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Transcriber’s Note: The original copy of this book wasn’t very well
proofread, if at all. A large number of printing errors have been
corrected, including transposed full lines of text. In one place (noted
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The spelling and hyphenation of Egyptian names are often inconsistent.




[Illustration: CLEOPATRA.]




                              PREDECESSORS
                              OF CLEOPATRA

                                   BY
                               LEIGH NORTH

                       _5 Drawings by G. A. Davis_

                             [Illustration]

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                                  1906

                           Copyrighted, 1906.
                                   BY
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TO MY HUSBAND




INTRODUCTION.


In attempting even a brief and imperfect outline of the history of
Egyptian queens the author has undertaken no easy task and craves
indulgence for its modest fulfillment. The aim has been merely to put the
little that is known in a readable and popular form, to gather from many
sources the fragments that remain, partly historic, partly legendary, of
a dead past. To present—however imperfectly—sketches