KITTO'S CYCLOPAEDIA OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE. 



From Rco. E. N. Kirk, Pastor of Mount Vernon Congregational Church, Boston, 



Tim work is invaluable to the student of the Bible. We have no other in this depart 

 mcnt to be compared with it, for condensing the results of modern researches or Oriental 

 antiquities and topography, which are so valuable in explaining the language of the Bible. 



From Hon. Thomas S. Williams, Hartford, Ct. 



A mass of information, in a condensed form, highly important to those who regard the 

 aacred volume ; and to Sabbath-school teachers it will prove a most valuable assistant. 



From Hon. Edward Ecerett, LL. D., Boston. 



1 have kept it on my table, and have frequently referred to it ; and it has been a good deal 

 read by different members of my family. I unite with them in the opinion that it is a val- 

 uable work, well adapted for the above-named purpose. It appears to embody, in a popu- 

 lar form, the results of much research, and will promote, I doubt not, the intelligent read- 

 ing of the Scriptures. 



From Hon. George, JV". Brings, LL. D., Pittsfield, Mass. 



To all who read and study the Bible it will be found to be a work of surpassing interest 

 and utility. In families and in the hands of Sabbath-school teachers, its value and impor- 

 tance can hardly be over-estimated. Its explanations of the habits, customs, and religious 

 rites of the Hebrews and the surrounding nations, are clear and important ; and the light 

 which it throws upon the biography, geography, and history of the Old and New Testa- 

 ment develops in those inspired volumes new beauties, and inspires a higher admiration 

 for that Book of books, and a profounder reverence for its Divine Author. I wish there 

 was a copy of it in every family in the land. 



From Jared Sparks, LL. D. , President of Harvard College. 



I am glad to possess the work ; and I enclose three dollars, which I understand to be the 

 price of it. 



From Hon. Theodore Frelinghuyscn, LL. D., New Brunswick, N. J. 



I regard it as a very valuable help to the student of the Bible. It brings to the aid of the 

 reading community, in an instructive and condensed form, a rich treasure of historical and 

 biblical literature, prepared and arranged by some of the best minds, and which could 

 otherwise be gained only by a laborious and patient research, that very few have the lei- 

 sure to give to the subject. No family would, I think, ever regret the purchase of a book so 

 deserving of a household place. 



From Hon. John McLean, LL. D., of Ohio. 



It is only necessary to look through this volume to appreciate its value. There is no work 

 I have seen which contains so much biblical knowledge, alphabetically arranged under ap- 

 propriate heads, in so condensed a form, and which is sold so cheap. Under a leading 

 word is to be found in this book, whether it relate to natural science or scriptural illus- 

 tration, enough to satisfy every inquirer. Next to the Bible, this dictionary of it contains 

 more interesting knowledge than any work of the same size, and it should be found in every 

 family, in our public schools as well as in all our academies and colleges. 



From Hon. Simon Grcenleaf, LL. D. 



A book that will prove highly useful to all persons engaged in the study of the Bible, 

 or in teaching its sacred truths to the young. I hope, therefore, that it will be widely 

 circulated. 



From Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, LL. D., Boston. 



\ have examined with great pleasure your edition of Kitto's Popular Cyclopredia of Bibli- 

 cal Literature. It seems to me a most convenient and valuable aid to the study of the 

 Sciiptures, and I am glad that you have been able to publish it at so reasonable a price. 

 It can hardly fail to commend itself to those who would teach, and to those who would 

 learn, something more than the mere letter of the inspired volume. 



From Henry 7. Ripley, D. D., Author of" Notes on the Scriptures," and Prof essor in Newton 



Theological Institution. 



It would be invaluable to Sabbath-school teachers, and of great utility to preachers. It 

 every where shows evidence of research, and is particular and accurate in its details. It 

 employs appropriate authorities, both less and more modern, as to questions of sarreJ 

 criticism, of history and ueography, and gives the reader the results of recent learned in- 

 vestigations. If the purpose of this book is gained, scriptural knowledge will be increased. 



