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Critical Notices Of The Literature Of The Last Three Months,
when fixed at 30 , 000 . From these accounts we can easily form an idea of the extent to which Russia must be impoverished , and thus calculate on tlie probable continuance of a war which is not likely , when actually commenced , to be mere child ' s play . In Shaw ' s " Pamily Library , " * there is also a memoir of tho life and reign of the emperor , interesting enough for those Avho are anxious to gain
a modicum of information on the subject ; and another of greater pretensions , and certainly not less merit , by Dr . Michelson . f who resided for several years in Russia , and possessed means of acquiring information inaccessible to other writers . This gentleman lately published a valuable statistical work on the Ottoman empire , which we noticed some months back , and to which we again refer such of our readers as are curious on the subject of Turkish resources . Nor under this head should we forget
a work which , although published some years ago , is now again brought prominently before the public in the shape of a new £ nd enlarged edition . We allude to Col . Sir Frederick Smith ' s translation of Marshal Marmont ' s "Notes on the State of Turkey Twenty Years Ago . "J The translator has , by judicious supplementary notes , brought the work dowa to the present time , and its value in affording the means of making a comparative estimate of the rise , progressand alleged decline of Turkey can hardlbe
, y too highly estimated . Although avowedly brought forward at this moment as a book having reference to the war , it is entitled , as a deliberatelywritten production , to more than the transient existence to which , in all probability , the great majority of the works on the same subject are doomed . Among other works must also be mentioned a new and enlarged edition of Murray ' s " Handbook for Travellers in Turkey . " § Although containing
nothing very new , it is a well-arranged and timely publication , useful alike to those who have no very particular fancy to visit a country AA'hich is the seat of war , as also to that other class of our countrymen who are impatiently waiting an opportunity of transporting themselves , a portmanteau , and some pale ale to the shores of the . Biack Sea or to Gallipoli . Mr . Smyth ' s "Year with the Turks" || Avill also well repay perusal . It is the narrative of a short residence amongst that grave and sedate people , rendered interesting by the useful habits of observation which the author practised , and readable from the perfect freedom from affectation and prejudice .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Critical Notices Of The Literature Of The Last Three Months,
when fixed at 30 , 000 . From these accounts we can easily form an idea of the extent to which Russia must be impoverished , and thus calculate on tlie probable continuance of a war which is not likely , when actually commenced , to be mere child ' s play . In Shaw ' s " Pamily Library , " * there is also a memoir of tho life and reign of the emperor , interesting enough for those Avho are anxious to gain
a modicum of information on the subject ; and another of greater pretensions , and certainly not less merit , by Dr . Michelson . f who resided for several years in Russia , and possessed means of acquiring information inaccessible to other writers . This gentleman lately published a valuable statistical work on the Ottoman empire , which we noticed some months back , and to which we again refer such of our readers as are curious on the subject of Turkish resources . Nor under this head should we forget
a work which , although published some years ago , is now again brought prominently before the public in the shape of a new £ nd enlarged edition . We allude to Col . Sir Frederick Smith ' s translation of Marshal Marmont ' s "Notes on the State of Turkey Twenty Years Ago . "J The translator has , by judicious supplementary notes , brought the work dowa to the present time , and its value in affording the means of making a comparative estimate of the rise , progressand alleged decline of Turkey can hardlbe
, y too highly estimated . Although avowedly brought forward at this moment as a book having reference to the war , it is entitled , as a deliberatelywritten production , to more than the transient existence to which , in all probability , the great majority of the works on the same subject are doomed . Among other works must also be mentioned a new and enlarged edition of Murray ' s " Handbook for Travellers in Turkey . " § Although containing
nothing very new , it is a well-arranged and timely publication , useful alike to those who have no very particular fancy to visit a country AA'hich is the seat of war , as also to that other class of our countrymen who are impatiently waiting an opportunity of transporting themselves , a portmanteau , and some pale ale to the shores of the . Biack Sea or to Gallipoli . Mr . Smyth ' s "Year with the Turks" || Avill also well repay perusal . It is the narrative of a short residence amongst that grave and sedate people , rendered interesting by the useful habits of observation which the author practised , and readable from the perfect freedom from affectation and prejudice .