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A Retrospective View Of The Literature Of 1797.
very valuable addition to our stock of county histories . Mr . Maton ' s ' Observations on the Western Counties , illustrated with a mineralogical Map and Views , ' evince equal good taste and accuracy of judgment . Mr . Price ' s ' Ludlow Guide' is as good a thing of the kind as we recollect to have seen .
VOYAGES AND TRAVELS . THE first work in this branch of literature that has appeared for many years is Sir George Staunton's ' Account of the British . Embassy to China , ' of which having g iven a copious analysis in our Review , we shall say nothing more here , than "that it abounds with curious inlbrmatirn respecting that wonderful empire . Dr .
Townson ' s ' Travels in Hungary' is a valuable acquisition to those who are desirous of gaining a knowledge of various countries and their inhabitants . ' Sketches and Observations made on-a Tour through various Parts of Europe , ' is a lively and ingenious work , but too rapidly written . A good translation has appeared of Baron de Wimpfen's Voyage to St . Domingo , ' which is a piece of considerable interest . Mr . Southey's ' Letters in Spain and Portugal' do him credit as an observer , as his former publications have done as a poet .
POLITICS . IN this extensive field the harvest is superabundant . In fact it is impossible for us to notice all the pieces which this eventful period has brought forth upon public men and public measures . The ' Historical Essay on the Ambition and Conquests of France' is a work that fully answers the idea conveyed by the title . Mr . Mitchell's ' Principles of Legislation' is a performance of considerable profundity ,
and abounds in good argument . Mr . Burke ' s "Posthumous Tracts need only to be mentioned to command respect . His ' Three Memorials on French Affairs' will be reverted to with eagerness and profit by the historian of the present momentous crisis . The < Vindicia Regise , addressed to Lord Stanhope , ' is a pamphlet very superior to the general run of political discussions . The ' Sketch of Financial Affairs , by Sir RobertHerries , is a tract of great interest , and written with moderation .
On the subject of the poor we have to notice several publications of various merit . The new edition of Mr . Ruggle's ' History of the Poor' is abundant in valuable information on a topic of great moment . Mr . Sabatier's ' Treatise on Poverty' may be read with advantage , though many of his observations are fanciful . Dr . Buchan's ' Observations on the Diet of the Common People , ' and the ' First Report of the Society for bettering the Condition and encreasing the
Comforts of the Poor , ' are eminently ' entitled to a general regard . NATURAL PHILOSOPHY . MR . Howard ' s ' Scriptural History of the Earth' is a philosophical vindication of the Mosaic history , of considerable merit . Dr Okely ' s 'Pyrology ; or the Connexion between Natural and Moral Philosophy , ' is an ingenious , but in many respects confused , performance . The first part of the * Philosophical Transa & ions of the-
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A Retrospective View Of The Literature Of 1797.
very valuable addition to our stock of county histories . Mr . Maton ' s ' Observations on the Western Counties , illustrated with a mineralogical Map and Views , ' evince equal good taste and accuracy of judgment . Mr . Price ' s ' Ludlow Guide' is as good a thing of the kind as we recollect to have seen .
VOYAGES AND TRAVELS . THE first work in this branch of literature that has appeared for many years is Sir George Staunton's ' Account of the British . Embassy to China , ' of which having g iven a copious analysis in our Review , we shall say nothing more here , than "that it abounds with curious inlbrmatirn respecting that wonderful empire . Dr .
Townson ' s ' Travels in Hungary' is a valuable acquisition to those who are desirous of gaining a knowledge of various countries and their inhabitants . ' Sketches and Observations made on-a Tour through various Parts of Europe , ' is a lively and ingenious work , but too rapidly written . A good translation has appeared of Baron de Wimpfen's Voyage to St . Domingo , ' which is a piece of considerable interest . Mr . Southey's ' Letters in Spain and Portugal' do him credit as an observer , as his former publications have done as a poet .
POLITICS . IN this extensive field the harvest is superabundant . In fact it is impossible for us to notice all the pieces which this eventful period has brought forth upon public men and public measures . The ' Historical Essay on the Ambition and Conquests of France' is a work that fully answers the idea conveyed by the title . Mr . Mitchell's ' Principles of Legislation' is a performance of considerable profundity ,
and abounds in good argument . Mr . Burke ' s "Posthumous Tracts need only to be mentioned to command respect . His ' Three Memorials on French Affairs' will be reverted to with eagerness and profit by the historian of the present momentous crisis . The < Vindicia Regise , addressed to Lord Stanhope , ' is a pamphlet very superior to the general run of political discussions . The ' Sketch of Financial Affairs , by Sir RobertHerries , is a tract of great interest , and written with moderation .
On the subject of the poor we have to notice several publications of various merit . The new edition of Mr . Ruggle's ' History of the Poor' is abundant in valuable information on a topic of great moment . Mr . Sabatier's ' Treatise on Poverty' may be read with advantage , though many of his observations are fanciful . Dr . Buchan's ' Observations on the Diet of the Common People , ' and the ' First Report of the Society for bettering the Condition and encreasing the
Comforts of the Poor , ' are eminently ' entitled to a general regard . NATURAL PHILOSOPHY . MR . Howard ' s ' Scriptural History of the Earth' is a philosophical vindication of the Mosaic history , of considerable merit . Dr Okely ' s 'Pyrology ; or the Connexion between Natural and Moral Philosophy , ' is an ingenious , but in many respects confused , performance . The first part of the * Philosophical Transa & ions of the-