3 MAY 1856, page 31

Ivortab]t's Stria. And The Syrians..

A. GOOD portion, of these volumes might have been omitted with advantage,—such as florid descriptions of scenery, 'resuraes from Jewish, classicaL, mediceval, or modern history,......

Rznionrcals.*

THE two oldest of the greater reviews, the Edinburgh and the Quarterly, are rather of average than extraordinary merit. The papers are mostly well we enough chosen- in point of......