Physical Geography of the Holy Land By E. Robinson, D.D.
(John Murray.)—The learned author of Biblical Researches in Palestine intended his travels to be preparatory to a systematic work on the geo-
graphy of Syria. Fearing, however, that he might not live to finish so vast a scheme, he began with that of Palestine. This was to be divided into three parts,—the physical, the historical, and topographical. Even the first part, however, the author did not finish. What he had done is complete, so far as it goes, and it is given to the world in this volume, together with an essay on the physical geography of the Syrian coast, which was to have been the beginning of thelazgeracheme. This work has the qualities of Dr. Robinson's other writings. It is a mine of care- fully-arranged and accurate information, but dull in style.
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