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chivalrous' and bigoted spirit of the eleventh 
century seems singularly associated with the 
taste, the genius, and the literature, of the 
nineteenth. 
P.S. In the Preface to the First Part of 
these Travels, some acknowledgment was made 
to those who had assisted the author in the pro- 
gress of his work-. This pleasing duty will now 
be renewed. The interestino: Notices of the 
Rev. Regixald Heber gave a value to the 
former publication, which it could not otherwise 
have possessed; and, in the copious extracts 
which the author has here afforded, from the 
classical journals of travellers already conspi- 
cuous in the literary world, a similar advantage is 
already anticipated. The Rev. Robert Walpole, 
the street, the residence of the oldurate rich man." Afterwards he pro- 
ceeds to state, that " St. Chrysostom, St. Ambrose, and St. Cvril, have 
looked upon the history of Lazarus aud the rich man as not merely a 
parable, but a real and well-known fact. The Jews themselves," says 
lie, " have preserved the name of tlie rich man, whom they call Nuhal." 
(See Travels in Greece, Palestine, &c. vol. II. pp. 26, 27. Land. 1811. 
Mons.X>(? Chuteauhriand does not seem to be aware, that Nahal is an 
appellation used by the Jews to denote any covetous person. 
(1) See the interesting description given by Mons. De Chdteaulriand 
of the Monkish ceremony which conferred upon him the order of 
" a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre." Ibid. pp. 176, 177. 
(2) See Preface to Part the First, pp. iv, v. Octavo Edition. 
