Palestine

John Kitto's comments about his book

The present work was originally undertaken with the view of supplying what has been felt as a desideratum in schools-a History of Palestine, with accounts of the geography of the country, and of the customs and institutions of its ancient inhabitants; but it has been suggested to the Publishers, that the volume might be considered a valuable acquisition by readers of a more advanced class, on account of the information it contains, and the connected and compendious form in which it presents the history of the Hebrew nation from the time of Abraham, through the various political forms which it assumed till the dispersion of that peculiar people.

The History has been written expressly for its present use, and is in no respect an abridgment of the author's larger work, The Pictorial History of Palestine . In the Introductory Chapters much assistance has been obtained from the Biblical Archaeology of Professor Jahn , and from a variety of other sources-the whole being illustrated by the results of such acquaintance with Oriental customs as the author's former residence in the East enabled him to acquire.

The present Edition has been carefully revised throughout; considerable improvements have been made-particularly in the Introduction; and a greatly increased number of really Illustrative Wood-cuts have been inserted.