Excerpt from Outlines of a Course of Lectures on Bibliography Given in Cornell University<br><br>In Egypt the papyrus furnished a writing material of vastly greater importance to literature than any of the materials mentioned. General usefulness of the papyrus; preparation of charta papyracea; different qualities; roll form of books. Hieroglyphic, hieratic, demotic systems of writing; the Rosetta Stone and its decipherment. Char acter of the literature. Examples of papyrus manuscripts.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.