A Dictionary of the Egyptian Language

In 1880, I made a manuscript copy of Dr. Birch's Egyptian Dictionary (Vol. V, of Bunsen's Egypt). As it was inadequate for the present requirement I added to it a list of words compiled from translations, lately made, of papyrus texts and monumental inscriptions, with the aid of Chabas' Melanges Egyptologiques, and the works of Grebant, Deveria, Goodwin, &c. Finally, I closely compared the work with Pierret's Vocabulaire, the latest issue of the kind, resulting ip the Dictionary now laid before the Society.
I claim for it that it contains all the words that could be obtained from the sources I have just mentioned, and probably all that have been defined by Egyptologists up to the present time.
These words, and their variants, are placed nuder their proper initial symbols or characters, which, being carefully indexed, even the uninitiated may work but the meaning- of a hieroglyphical text.
I have not placed any geographical or theological names in the book.
Our constantly increasing information on the geography and religion of ancient Egypt, necessitating constant correction, I thought it better to restrict myself to the compilation of a book that would be of use in translating ordinary lingual text.