Dr. Pinkerton has very strong claims on the attention of the British public. He resided in Russia many years. He lived in Moscow "the greater part of the years 1810 and 1811, and left that city only forty-eight hours before the French entered it in 1812." He is the author of "The Present State of the Greek Church in Russia." His travels in the service of the British and Foreign Bible Society have been extensive at different times. His being Foreign Agent to that Society, has given him facilities of intercourse with the higher as well as the lower orders of the inhabitants. He is personally well known to many of the clergy and of the nobility, and his intimate acquaintance with the language has enabled him to converse with people of all ranks. The work before us has been compiled from notes made on the spot. Of his competency, therefore, no one can entertain a doubt; and his high Christian character renders him an unexceptionable witness. We anticipate for this volume a cordial welcome, especially among the friends of the Bible Society. The information Dr. P. has given is clear, copious, and important. We shall transcribe a few extracts which cannot fail to gratify our readers. The territory of this vast empire has increased within the last 364 years nearly twenty-fold. According to the last statistical accounts, the _population_ is upwards of fifty-four millions, of whom about thirty-six millions are native Russians, speaking the same language, and belonging to the national or oriental church. The _military forces_ have also increased nearly ten-fold within the last hundred years; and at the present time are estimated at about 900,000. The _spiritual academies_ and seminaries contain upwards of 30,000 young men preparing for the sacred profession. Dr. P. says:-- "It is much to be regretted that those young men have so little time and opportunity, after finishing their academical course, for making further progress in studies suited to their profession. The cares of a family (for marriage must indispensably precede ordination in the Russian church), their labours among their flocks, the scanty support which most of them receive, together with their isolated situation in country villages, where few traces of education and civilized life have yet entered, render this almost impracticable." The _Jesuits_ were finally expelled from the empire in 1820. At that time their number amounted to 674.