You must yourself judge whether the old adage “a pupil’s praise is lame,” is applicable to this biography. I am conscious of having handled my brush with love indeed, but also with all fidelity. On account of the great abundance of material there was far less need of original research than of sifting and selecting, and this had to be done with special pains and prudence in regard to the twenty-seven volumes of Mrs. Lepsius’ interesting diary. I hope that you, the master’s eldest pupil, will miss, in this likeness painted by the hand of friendship, no essential trait of the dead who was dear to us both, and that you will find that the artist has introduced into it no more of his own personality than may be permitted to an historian. He tenders you this book with affection, and knows that you will receive it in the same spirit from Your very faithful, GEORG EBERS. LEIPSIC, Easter, 1885. CONTENTS. PAGE. PREFACE, 1 BOYHOOD AND APPRENTICESHIP, 3 THE SCHOOL, 5 LEIPSIC, 9 GÖTTINGEN, 18 BERLIN, 40 THE JOURNEYMAN, PARIS, 51 EGYPTOLOGICAL STUDIES, AS LEPSIUS FOUND THEM IN 1834, 69 LEPSIUS IN PARIS AS AN EGYPTOLOGIST, 79 ITALY, 93 HOLLAND, ENGLAND, AND THE SEASON OF WAITING, IN GERMANY, 123 THE PRUSSIAN EXPEDITION TO EGYPT, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF LEPSIUS, 140 THE MASTER WORKMAN, 167 THE HOME OF LEPSIUS, 218 RICHARD LEPSIUS AS A MAN, 282 APPENDIX: I. THE GÖTTINGEN INSURRECTION, 301 “ II. LEPSIUS’ REPORT TO THE BERLIN ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ON THE COMMENCEMENT OF HIS EGYPTOLOGICAL STUDIES, 308 “ III. EXTRACT FROM THE REPORT ADDRESSED TO THE MINISTRY, ON THE ACQUISITIONS AND RESULTS OF THE EXPEDITION TO EGYPT UNDER R. LEPSIUS, 314 INDEX TO THE WORKS OF R. LEPSIUS, 325 RICHARD LEPSIUS,