With Descriptive Sketches of its Scenery, Productions, &c.; the Manners and Customs of its Inhabitants, particularly of the Druses and Maronites; and a full and correct account of the Druse Religion, Historical Records of the Mountain Tribes, from Personal Intercourse with their Chiefs, and other Authentic Sources. By COLONEL CHURCHILL, Staff Officer of the British Expedition to Syria. "This is one of the most important as well as most interesting works, not of the day, but of the age. The very name of 'Mount Lebanon' commands an involuntary attention, and these volumes are worthy of their subject. Colonel Churchill writes from personal observation, not as a cursory traveller, but a settled resident. His judgment is sound, his observation extensive and yet minute, his style vigorous and unaffected, and thus he has been enabled to give the world the most valuable fruits of opportunities never surpassed respecting a locality of worldwide interest."--_Lit. Chron._ "This is a serious and thoughtful book. The wit of 'Eothen,' and the fancy displayed in the 'Crescent and the Cross,' are here superseded by earnest researches into the social condition of the Syrians, their religious feelings, their diversity of tribes and manner of life, and recent historical occurrences which intercourse with the chief actors and living authorities has enabled. Colonel Churchill to record."--_Globe._ "There can be no doubt that Col. Churchill's 'Mount Lebanon' is the most complete work on the subject that has been given to the public. The history of the Druse religion forms a most interesting and important feature in these volumes."--_Observer._ "Of the Druses, Colonel Churchill gives us by far the best account we possess. The Maronite Christians are depicted with a minuteness that leaves nothing to be desired; and of Lebanon itself he has presented a complete picture, geographical and physical--its aspect in the various seasons, its animal and vegetable inhabitants, the productions of its soil, its capacity for agriculture and manufactures, its commerce, its arts, its manners, its customs; the social condition of its people, their political and economical organization, their land tenures, their religion, and their superstitions."--_Critic._ "As a body of information upon the state of this very interesting country; upon the manners, customs, and historical traditions of its inhabitants; and upon its position relatively to the political questions that now agitate Europe, we cannot too highly praise Col. Churchill's work."--_New Quarterly._