UABLE IN THE WORKS OF

ROBERTS, HARMER, BURDER, PAXTON, CHANDLER,

And the most celebrated oriental travellers. Embracing also the subject of
the Fulfilment of Prophecy, as exhibited by Keith and others; with
descriptions of the present state of countries and places mentioned in the
Sacred Writings.

ILLUSTRATED BY NUMEROUS LANDSCAPE ENGRAVINGS,

FROM SKETCHES TAKEN ON THE SPOT.

Edited by Rev. GEORGE BUSH,

Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Literature in the New York City
University.

The importance of this work mast be obvious, and, being altogether
_illustrative_, without reference to doctrines, or other points in which
Christians differ, it is hoped it will meet with favour from all who love
the sacred volume, and that it will be sufficiently interesting and
attractive to recommend itself, not only to professed Christians of _all_
denominations, but also to the general reader. The arrangement of the texts
illustrated with the notes, in the order of the chapters and verses of the
authorized version of the Bible, will render it convenient for reference to
particular passages; while the copious _Index_ at the end will at once
enable the reader to turn to every subject discussed in the volume.

_This volume is not designed to take the place of Commentaries, but is a
distinct department of biblical instruction, and may be used as a companion
to the Comprehensive or any other Commentary, or the Holy Bible._

THE ENGRAVINGS

In this volume, it is believed, will form no small part of its attractions.
No pains have been spared to procure such as should embellish the work,
and, at the same time, illustrate the text. Objections that have been made
to the pictures commonly introduced into the Bible, as being mere creations
of fancy and the imagination, often unlike nature, and frequently conveying
false impressions, cannot be urged against the pictorial illustrations of
this volume. Here the fine arts are made subservient to utility, the
landscape views being, without an exception, _matter-of-fact views of
places mentioned in Scripture, as they appear at the present day_; thus in
many instances exhibiting, in the most forcible manner, _to the eye_, the
strict and _literal_ fulfilment of the remarkable prophecies; "the present
ruined and desolate condition of the cities of Babylon, Nineveh, Selah,
&c., and the countries of Edom and Egypt, are astonishing examples, and so
completely exemplify, in the most minute particu