7 MAY 1881, Page 23

Children at Jerusalem : a Sketch of Modern Life in

Syria. By Mrs. Holman Hunt. (Ward, Lock, and Co.)—The families of two brothers travel together through part of the Holy Land. One sot of cousins is enthusiastic ; one set is indifferent. The contrast of their dispositions, as it is brought out by the scenes and places in which the travellers find themselves, gives a personal interest to descriptions which will be familiar to most readers. Yet the descriptions—as, for instance, that of tho lighting of the Sacred Fire by the Greek Patriarch—are fresh and vigorous. This is an entertaining and in. etructive little volume.