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WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE. WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES.
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NINEYEH AND ITS REMAINS. R E S E A R C H E S A N D DISCOVERIES IN A N C I E N T A S S Y R I A . WITH
A N A R R A T I V E OF A RESIDENCE I N T H A T C O U N T R Y ; A N D E X C U R SIONS TO T H E V A L L I E S OF T H E NESTORIAN CHRISTIANS, &c.
BY A U S T E N H E N E Y LA.YABD, D . C X . With Maps, Plans, Lithographs, and Numerous Woodcuts. 2 Vols. 8vo. " Mr. Layard has been prosecuting discoveries "with singular success. His memoir on Kuzistan evinces great power of observation, enlarged activity, and an acquaintance with the language, manners, and life of the wild tribes, very unusual in a European. Mr. Layard seems qualified in every respect for the service. About six miles from Mosul, lower down the Tigris, is a place which bears the traditionary name of Nimrowd. It occupies a large amount of artificial mounds. On the largest of these, Mr. Layard made his first attack. On digging down into the rubbish, chambers of white marble, covered with arrow-headed inscriptions, a gigantic bull, winged lion, bas-reliefs, hunting scenes and battle pieces, and other extraordinary specimens of Assyrian art were discovered."—Quarterly 7JeOTCW,1847 " Je dois m'ahstenir de toute discussion sur la détermination précise du nom que portaient dans l'antiquité les divers lieux que M . Layard a explorés, et les Rois d'Assyrie que avaient érigé les superbes monumens dont il a relevé les plans et les dessins. A lui seul appartient cette tâche, car lui seul possède les matériaux qui serviront de base a une si importante discussion ; et tous les archéologues, tous les géographes unissent en ce moment leurs vœux aux miens pour que la publication des observations et des portefeuilles de M. Layard ne se fasse pas attendre long temps."—Extract from a Report read before the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres.