Nippur or Explorations and Adventures on the Euphrates, Vol. 2 The Narrative of the University of Pennsylvania Expedition to Babylonia in the Years 1888-1890; Second Campaign (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Nippur or Explorations and Adventures on the Euphrates, Vol. 2: The Narrative of the University of Pennsylvania Expedition to Babylonia in the Years 1888-1890; Second Campaign While at Constantinople I received a telegram from Philadelphia advising me that continuance Of the Expedi tion was improbable, and a letter from the President of the Fund, asking for my resignation. I could not but feel that the Committee was quite justified in making such a request, buti feared that my resignation would be the end of American exploration in Babylonia for some time to come. My effects returned from Trebizond to Constantinople on the 22d, and on the same day I started for Bremen, stopping at Dresden on the way to see my family. My wife's representations that my honor was at stake, and that I must carry the Expedition through to success or perish in the attempt, fixed my resolution to endeavor to secure the continuance of the work under my own direction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.