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LEA & BLANCHARD'S NEW PUBLICATIONS. 1
LYNCH'S DEAD SEA.
CONDENSED AND CHEAPER EDITION. NOW READY.
NARRATIVE OF ThTu. S. EXPEDITION
TO THE DEAD SEA AND RIVER JORDAN.
BY W. F. LYNCH, U.S.N.,
Coinmaiider of the Expedition.
New and condensed edition, with a Map, from actnal Surveys.
In one neat royal 12mo. volume, extra cloth.
The universal curiosity excited by the interesting narrative of this
remarkable expedition, has induced the author to prepare a condensed
edition for popular use, which is now finished, at a very low
price. In preparing the former editions, the object was to produce
a work worthj^ in every respect of the national character which it
assumed, and no pains or expense was spared in bringing out a volume
as handsome as anything of the kind as yet prepared in this
country. The great demand, which has rapidly exhausted many
large impressions of this edition, notwithstanding its price, is a
sufficient proof of the intrinsic value and interest of the work ; and
in presenting this new and cheaper edition, the publishers would
merely state that it contains all the substance of the former volume,
from the time the expedition reached Lake Tibei-ias till its departure
from Jerusalem, embracing all the explorations upon the river
Jordan and the Dead Sea. Some matter in the preliminary and
concluding chapters has been omitted or condensed, and the two
maps of the former edition have been reduced in one, preserving,
however, all the more important features of the country described.
In its present form, therefore, afforded at about one-third
the price of the more costly issue, in a neat and handsome volume,
admirably adapted for parlor or fireside reading, or for district
schools, Sabbath schools, and other libraries, the publishers confidently
anticipate a very extensive demand.
Copies may still be had of the FINE EDITION,
In one very large and handsome octavo volume,
"With T-wenty-eight beautiful Plates, and Two Maps.
This book, so long and anxiously expected, fully sustains tlie hopes of the most sanguine
and fastidious. It is truly a magnificent work. The type, paper, binding, style,
and execution are all of the best and highest character, as are also the maps and engravings.
It will do more to elevate the character of our national literature than any
work that has appeared for years. The intrinsic interest of the subject will give it
popularity and immortality at once. It must be read to be appreciated ; and it will be
read extensively, and valued, both in this and other countries.— Lod]/ '5 Book, jli/g-. 1S49.
When, however, he fairly "gets under weigh," every page possesses interest, and
we follow him with eagerness in his perilous and tortuous voyage down the Jordan,
and his explorations of the mysterious sea, upon which the curse of the Almighty
visibly rests. His privations, toils, and dangers were numerous, but were rewarded
by success where all others had failed. He has contributed materially to our knowledije
of scriptural Gt-ography, particularly in his charts of the Jordan and Dead Sea,
which he fully explored. If our readers ^vish to know all he has done, they must
procure and read his book ; we cannot "ive even an outline of it. We can only add
that the publishers have done their full duty in their department, and the maps and
plates are all that could be desired. Presbylerian.
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