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Review Of New Publications .
Proceedings ofthe Association for promoti »« the Disco-very of the Interior Parts of Afrit a : conf dining an Ahnrat ' t of Mr . Park ' s Account of his Tr-. i'vels and Discoveries , abridged from his oivn Minutes , by Bryan Edwards , Esq . Aise Geographical Illustrations of Mr . Park ' s ' journey , and of North Africa , al large , b y Major Rennell . 410 . 1798 . Not sold . THE return of Mr . Park , after having been absent from his native country during two years and seven monthscould not fail to excite the curiosity of
, the gentlemen ofthe African Association , and that ofthe public at large , respecting the principal discoveries of this most intelligent and intrepid , as well as most successful , of the missionaries that have been sent to explore the Libyan deserts . He is himself preparing a detail of his progress and discoveries , of rhe casualties that befel him , and of the observations which occurred to him , in the course of his journey : but the necessary collation and arrangement of his materials must be a work of considerable time ; and
r-t was thought advisable that the epitome now on our table should be laid before the subscribers for inspection , while the larger publication is preparing . This epitome is followed b y Ma'orRennell ' s Geographical Illustrations , accompanied with a large map , shewing the progress of discovery and improvement in the geography of North Africa . There is also a map of Mr . Park ' s route , and a chart of the lines of magnetic variation in thj seas around
Africa . Mr . Park left the house of his countryman , Dr . Laidley , at Pisania ,-about 100 miles from the mouth of the Gambia , on the 2 d of December 1795 ; and he returned to the same hospitable mansion after an absence of eighteen months . In this long interval of time , he explored the interior of Africa to the distance of 1100 miles , in a direct line from Cape Verd ; his track in going was bounded by the 15 th , and in returning by the 12 th parallel of latitude .
His discoveries gave a new face to the physical geography of Western Africa . The natural history of the ancients , as well as their geography , receives confirmation from the discoveries of this adventurous traveller . The accounts of the Lotophagi had long passed for fables , but are here substantiated . The two greatest botanical curiosities which Mr . Park found , were the Shea-toulou , or butter-tree , and the Lotus . It is happy for the countryto have men animated by . the enlarged and
, liberal views of the African Association ; it is happy for that society , to have missionaries endowed with the enterprize and temper of Mr . Park : but it is happy for all parties , and honourable for the age itself , to have a ' man so singularl y well qualified as is Major Rennell , for making the best possible use ofthe geographical materials with . which he is furnished . In a former Number we gave an account of Mr . Park ' s journey .
The Life of Catharine II . Empress of Russia . An enlarged Translation from the French , b y a Gentleman many fears resident at Russia . 3 wols . Z-vo . it . \ s . boards . Longman . THE grand feature that should characterize historical information is impartiality . Next to the ornamental graces of style , the natural flow of an easy and elegant diction , the combination of events , and a judgmatical con , catenation of circumstances as they have arisen ; next to these -requisites
pre , which ought to form the ground-work ofthe historian ' s plan , is impartiality . The splendour of generosity , springing from selfish motives , is not to efface a just detestation of ignoble deeds . Nor are we , in characters conspicuousl y depraved , to lose sight of their vices , dazzled b y the glitter of their exalted situations cf rank and eminence . vol .. xi . - N n
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Review Of New Publications .
Proceedings ofthe Association for promoti »« the Disco-very of the Interior Parts of Afrit a : conf dining an Ahnrat ' t of Mr . Park ' s Account of his Tr-. i'vels and Discoveries , abridged from his oivn Minutes , by Bryan Edwards , Esq . Aise Geographical Illustrations of Mr . Park ' s ' journey , and of North Africa , al large , b y Major Rennell . 410 . 1798 . Not sold . THE return of Mr . Park , after having been absent from his native country during two years and seven monthscould not fail to excite the curiosity of
, the gentlemen ofthe African Association , and that ofthe public at large , respecting the principal discoveries of this most intelligent and intrepid , as well as most successful , of the missionaries that have been sent to explore the Libyan deserts . He is himself preparing a detail of his progress and discoveries , of rhe casualties that befel him , and of the observations which occurred to him , in the course of his journey : but the necessary collation and arrangement of his materials must be a work of considerable time ; and
r-t was thought advisable that the epitome now on our table should be laid before the subscribers for inspection , while the larger publication is preparing . This epitome is followed b y Ma'orRennell ' s Geographical Illustrations , accompanied with a large map , shewing the progress of discovery and improvement in the geography of North Africa . There is also a map of Mr . Park ' s route , and a chart of the lines of magnetic variation in thj seas around
Africa . Mr . Park left the house of his countryman , Dr . Laidley , at Pisania ,-about 100 miles from the mouth of the Gambia , on the 2 d of December 1795 ; and he returned to the same hospitable mansion after an absence of eighteen months . In this long interval of time , he explored the interior of Africa to the distance of 1100 miles , in a direct line from Cape Verd ; his track in going was bounded by the 15 th , and in returning by the 12 th parallel of latitude .
His discoveries gave a new face to the physical geography of Western Africa . The natural history of the ancients , as well as their geography , receives confirmation from the discoveries of this adventurous traveller . The accounts of the Lotophagi had long passed for fables , but are here substantiated . The two greatest botanical curiosities which Mr . Park found , were the Shea-toulou , or butter-tree , and the Lotus . It is happy for the countryto have men animated by . the enlarged and
, liberal views of the African Association ; it is happy for that society , to have missionaries endowed with the enterprize and temper of Mr . Park : but it is happy for all parties , and honourable for the age itself , to have a ' man so singularl y well qualified as is Major Rennell , for making the best possible use ofthe geographical materials with . which he is furnished . In a former Number we gave an account of Mr . Park ' s journey .
The Life of Catharine II . Empress of Russia . An enlarged Translation from the French , b y a Gentleman many fears resident at Russia . 3 wols . Z-vo . it . \ s . boards . Longman . THE grand feature that should characterize historical information is impartiality . Next to the ornamental graces of style , the natural flow of an easy and elegant diction , the combination of events , and a judgmatical con , catenation of circumstances as they have arisen ; next to these -requisites
pre , which ought to form the ground-work ofthe historian ' s plan , is impartiality . The splendour of generosity , springing from selfish motives , is not to efface a just detestation of ignoble deeds . Nor are we , in characters conspicuousl y depraved , to lose sight of their vices , dazzled b y the glitter of their exalted situations cf rank and eminence . vol .. xi . - N n