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    56 NOTICES OF BOOKS.

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    The Oldest Of Flie Old World. By Sophia ...

    the " h eavens The supposed was anot possibility her induce of m divining ent bwhich future the even ancient ts by the mind appearance was of - y power

    fully actuated to observe the sky . The Chaldean priest marked the position of trolo the stars ical in ur the oses ir cour and ses hence , and i ns t i h e moon hecy walkin w g hen in her denouncing beauty , the for

    Divine asg judgments pp against , Babylon , challen p ges prop the " astrolo , gers , the star-gazers , the prognosticators , to try their power to avert them . " *

    " ' While Whoso Jove turns ' as planet I this rises evening yonder turn , silent to God over to Africa praise . ' and pray , " KOBEET _BeOWTSTING .

    declared " Jupit he er could is mag discern nificent one in t of hese his h satellites eavens ; with and the a traveller naked wh om cl ear e met and transarent is the atmoshere of these dry nihts on the _IsTile eye . , _Neither the

    moon p nor the stars seem p set in the sky ; but , g from the peculiar transparency of the atmosphere , appear to hang like balls from the soft elastic heavens . "

    The following" is very real and graphic . which " Great was was at an our old curio Roman sity as station we left called Heliopolis El Kanka to see memorable our first encampment at a later ,.,

    , h p our o eriod rses white as laced the tent scene s in were their of p S itched aladin t . ' s a S c peedil on enclo quest y sures the of camels the and Eg were the yptian coo grou k governor bus ped abou . t Here ar , the in : y y prepg

    s our helter even . p ing We meal had . provided For seventeen empor ourselves days with a canvas every , roof portable was to comfort be our . Persian nightly _,

    snow rugs y de c over house ived let s , Thoug fo as lding to our ht chairs h fl oor and v er sand soon tables ; bro neat , were ke iron awa arran bedsteads from ged the as present made neatly century u as p i f in h

    and our own floated far . back into , atriarchal , times . Abraham y IsaacJacobBalaam , . Siseraand Gideonwere p the moving figures in this mental , drama , . , And we ,

    were to , lie down to , sleep without the defence of walls , bolts , or locks , in a t coun ect t t h ry w stran here A er bb as P asha ith ' s govermen a thin t , c l anvas aws , and art pol ition ice c between annot alway ourse s pro lves - y p

    and the wild Arab g , of the desert . The foundations of our portable dwellingsperadventure were but wooden to let stakes the angels driven in into and , if nothing the the moving white worse sands , and watched ; a canvas curtain roo for f , civilized throug a door h ,

    w countries hich the of pale what stars avail _g li are mmered bolted , doors and windows moon , without the . nig In ht-police ? Here , a lawless racethere is but one watchman that can availHe who

    watcheth among not in vain . Like , the Israelites of old , our faith was to be , put on trial ' cast . all We our were care to cut the Him cord who of heareth dependence the on ravens human when . power they , and , now T and to

    ' remembereth we upon are but dust . ' How novel the picture of camp-life cry to , denideadl zens of silence the West hangs ! The its d heavy arkness wei of hts the night the is relieved senseswhile by no on city the lamps tent-door . A

    y gupon , g limmer iof preparation the watch- for fires ni , revealing htnot the the least groups striking of camels feature feeding of the , and icture all the being

    busythe and r reflection sing to keep of the themselves dancing g , awake flames . on _3 _STo the w and wild then faces the of the cry Arabs of a jackal p , who startles smoke the cook

    the breaks ear , the or a stillness hungry dog All , crunching this form the s a bones strange thrown wild from scene . The morning ' s tent , -

    . dawns The shouts early of upon the camp Arabs -li the fe , for as laining soon as voices the sun of the rises camels every one the packing is astir . -

    empty of canteens space , . the Then rolling we up , watch of tents comp camel , go after on while camel we stalking are sipp off ing into , our the cofFee desert in ,

    wind with save a our which ring homes of in stones a upon few , hours that their hel backs will ped be , to leaving all fortif buried y nothing the b tents y the to and drifting testif exclude y of sands human the . Then ni life ght ,

    , ? " * Gallery of Nature / by Dr , Milraan .

    56 Notices Of Books.

    56 NOTICES OF BOOKS .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1860, page 56, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091860/page/56/