26 FEBRUARY 1876, Page 24

The Three heavens. By the Rev. Josiah Crampton. (Hunt and

Co.)— To the first and second of the divisions of this book we have no objection to make. Mr. Crampton has road books about meteorology and astro- nomy, and though he has no particular gift of putting facts in a now or striking light, ho has studied the subject carefully, and produces a readable result. But the third chapter, in which ho argues for the locality of the "Heaven of Heavens," the abode of the blest, is little loss than absurd. We do not moan to deny the fact, but we certainly should not rest the proof on such passages as the vision of Micaiah and the opening scene of the Book of Job. Can any one doubt that these are parables?