. The literature of all nations and all ages; history, character, and incident. ot less thanlooo tons. Assuredly this monarch labored resolutely toachieve earthly immortality, and not wholly in vain. Hisname is writ in granite from Syria to Nubia, and from theruins of his monuments might be created many cities. Rameses recorded on the walls of his temple at Abu-Simbelthat he was the father of 119 children ; but none of them, norall together, achieved a fraction of his renown. His court atThebes was magnificent; scholars and men of genius werewelcome there ; the great library, over the door of
. The literature of all nations and all ages; history, character, and incident. ot less thanlooo tons. Assuredly this monarch labored resolutely toachieve earthly immortality, and not wholly in vain. Hisname is writ in granite from Syria to Nubia, and from theruins of his monuments might be created many cities. Rameses recorded on the walls of his temple at Abu-Simbelthat he was the father of 119 children ; but none of them, norall together, achieved a fraction of his renown. His court atThebes was magnificent; scholars and men of genius werewelcome there ; the great library, over the door of which wasthe legend, The Dispensary of the Soul, and whichKagabu, surnamed the Elegant, administered, contained thefinest collection of papyri that had ever been brought , the poet and romance-writer, who composed for theentertainment of the kings sons The Tale of Two Brothers,translated below, was one of the ornaments of his II. created what might be termed the Augustan Ageof Egypt, and under him the kingdom of the Nile attainedits greatest The Poem of Pentaur. (1326 B. c.) This poem was composedtwo years after the battle o^Kadesh, and was inscribedby order of Rameses II. on thewalls of his chief temples,with sculptures illustrativeof the campaign. It was translated by Brugsch Bey, from whose ver-sion the following rendering has been prepared: The king of the vile Hittites mustered many warriors; hischariots were as the sand, of the sea, and three men of war stoodin each car ; and all the strength of his army was arrayed, foot-men and horsemen; they stood, but durst not advance againstPharaoh the King. But the king of the Hittites prepared an ambush to the north-west of Kadesh; and the chief part of his army was concealedthere; but others went forth from the south of Kadesh, and fellupon the centre of Pharaohs arm}^ and, taking them unawares,overthrew them, even the legion of Pra-Makhu. Now the station of Pharaoh the King was on the western s
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