From the LITERARY GAZETTE.
A lively description of impressions made upon a cultivated mind, during a rapid journey over countries that never cease to interest. The writer carried with him the intelligence and manners of a gentleman—the first a key to the acquisition of knowledge, and the last a means of obtaining access to the best sources of information.
From the COURT JOURNAL.
We know no volumes furnishing purer entertainment, or better calculated to raise up vast ideas of past glories, and the present aspects of the people and lands of the most attractive region of the world.
From the WEEKLY CHRONICLE.
Of recent books of Eastern Travel, Mr. Warburton’s is by far the best. He writes like a poet and an artist, and there is a general feeling of bonhomie in every thing he says, that makes his work truly delightful.
From the CHESTER COURANT.
This is one of the most interesting and admirable publications of the day. The accomplished tourist presents us with graphic and life-like descriptions of the scenes and personages he has witnessed. His narrative is written in the most elegant and graphic style, and his reflections evince not only taste and genius, but well-informed judgment.
From the UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE.
We could not recommend a better book as a travelling companion than Mr. Warburton’s. It is by far the most picturesque production of its class that we have for a long time seen. Admirably written as is the work, and eminently graphic as are its descriptions, it possesses a yet more exalted merit in the biblical and philosophical illustrations of the writer.