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sipjis should be reproto ^ as they are , befpre our Londoir audiences We agr ^ e with Mr . Copping that it is sincerely to be regretted our own dramatic authors should evince such a dearth of talent as to resort to acjaptatious froni the Freuch to $ p great an extent as Is the practice at the present day- | and we recpromend his suggestions for &^ our theatrical system as deserving the consideration alike of stage managers g & d of literacy men . We think , on the wjiole , th & t the '' Aspects of Paris " is c ^^ Mr . Copp ii ^ has already ge ^ ir ^ d ^
T ?* avels and Discoveries in , Nof & cmd ( Central Africa . Being a Journal of mi Expedition undertaken under tlie Auspices of H . B . MSs Government in the Y §< m 18 # ~ 1855 . —By Henby Baot , Ph . P ., B . C . L ., Fellow of the Eoyal Gec ^ apbieal jand Asiatic Societies ! , In 5 / vols ,. London : Longman . —sfhe narr ^ ye of $ ) r . path ' s travels In ^ Erica ^ which we at length have before us coppl ^ te , bpeijs ^ anf fiegleeted portion of a $ E ^^ British government ^ ^ interior ^ n ^^ sion , on t ^ towards his own personal e ^ Denses . Dr . Barth , who had travelled much in the 1 ^ with the habits and manners of ieasfe
nations , # nd therefore was in some measure prepared for the peculiarities of r ^ ee and customs wh ich he met with in second exploration , accepted the offer , and , accompanied l > y Dr , Oberwey , a young and enterprising geologist , set out upon his dangerous and iinportant expedition . The ot ^ ecf of the traveller was , he says in his preface , to represent the tribes and nations with whom he came in contact in their historical and ethnographical relation to the rest of mankind ; to connect those seemingly wild
and degraded peoples more closely with the history of races placed on a higher level of civilization ; and he has accomplished this object in a book replete with fresh and animated pictures , details of habits and scenery which have hitherto been a closed book to the generality of mankind , and full of evidences of great scientific knowledge . Dr . Earth indeed , possesses the true qualities of a traveller . He gives us plenty of information but he does not weary us , He speaks of the history and the customs of wild
and unknown tribes , and enters into minute examination in regard to the ethnology-r—the language and the habits of native races ; but side by side with these details , we find glowing descriptions of nature ; scenes fresh with verdure ; valleys fragrant with wild flowers , and picturesque landscapes dotted by the strangely attired inhabitants , their dark round huts , and their herds of grazing cattle . The travels of our enterprising explorer , to whom , after the death of Mr . Richardson at an early period of the expedition , the command of the mission was entrusted , extend over a tract of country
twenty-four degrees from north to south , and twenty degrees from east to west ; and necessarily comprise subjects of great interest and diversity—a diversity which is observable equally in regard to soil , produce and race . After passing through deserts , vast , barren and desolate , the traveller is suddenl y met by fertile tracts of land , if rigated by streams and lakes , full
of fine timber , and abounding i # rice , sesamuni , ground nuts , sugar cane , cotton , indigo , and other valuable articles of commerce . To the region where these productions are discoverable access is given by the far-famed Niger , by means of its eastern branch the B 6 nniv 6 . This diversity is , as we have equally observable in regard to man . Starting from Tripoli we
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Reviews Of New Books ,
sipjis should be reproto ^ as they are , befpre our Londoir audiences We agr ^ e with Mr . Copping that it is sincerely to be regretted our own dramatic authors should evince such a dearth of talent as to resort to acjaptatious froni the Freuch to $ p great an extent as Is the practice at the present day- | and we recpromend his suggestions for &^ our theatrical system as deserving the consideration alike of stage managers g & d of literacy men . We think , on the wjiole , th & t the '' Aspects of Paris " is c ^^ Mr . Copp ii ^ has already ge ^ ir ^ d ^
T ?* avels and Discoveries in , Nof & cmd ( Central Africa . Being a Journal of mi Expedition undertaken under tlie Auspices of H . B . MSs Government in the Y §< m 18 # ~ 1855 . —By Henby Baot , Ph . P ., B . C . L ., Fellow of the Eoyal Gec ^ apbieal jand Asiatic Societies ! , In 5 / vols ,. London : Longman . —sfhe narr ^ ye of $ ) r . path ' s travels In ^ Erica ^ which we at length have before us coppl ^ te , bpeijs ^ anf fiegleeted portion of a $ E ^^ British government ^ ^ interior ^ n ^^ sion , on t ^ towards his own personal e ^ Denses . Dr . Barth , who had travelled much in the 1 ^ with the habits and manners of ieasfe
nations , # nd therefore was in some measure prepared for the peculiarities of r ^ ee and customs wh ich he met with in second exploration , accepted the offer , and , accompanied l > y Dr , Oberwey , a young and enterprising geologist , set out upon his dangerous and iinportant expedition . The ot ^ ecf of the traveller was , he says in his preface , to represent the tribes and nations with whom he came in contact in their historical and ethnographical relation to the rest of mankind ; to connect those seemingly wild
and degraded peoples more closely with the history of races placed on a higher level of civilization ; and he has accomplished this object in a book replete with fresh and animated pictures , details of habits and scenery which have hitherto been a closed book to the generality of mankind , and full of evidences of great scientific knowledge . Dr . Earth indeed , possesses the true qualities of a traveller . He gives us plenty of information but he does not weary us , He speaks of the history and the customs of wild
and unknown tribes , and enters into minute examination in regard to the ethnology-r—the language and the habits of native races ; but side by side with these details , we find glowing descriptions of nature ; scenes fresh with verdure ; valleys fragrant with wild flowers , and picturesque landscapes dotted by the strangely attired inhabitants , their dark round huts , and their herds of grazing cattle . The travels of our enterprising explorer , to whom , after the death of Mr . Richardson at an early period of the expedition , the command of the mission was entrusted , extend over a tract of country
twenty-four degrees from north to south , and twenty degrees from east to west ; and necessarily comprise subjects of great interest and diversity—a diversity which is observable equally in regard to soil , produce and race . After passing through deserts , vast , barren and desolate , the traveller is suddenl y met by fertile tracts of land , if rigated by streams and lakes , full
of fine timber , and abounding i # rice , sesamuni , ground nuts , sugar cane , cotton , indigo , and other valuable articles of commerce . To the region where these productions are discoverable access is given by the far-famed Niger , by means of its eastern branch the B 6 nniv 6 . This diversity is , as we have equally observable in regard to man . Starting from Tripoli we