ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE EXODUS.
Tins work consists of six views of Mount Horeb and Mount Sinai, show- ing the spots which are pointed out by the guides as celebrated for having been the sites of remarkable incidents in Scripture history, from drawings made on the spot by Mr. NEWNHAM, and accompanied by descriptive letter- press. The author was the friend and travelling companion of the late Mr. WEBSTER, whose travels are about to be given to the world, and to which- these plates will form appropriate and valuable illustrations. The work possesses great interest for the student of Biblical history; and the drawings are so striking irrtheir character as to claim the admiration of every one, being both accurate and beautiful. They convey a grand idea of the sublime desolation which reigns in the desert, trodden by the feet of Moses and hal- lowed by the presence of the Deity. The lithography is the work of Mr. HAR.. DING, and is executed in that masterly style so peculiar to himself. The effect of the arid rocks of the desert under a sultry sky is represented with singular felicity ; and the solitary cypress, towering in its sombre green, affords a melancholy contrast, rather than a relief, to the parched and barren sands from which it springs. The view of the summit of Sinai is impressive by the force of its naked grandeur. That of the Rock in Rephidim is inter- esting from the circumstance of its being considered traditionally as the identical rock from which Moses commanded the water to flow in the desert : the channel of the waters, intersected by numerous fissures, is shown in the plate; and the author says that it has every appearance of having been oc- casioned by the action of a stream of water --we confess that this evidence of its identity is not of the kind best calculated to win our belief. We should not omit to mention the purity and brilliancy of tint in the lithography, which reflects great credit on the printer, Mr. liIILLMANDEL.
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