LEA & BLANCHARD'S NEW PUBLICATIONS. 1 



LYNCH'S DEAD SEA. 



CONDENSED AND CHEAPER EDITION. NOW READY. 



NARRATIVE OF ThTu. S. EXPEDITION 



TO THE DEAD SEA AND RIVER JORDAN. 

 BY W. F. LYNCH, U.S.N., 



Coinmaiider of the Expedition. 



New and condensed edition, with a Map, from actnal Surveys. 



In one neat royal 12mo. volume, extra cloth. 



The universal curiosity excited by the interesting narrative of this 

 remarkable expedition, has induced the author to prepare a con- 

 densed edition for popular use, ■which is now finished, at a very low 

 price. In preparing the former editions, the object was to produce 

 a work worthj^ in every respect of the national character which it 

 assumed, and no pains or expense was spared in bringing out a vo- 

 lume as handsome as anything of the kind as yet prepared in this 

 country. The great demand, which has rapidly exhausted many 

 large impressions of this edition, notwithstanding its price, is a 

 sufficient proof of the intrinsic value and interest of the work ; and 

 in presenting this new and cheaper edition, the publishers would 

 merely state that it contains all the substance of the former volume, 

 from the time the expedition reached Lake Tibei-ias till its depar- 

 ture from Jerusalem, embracing all the explorations upon the river 

 Jordan and the Dead Sea. Some matter in the preliminary and 

 concluding chapters has been omitted or condensed, and the two 

 maps of the former edition have been reduced in one, preserv- 

 ing, however, all the more important features of the country de- 

 scribed. In its present form, therefore, afforded at about one-third 

 the price of the more costly issue, in a neat and handsome volume, 

 admirably adapted for parlor or fireside reading, or for district 

 schools, Sabbath schools, and other libraries, the publishers confi- 

 dently anticipate a very extensive demand. 



Copies may still be had of the FINE EDITION, 



In one very large and handsome octavo volume, 

 "With T-wenty-eight beautiful Plates, and Two Maps. 



This book, so long and anxiously expected, fully sustains tlie hopes of the most san- 

 guine and fastidious. It is truly a magnificent work. The type, paper, binding, style, 

 and execution are all of the best and highest character, as are also the maps and en- 

 gravings. It will do more to elevate the character of our national literature than any 

 work that has appeared for years. The intrinsic interest of the subject will give it 

 popularity and immortality at once. It must be read to be appreciated ; and it will be 

 read extensively, and valued, both in this and other countries.— Lod]/ '5 Book, jli/g-. 1S49. 



When, however, he fairly "gets under weigh," every page possesses interest, and 

 we follow him with eagerness in his perilous and tortuous voyage down the Jordan, 

 and his explorations of the mysterious sea, upon which the curse of the Almighty 

 visibly rests. His privations, toils, and dangers were numerous, but were rewarded 

 by success where all others had failed. He has contributed materially to our know- 

 ledije of scriptural Gt-ography, particularly in his charts of the Jordan and Dead Sea, 

 which he fully explored. If our readers ^vish to know all he has done, they must 

 procure and read his book ; we cannot "ive even an outline of it. We can only add 

 that the publishers have done their full duty in their department, and the maps and 

 plates are all that could be desired. — Presbylerian. 

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