CURTAIN. NOTE.—It is interesting to point out that the final ecstasy of Nectoris is quoted thought for thought from the earliest Egyptian texts which have yet been discovered. Just as the Modern World has come to think of Heaven as a state rather than as a place, so we learn from these texts that the wise men of the Ancient World had gone a step farther, and knew the gods to be states and not persons. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: Logo for F. F., printer, Croydon] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Notes This file uses _underscores_ to indicate italic text, except on the title page, where quotation marks were used for improved readability. The text uses the terms “Yeoiret” and “Yeioret” once each. These are likely supposed to be the same, but since it was not clear which was correct, they have been left as printed. Itemized changes from the original text: In _The Beloved of Hathor_: • Changed “Mout” to “Maut” in line: Maut, the Vulture-Mother • Adjusted final punctuation in stage direction: (_re-enters, muttering_). • Supplied missing opening parentheses in stage direction: (_The chant continues._) • Added period after stage direction: _Aahmes_ (_cries_). • Added period after stage direction: (_As he goes voices outside._) • Added period after stage direction: _Ranoutet_ (_prays_). In _The Shrine of the Golden Hawk_: • Supplied missing opening parentheses in stage direction: (_The Priest of Harvests brings corn...._ • “Priests” changed to “Priest” in line: Let the Priest of the Harvest and the Famine do homage before Heru! • “_Priest of the Harvests._” changed to “_The Priest of Harvests._” to match other occurrences before line: So long as Heru in the form of the Golden Hawk.... • “_Priest of the Waters._” changed to “_The Priest of Waters._” to match other occurrences before line: The Golden Hawk is hidden within the shrine.... • Adjusted final punctuation in stage direction: (_She salutes him in the Egyptian manner._)