New-York tribune., 1901-03-24
THE UNIVERSITY SOCIETY, 7S Fifth Avenue New VI
FOUND IN EGYPT.
AN APPEAL FOR THE EXPLORATION
FUND HOW NETWORK MAY Sc
CURE ANTIQUITIES AND PArYRI.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir. Recently us papyri which include the oldest
known texts Of Plato. Aristotle. Herodotus De
mosthenes Xenophon. Euclid. the Had. the
ODYSSEY etc. have been presented TO our uni
verstics and museums by the Egypt Exploration
Fund. The University OF Pennsylvania has re-
ceived the very Oldest extant text OF ST. Matthew.
and Harvard that OF St Paul The papyri treat OK
matters legal. medical. municipal. social. business
Of every kind-in fact, almost everything from the
private accounts of Il peasant 10 the edicts of the
Caesars The antiquities, too. largely from AhydoS.
have been distributed. Drs. Grenfell and Hunt
again seek for papyri Petrie has just added an
other chapter. which reads like romance. to his
remarkable historic disclosures last winter OF
400 to 1900 B. c.. at Abydos Mr.. Davies is again
recording pershable mural scenes and texts before
they are lost To science. Never in the history OF
archaeology have such striking discoveries OF so
great variety been made at SO little cost as those
of this society / read of $4,000 even $10o.oo"
easily raised or spent single expeditions single
sites in other lands The last two years this office
has sent over but $4,000 each year toward all this
work and the publications. Writes an eminent
New-York editor TO me- There is no way IN
which money can he better spent archseoloscally'
have endowment. and depend for each
seasons work on the subscriptions-eaCh sub
scribcr of not less than s. toward the expiorh-
tions receiving the quarto volume of the year full
OF Illustrations the Archaeological Report bro
chure and the annual report. The society. there
and antIouities Patrons contribute S.5; life mem
bership Is sio5. Among the seven hundred eminent
Americans who have subscribed including the
greatest men and women in every department OF
intellectual achievement are III college and uni
yersity presidents the last by being Prcsi-
dent Hazard OF Wellesley. There is but one homo
rary c-presidert and they have been, in order.
James Russell Lowell. George William Curtis.
Charles Dudley Warner. each of whom took per-
sonal interest in the work. The office awaits ft
successor Among our earlier subscribers were
Holmes and Whittier In whose life and letters
are their letters TO upon the society.
beg 10 state publicly what is little known
that all the honorary officials, such as secre-
taries and treasurers. give their services AS the
working vice-president of the society give my en-
education They take three-quarters of my time.
Only the absolutely necessary clerical work such
as the distribution of books. is paid for. press
home another vital point: Owing to the increasing
agriculture In Egypt, and TO the monster dam at
PhR for irriga ton. to be completed In two years
more. the precious papyri will perish rapidly.
that in future years only occasional finds may DC
expected. This department of our work should
have abundant means at once-say, So.OOo-to prose
n9W N oppsa m s do to TO see that instead @
next. when the year closes in order to carry on
united archaeological work in Egypt. is there
gift fine donation of papyr antiquities 10 New
York? The committee distribute these "spoils' to
scriptions in their respective localities a number
Of colleges need oqr m ad yodmes m and should have
each. Who will aid here? Checks should be made
s 70 be ree1 m
addressing the Rev. ". G Winsow. honorary sec
Egypt Exploration Fund. No. 80 Temple-st Bos-
ton. To the press. always so appreeiative of our
WILLIAM COPLEY wINSLoW,
Vice-president and honorary secretary
No. SOS Beacon-st., Boston. March is. 1901