In dit boek worden de legenden van de Goden van het oude Egypte verteld, legenden, die in circulatie waren gedurende de "ochtend van de beschaafde wereld" en die, gebeiteld in steen en geschreven op papyrussen, tot nu toe bewaard zijn gebleven.

Dit boek is bestemd om de belangstelling van het publiek op te wekken voor de godsdienst en de beschaving van het oude Egypte.

Hoewel het boek bestemd is voor de leek, zijn er aan het eind aantekeningen voor de meer wetenschappelijke lezer gegeven. Er ...

The stories found in this volume aim to faithfully reflect the spirit of the common folk. The stories are mostly genuine fairy tales bearing at times some resemblance to the tales heard in other lands. However, they are more often legends and wayside stories that are undeniably Dutch from start to finish with droll touches of humor. Some are parables or allegories on life. The author spent many years as a resident of Holland and has personal knowledge of the people and their tales.

"I've never written a line that I'd be ashamed for my young daughters to read, and I never shall write such a line!" Thus Jack London, well along in his career. And thus almost any collection of his adventure stories is acceptable to young readers as well as to their elders. So, in sorting over the few manuscripts still unpublished in book form, while most of them were written primarily for boys and girls, I do not hesitate to include as appropriate a tale such as "Whose Business Is to Live."

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