Excerpt from Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehA general dissertation, such as that contained in the second volume, requires a very extensive ao quaintance with those ancient and modern authors who have written or casually touched upon similar subjects. The necessity of a residence in the coun try, and the consequent absence of books, have pre vented me from consulting many works which might have afforded valuable information, and have ren dered difficult the verification of quotations obtained, in many instances, during hurried visits to London.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

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