PUBLISHED BY B. J. HOLDSWORTH, 18, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD. SOLD ALSO BY JOHN ANDERSON, JUNIOR, AND GLASGOW. CONTENTS. Abernethy's Reflections on Gall and Spurzheim's System Address to Separatists from the Established Church - Attempt to ascertain the Import of the Title, “ Son of Man” Belsham's Reflections upon the History of the Creation Bennett's Support of the Christian Ministry: a Sermon Bloomfield's May Day with the Muses . Borrenstein's Easy Method of acquiring Hebrew Bosworth's Introduction to Latin Construing Bradley's Select British Divines .. Brief Memoir of the late Thomas Bateman, M,D... Britton's History and Antiquities of the See and Cathedral Church of Lichfield Buckingham's Travels in Palestine Burchell's Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa. Vol. I. Campbell's Travels in South Africa Card's Dissertation on the Lord's Supper . Clare's Village Minstrel and other Poems Cook's Inquiry into the Books of the New Testament Copland's History of Madagascar Copleston's Inquiry into the Doctrines of Necessity and Predestination and Germany Dobrizhoffer's Account of the Abipones . Fletcher's Protestant Reformation vindicated Flower's Letters from the Illinois Hale's Appeal to the Public in Defence of the Spitalfields Act Hayman's Practical Treatise on Brewing . Holland's Cottage of Pella, with other Poems 75 Jarrom's Letter to the Rev. Jeremiah Jackson Jones's Scripture Antiquities . Kitchiper's Observations on Vocal Music . Lacey's superior Advantages of the present Period: a Sermon Lamb's Poems of Caius Valerius Catullus Lawrence's Lectures on Physiology Liagno's Repertoire Portatif de l'Histoire et de la Littérature des Nations 105 List of Works recently published i 103, 191, 386 381, 478, 574 Metrical Epistles from Florence. Milman's Martyr of Antioch ; a dramatic Poem Morison's Lectures on the reciprocal Obligations of Life Newman's Work and Reward of faithful Deacons : a Sermon Orloft's Memoires Historiques, Politiques, et Littéraires sur le Royaume de Owen's Two Letters on the French Bible published by the British and Foreign Bible Society Pring's General Indications which relate to the laws of Organic Life Reasons for Opposition to the present Administration Reid's Two Voyages to New South Wales . Report (Third) of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline i 274 . 101, 190, 284, 379, 476, 573 Sikes's Dialogues between a Minister and his Parishioner Sketches of the Domestic Manners and Institutions of the Romans Smith's (Dr. J. P.) Sermon preached before the London Missionary Society 121 Southey's Vision of Judgement : a Poem . Steven's Remarks on the Present State of Ireland Stevenson's Scripture Portraits .. THE ECLECTIC REVIEW, FOR JANUARY, 1822. Art. 1. Travels in Palestine, through the Countries of Bashan and Gilead, East of the River Jordan: including a Visit to the Cities of Geraza and Gamala, in the Decapolis.' By J. S. Buckingham, Member of the Asiatic Society, Calcutta, &c. 4to. pp. xxvi, 554. Price 31. 138. 6d. London. 1821. ALL that learned speculation and research could do to illus1 trate the topography of Palestine, has been accomplished; and yet, after all the erudite labours of Reland and D'Anville, with all the light which the details of ancient and modern Travellers have thrown upon the subject, there is scarcely any part of the world, certainly none of comparable interest, respecting which our information is so meagre, perplexed, and unsatisfactory. Michaelis complained, that our travellers never venture across Jordan. Dr. Seetzen * and Mr. Burckhardt are the only * In one of the cells in the convent at the foot of Mount Sinai, Mr. Fazakerley, in 1811, found a paper giving the following account of Dr. Seetzen's journey through Palestine. Le 9 d'Avril, 1807, U. I. Seetzen, nommé Mousa, voyageur 'Allemand, M.D. &c. est venu visiter le couvent de la Sainte Cathe• rine, les monts d'Horeb, et de Sinai, et de la Saint Catherine, après « avoir parcouru toutes les provinces orientales anciennes de la Pa. • lestine; scavoir, Auravitis, Trachonitis, Gaulonitis, Paneas, Batanæa, • Decapolis, Galaaditis, Ammonitis, Amorrhitis, Moabitis, jusqu'aux • frontieres de la Gebalene (Idumæa), et après avoir fait deux fois • l'entour de la Mer Morte, traversé, le desert de l'Arabie Petreè, • entre la ville d'Hebron et le Mont Sinai par un chemin jusquà ' ce temps lá inconnu. Après un séjour de dix jours il continuoit son voyage pour la ville de Suez.' This,' adds Mr. F.,' is rather pompous, but Dr. Seetzen is, unquestionably, a traveller of great enterprise. He has been seven or eight years in these countries, and his experience, and habits, and knowledge of Arabic, qualify him in a remarkable degree for the pursuits in which he is engaged. The Arabs know him well by the name of Mousa.' Walpole's Travels in the East, p. 371.' Vol. XVII. N. S. |