OR.

THE HISTORY OF THE GREAT CITY.

BY THE REV. ROBERT FERGUSON, LL.D., F.S.A.,

MEMBER OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY, ETC. ETC.

"Man

Of men, at whose strong girdle hang the keys

Of all things."

LONDON:

PARTRIDGE, OAKEY, & CO., PATERNOSTER ROW.

M.DCCC.LV.

ANDOYER-HARVARL THEOLOGICAL LIBRANT CAMBRIDGE MASS.

H52,340

July 1926

TO THE

YOUTH OF GREAT BRITAIN,

THESE PAGES ON

NINEVEH AND ITS RUINS,

WRITTEN TO LEAD THEM TO A DEEPER STUDY OF HISTORY,

ARE INSCRIBED

WITH AFFECTIONATE ESTEEM AND INTEREST.