Produced by Jeannie Howse, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net * * * * * +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Note: | | | | Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation in the original | | document have been preserved. Superscripted text is | | marked with a carot character, i.e. ^o. | | | | This e-book is full of lovely images and decorations, | | the reader might like to look at the html version, | | rather than the text version. | | | | Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. For | | a complete list, please see the end of this document. | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ * * * * * [Illustration: Painted by J.M.W. Turner, R.A. Engraved & Printed by Illman Brothers. THE PALACE OF THE CAESARS] * * * * * MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITY A DESCRIPTION OF _ANCIENT LIFE_: THE EMPLOYMENTS, AMUSEMENTS, CUSTOMS AND HABITS, THE CITIES, PALACES, MONUMENTS AND TOMBS, THE LITERATURE AND FINE ARTS OF 3,000 YEARS AGO. BY L.W. YAGGY, M.S., AND T.L. HAINES, A.M., _AUTHORS OF THE "ROYAL PATH OF LIFE," "OUR HOME COUNSELOR," "LITTLE GEMS."_ ILLUSTRATED. MADISON, WIS.: J.B. FURMAN & CO. WESTERN PUBLISHING HOUSE, CHICAGO, ILL. 1884. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1880 by L.W. YAGGY & T.L. HAINES, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C. PREFACE. Egypt, Greece and Italy were the fountain heads of our civilization and the source of our knowledge; to them we can trace, link by link, the origin of all that is ornamental, graceful and beautiful. It is therefore a matter of greatest interest to get an intimate knowledge of the original state, and former perfection, the grandeur, magnificence and high civilization of these countries, as well as of the homes, the private and domestic life, the schools, churches, rites, ceremonies, &c.