AMONGST the wants of the day, one that has long been felt is a description of the Holy Land for young readers, embodying the researches of modern travel, by which ecclesiastical tradition respecting the ancient places in and around Jerusalem and throughout Palestine has been tested and discarded, when not supported by circumstances known to us from the Scriptures, or from other contemporary testimony. Mr. Osborn's "Palestine," one of the most comprehensive and suggestive of recent publications |