By THOMAS GRIFFITHS, _Chemical Lecturer at the Royal Institution, and St. Bartholomew’s Hospital_. 4_s._ 6_d._ The following are in a forward state of Preparation. RECREATIONS IN MECHANICAL PHILOSOPHY; RECREATIONS IN BOTANY; RECREATIONS IN THE ELECTRICAL SCIENCES; &c. &c. &c. _Volume the First, and Parts I. to XXIV., to be completed in Two Volumes, at_ 1_l._ 5_s._, _or Thirty Parts, at_ 1_s._ 6_d._ _each, in small folio, with numerous Illustrations_, The Bible Cyclopedia. A COMPREHENSIVE DIGEST OF THE CIVIL AND NATURAL HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, STATISTICS, AND GENERAL LITERARY INFORMATION CONNECTED WITH THE SACRED WRITINGS. The Illustration of the Holy Scriptures must ever be an object of paramount importance to every devout Christian. In this work, the varied stores of information which have been accumulating for ages, relating to the civil and ecclesiastical history of ancient empires, and the interesting and valuable researches of modern travellers, particularly those relating to Egypt, are examined, and the results placed before the reader. In duly estimating the importance of critical and philological research, and in clearing away some of the obscurities of the Scriptures, the Editor considers the Bible, in its structure, spirit, and character, to be essentially an Eastern book. The natural phenomena, and moral condition of the East, should therefore be made largely tributary to its elucidation. For this important purpose, the Editor draws largely from those rich and abundant stores unfolded by the spirit of modern enterprise. The Editor most anxiously avoids that spirit of error which has, unhappily, too much prevailed of late on the Continent, and which, by arrogating to itself the claims of superior sagacity and learning, has sought to reduce everything in the Sacred Volume to the level of its own limited views and narrow conceptions, denying or explaining away the miracles, and seeking thereby to lower our reverence for the word of God, and for divine things in general. Such views and principles, usually classed under the term _Neology_, receive no countenance in the pages of this work. The BIBLE is, throughout, exhibited as Scripture given by inspiration of God, and not as mere human composition. Scripture Biography is treated of in a brief and concise manner, except when difficulties occur which require to be cleared up; and the topographical descriptions of remarkable places of Scripture form a marked feature in the BIBLE CYCLOPÆDIA. Numerous Wood-Cuts are given of Coins, Medals, Gems, remarkable Places, and other subjects capable of legitimate illustration, from the best and most recent sources of information. _Uniformly with the above, price_ 7_s._ 6_d._, _coloured, and bound in cloth_, Bible Maps;