The Seven Churches of Asia. By A. Svoboda. With an
Introduction by the Rev. H. B. Tristram, M.A. (Sampson Low and Co.)—This volume is illustrated by twenty photographs representing landscapes and architectural remains, and representing the present condition of the cities which were the seats of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor. All these are interesting, though the interest, and perhaps the use of a photograph is greater to those who know the scene which it represents than to those who do not. Some of them strike us as being unusually good, with an artistic effect not always attained. We may specify as one specially worthy of note No. 15, " Sardis ; the general view looking towards the Church." The text is interesting, written, it would seem, by one who is well acquainted with his subject. M. Svoboda has added a very useful itinerary, with an account of distances and attainable accommodation. The tour, he tells us, is one that can be made easily and safely. Fifteen days is the time that he allows for it, the total distance being something under 500 miles, of which the first fifty may be accomplished by railway.
Previous page
