# Chambers's journal of popular literature, science, and art, fifth series, no. 131, vol. III, July 3, 1886

Author: Various

Genre: Category: Short Stories

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71830

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## Summary

The early history of man in every country is shrouded in considerable mystery and uncertainty. Of our own history, we have fairly full and accurate knowledge as far back as the days of the Saxon kings; but beyond that period, the light of history gradually fades into tradition. In seeking to follow the earlier history, even the light of tradition soon fails us, and we are left in complete darkness. The history of some other countries reaches further into the gloom of the past. But even Greece and Egypt have their dim dawn of history, beyond which the voice of massive ancient Sphinx and temple-ruins of the one are silent, and the beautiful myths of the other have no further record. When, h...

## Chapters

- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/chambers-s-journal-of-popular-literature-science-and-art-fifth-1ccdb903/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/chambers-s-journal-of-popular-literature-science-and-art-fifth-1ccdb903/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/chambers-s-journal-of-popular-literature-science-and-art-fifth-1ccdb903/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/chambers-s-journal-of-popular-literature-science-and-art-fifth-1ccdb903/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/chambers-s-journal-of-popular-literature-science-and-art-fifth-1ccdb903/chapters/5/index.md)