: The Pillar of Fire; or Israel in Bondage by Ingraham J H Joseph Holt - Historical fiction; Jews Fiction; Jewish fiction

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LETTERS OF SESOSTRIS TO QUEEN EPIPHIA.

On, the City of the Sun--Grandeur of Egypt--Emotions at the sight of its wonders of art and scenes of beauty--The Queen of the ancient house of Pharaoh--Her son, Prince Remeses --Tyre, and its traffic with distant lands--Damascus--Voyage from Tyre to Pelusium--Scene at the departure of the fleet--The Nile--Its encroachments--First view of Egypt--Meeting with Egyptian war-ship--Invitation to visit the Court of Queen Amense--Description of Egyptian war-ship--Banquet on the Admiral's ship--Singular custom--Panorama of the Nile--pp. 25-38.

Love for native land--Avenue of temples and palaces--Sublime temple of the Sun--Emblem of Osiris--Artificial canal--Gardens and circular lake--Gathering of philosophers and scholars--Obelisks--Message from Queen Amense--Great temple of Osiris--Splendid approach to the City of the Sun--Row of sphinxes--Osiris and Isis--Colossi--An Arabian charger--Magnificent scene--Spectacle of architectural grandeur--Beautiful palace--Religious notions of the Egyptians--Personal appearance of the Lord-prince Remeses --View of the Desert--Hebrew laborers--Interview with Remeses--pp. 39-52.

Climate of Egypt--Eternal sunshine and crystalline atmosphere--Costume of the Egyptian prince--Hieroglyphic writing--Legend of the Obelisk of Mitres--More of the personal appearance of Remeses --The Hebrew prince Abram --His personal appearance--His tomb--Interior of Egyptian palace--Egyptian Mythology--Mnevis, the sacred ox--Legend of Osiris--Pantheism--Apis, or the sacred bull--Out-of-door life at midday--Hebrews, under their taskmasters, in the burning sun--Prospect from the terrace of the palace--Isle of Rhoda, in the Nile--pp. 53-66.

Palace of Remeses--Invitation to meet the Queen--Costume of a prince of Tyre--Egyptian chariots and horses--Nubian charioteer--Escort of the Queen's body-guard--Pleasure chariots--The Queen in her chariot--Beautiful lake--Sphinxes--Royal palace described--The throne-room--The throne-chair of ivory--Its footstool and canopy--Assembly of military princes--Magnificent attire, and splendid appearance of Remeses --Ceremony of presentation to the Queen--Queen Amense; her appearance and costume--Termination of the audience--pp. 67-80.

Egyptian magnificence--Egyptian architecture--Osiride pillars--Vastness of objects--Avenue of Sphinxes--Temple of the god Horus--The emblem of Hor-hat--Court of Colonnades--Grand hall--Rich colors in architecture--Sculpture--Bass-reliefs--Splendid temple--Chamber of art and beauty--Magnificent review of the army of four thousand chariots of iron--A warrior-prince in his war-chariot--Description of war-chariot--Ethiopian slaves--Bewildering spectacle--Military and civil homage to the Queen--The Lord of Uz described--Ceremonies preparatory to a royal banquet--The banquet--Costly wine-goblets--Arabian dancing-girls--Jugglers--Guests overcome by wine--pp. 81-98.

Visit from Prince Remeses --Great gate of the city--Phalanx of dark Libyan soldiers--Varied accomplishments of Remeses--Avenue of gardens, villas, and lakes--Temples in circular lakes--Egyptian field-laborers--Hebrew brick-makers--Description of this "mysterious" race--Account of the mode of their toil--Cruelty of their taskmasters--Emotions of pity at the sight of their sufferings--The lash!--Beautiful Hebrew girls--Dwellings of brick-makers--Joseph--Scene at the "Fountain of Strangers"--Distant view of the City of the Sun--Of Raamses--Of the pyramids--Of the illimitable desert--Wounded Hebrew youth at the Fountain of Strangers--Majestic old Hebrew beaten by taskmasters--Touching scene--pp. 99-114.

