Glimpses of Eastern Cities. By Andrew Russell. M.A. (Nisbet and
Co.)—Not the least remarkable thing about this volume is
the occasion which brought about its production. " These lec- tures," says Mr. Russell in his brief preface, "are the outcome of a recent visit to Egypt and Palestine. They were first delivered on Sunday evenings to my own congregation, and afterwards in several other parishes." Mr. Russell is Minister of Leslie, which every one may not know to be a parish in Fife. The place where so admirable an experiment has been tried, apparently with suc- cess, for the lectures have been delivered in other parishes, deserves to be felicitated. A parish could hardly do better than pay for its minister's journey to the East, and be repaid not only by interesting lectures such as these, but also by the general force which such experiences of travel give to the teaching of Scriptural subjects.
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