yOHN UPON HIS TRA VELS. upon his right hand a noble avenue stretchesoff, with rows of trees, and other wide avenues,parallel with it, on either side, up to a largestructure, in the form of an immense arch, whichthey call the Arc de Triomphe, erected byNapoleon I. Upon the le
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