Interview with the venerable Ben Isaac at the Well of the Strangers--Raamses, the Treasure-city--Joseph's granary--Exquisite temple of Apis--Beautiful young Hebrew girl pursued by the taskmaster--Her rescue and story--The punishment of the taskmaster--Intolerable burdens of the Hebrews--Garden of Flowers for the use of the temple of Apis--Account of the Syrian prince Abram --Of Melchisedec--Of the Hyksos, or Shepherd-Kings--Their conquest of Egypt--The Princess Sara --Prince Jacob and his twelve sons--Joseph--Pharaoh's dream--Elevation of Joseph--Monuments of his power--pp. 115-129.

Eagles of prey--Account of the Hebrews--Imposing funeral of the Patriarch Jacob--His powerful and able government--Overthrow of the dynasty of the Shepherd-Kings--Dynasty of the Theba?d--Flourishing condition of the Hebrews in the land of Goshen, under the government of Joseph--Aspirations after the One God--Reduction of the Hebrews to servitude--Their rapid and miraculous increase--The massacre of their male infants--Courageous affection of the Hebrew mothers--Egyptian nurses sympathize with them--Infants hid--Queen Amense's humanity--Courage and wisdom of many of the Hebrews--Exciting ride past Joseph's ruined palace--Jacob's Well--The plain of the Hebrew brick-makers--Death of a Hebrew under his taskmasters--Sculptured obelisk of Queen Amense--Emotions of Syrian painters at sight of their prince--pp. 130-144.

Reflections on the degradation of the Hebrews--Hebrew pages and maidens in the service of Egyptian nobles--Amram, the palace gardener--Contrast between the physiognomy of the Egyptians and Hebrews--Remarkable likeness of Prince Remeses to the Israelites--Description of the Lord-prince Moeris--He seeks a quarrel with Remeses--Illness of Queen Amense--Filial devotion of Remeses--Magnificent prospect of the Nile, the Plain of the Pyramids, the City of the Sun, Jizeh and Memphis--Myriads of human beings at labor--Naval review and sham-battle--Exciting scene of contending thousands--pp. 145-157.

Recovery of Queen Amense--Gropings after the True God--Pleasure-galley of the Nile--Voluptuous ease--River chant--Phoenician Mythology and Learning--Procession of the Dead--Tradition of the universal Deluge and of Noe-menes --Myths of Ammon, and of Belus the Warrior-god and Founder of Babylon--Nimrod's temple--Baalbec--Worship of the Sun--Myths of Apis, Horus, Adonis, and Io--Magnificent worship of Osiris and Isis--Mysteries of the temple of Tyre--Baal-phegor--Pillars of the West--Marvels of foreign lands, and islands of wonderful beauty--Men formed like monkeys--The edge of the world--A sea-storm--Gulf down which the full sea plunges--Legends of the form of the Earth; of its foundation; of its motion through space--pp. 158-172.

The beautiful Isle of Rhoda--Prince Moeris and his favorite lion--Refinement of Egyptians--Polite observances at the reception of visitors--Parting between Queen Amense and Remeses--Military emblems--Magnificent display of the Egyptian "tented hosts"--Striking religious and military display of the army--Columns formed of trophies taken in battle--The chief priest of Mars--His gorgeous attire and imposing ceremonies--Gigantic statue of Mars, in full armor--Offerings of the soldiers--Invocation by the High-priest--Libations for the army--Clouds of incense--Appearance of the beautiful daughters of the priest--The musical sistrum--Sacred offices in the temple filled by women--The Virgins of the Sun--Social position of Egyptian women--Thrilling martial hymn chaunted by the priests, the army, and the maiden--Sacrifice--Remeses reviews the army--Ethiopia--Description of an Egyptian army; its tactics and weapons--The nations composing it--pp. 173-190.

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