Excerpt from The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Vol. 1 of 7 From the defultory manner in Which the or1ginal was firfi: publifhed, as ah'eady mentioned, the editors found it expedient to give the author's introductory ob'fervations and difcourfes a new but regular ar rangemeht, the propriety of which they humbly hope muf't be obvious to every reader, efpecia ily as they have preferved all the original ideas, obfervationsy and criticifms of the excellent author.: a letter W11tten by the Right Reverend cidr.. Franeas atterbury, late Lord Bi of Robhefter, to Mr. Rollin, in Com mendation of this Work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.