7 JUNE 1890, Page 25

A Month in Palestine. By Countess Cowper. (John Bumpus.)— So

many travellers to Palestine have declared the disappointment which the appearance of the Holy City, following their precon- ceived idea of it, has produced, that it is a pleasure to find the writer of A Month in. Palestine fully impressed by the associations and history of Jerusalem. Its desolateness alone seemed strange ; and yet this aspect, we should have thought, would have added to the mingled impressions which actual touch with such a place must produce. Countess Cowper discourses pleasantly on her visit to Jerusalem, Cana, Nazareth, and a few other ancient sites, and discusses the position of some disputed localities. There is no pretension to style, but the book is readable, and written in a thoroughly appreciative spirit.