PREFACE. 
HP HE Eleventh Volume of the Journal of the Transactions of 
the Victoria Institute is now issued ; from the papers 
it contains and the discussions thereon, it will be seen that an 
increasing public interest in the work of the Society has 
tended to maintain the character of both. To all the writers 
of papers, and those who, at home and abroad, have added to 
the value of the proceedings by contributing to the discussions, 
the best thanks of the Members and Associates are due. 
Amongst the papers — we do not allude to any with a view 
to invidious comparison — one from Professor Morris of 
Michigan University, in the United States — where the 
Members of the Society are steadily increasing in num- 
ber — finds a place ; there is also a paper dealing with 
certain statements of ancient Egyptian records which 
demand attention by reason of the doubtful arguments which 
some now seek to found upon them. As regards the 
inquiry conducted and the matters involved in this paper (and 
another, recently read, on the Horus Myth),* it is a question 
whether the investigation has not now proceeded as far as the 
present limits of modern research admit ; and therefore whether 
it is not desirable that a thorough inquiry should be under- 
taken, with the aim of gathering from various sources, especially 
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