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BY-PATHS OF BIBLE KNOWLEDGE,

PUBLISHED BY

The Religious Tract Society.

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"The volumes which the Committee of the Religious Tract Society is issuing under the above title fully deserve success. Most of them have been entrusted to scholars who have a special acquaintance with the subjects about which they severally treat."—The Athenæum.

1. CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE. A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics. By the Rev. J. King, Lecturer for the Palestine Exploration Fund. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo., 2s. 6d. cloth boards.

"Mr. King's account of the monument seems fairly full and satisfactory."—Saturday Review.

"In every way interestingly written."—Literary Churchman.

2. FRESH LIGHT FROM THE ANCIENT MONUMENTS. By A. H. Sayce, LL.D., Deputy Professor of Comparative Philology, Oxford, &c. A sketch of the most striking confirmations of the Bible from recent discoveries in Egypt, Assyria, Babylonia, Palestine, and Asia Minor. With Facsimiles from Photographs. 3s. cloth boards.

"All who wish to understand the Bible, and all who take an interest in ancient history, ought to procure it."—Leeds Mercury.

3. RECENT DISCOVERIES ON THE TEMPLE HILL AT JERUSALEM. By the Rev. J. King, M.A., Authorised Lecturer for the Palestine Exploration Fund. With Maps, Plans, and Illustrations. 8vo., 2s. 6d. cloth boards.

"An interesting little book, well deserving of perusal."—Literary Churchman.

"An excellent and cheap compendium of information on a subject of intense and perpetual interest."—Watchman.

4. BABYLONIAN LIFE AND HISTORY. By E. A. Wallis Budge, M.A., Camb., Assistant in the Department of Oriental Antiquities, British Museum. Illustrated. Crown 8vo., 3*. cloth boards.

"An admirable addition to this excellent series of By-Paths of Bible Knowledge.' Mr. Budge's method is sound, and his book is worthy of his reputation."—Saturday Review.

"A very readable little book, which tells the general reader all he need care to know about the life of the old people of Chaldea."—Athenæum.

5. GALILEE IN THE TIME OF CHRIST. By Selah Merrill, D.D., author of "East of the Jordan," &c. With a Map. Crown 8vo., 2s. 6d. cloth boards.

"Will be of great service to all who desire to realise the actual surroundings amid which our Lord spent His life on earth, and will be specially useful in correcting some false notions which have obtained wide currency; e.g., the common idea that Nazareth was a small, obscure, and immoral place."—Congregationalist.