terparts; the Use of Maps, and Geographical Exercises, by Samuel Nicholson, 4to, 12s. Longman. Bruce' Use of the Globes, 12mo. Keith's Use of the Globes; with the Elementary Principles of Meteriology and Astronomy; the Theory of the Tides, &c. 12mo, 6s bound,

The most elegant and latest work on the Science of Geography is by Pinkerton, 2 vol. 4to, with beautifully engraved Maps, 4/ 4s bds. Yet this work is very openly printed and has large margins: Double the quantity of reading might have been given at the price. There is an Abridgment in 8vo, price 12s, in boards. Pye's Dictionary of Ancient Geography, exhibiting the ancient Names of Places in Addition to the Modern, 8vo, 7s bds, Longman. Danville's Compendium of Ancient Geography, 2 vol. 8vo, 14s in Calf binding.

Barden's and Cary's Globes are held, at present, in the highest estimation.

The following Books of Topography, Travels, &c. may be enumerated, besides those already mentioned, as excellent Specimens of this species of writing. Dr. Aikin's England delineated, with Outline Maps of the Counties, 7s bds. Johnson. Dr. Mavor's Historical Account of the most celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries, from the Time of Columbus, 25 vol. 18mo, 31 15s sewed. Harris. Dr. Mavor's Abridgment of the Tours through Great Britain and Ireland, 6 vol 18mo, 18s; fine paper, 1/ 4s sewed. Harris. The Beauties of England and Wales by J. Britton and E. W. Brayley, had reached the 50th No. at 2s 6d. each, in May 1806. Wende born's View of England toward the Close of the eighteenth Century, 2 vol. 8vo, 14s, Robinson. Coxe's Travels in Poland, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, and Switzerland, 5 vol. 8vo, 2/ 5s bds. Cadell. Young's Travels in France, &c. 2 vol. 4to, 21 2s bds. Richardsons. Brydune's Tour through Sicily and Malta, 2 vol. 8vo, 12s. Townsend's Journey through Spain, 3 vol. 8vo, 18s bds. Mawman. Hawksworth's Account of Southern Voyages, 4 vol. 8vo, 1/ 8s bds. Keate's Account of the Pelew Islands, with a Supplement, 4to, 1/ 11s 6d bds. In 8vo. 7s. Volney's Travels through Syria and Egypt, 2 vol. 8vo, No. 68.

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De Tott's

Savary's Letters on Greece, 8vo, 1s Memoirs of the Turks and Tartars, Edwards's History of the British West Indies, 3 vol. 8vo, 2l 2s. Stockdale.

2 vol. 8vo, 14s.

TRAVELLING.

To obtain real knowledge, you must observe nature with your own eyes, and study mankind. But to gain this knowledge by travelling, it is not necessary that we should traverse the world. Whoever has seen ten Frenchmen, has beheld them all; and whoever has surveyed and compared the circumstances and manners of ten different nations, may be said to know mankind. To pretend that no advantages may be derived from travelling, because some of those who travel return home without having gained much real improvement, would be highly unreasonable. Young people who have had a bad education, and are sent on their travels without any person to direct or superintend their conduct, cannot be expected to improve by visiting foreign countries.

But they whom nature has adorned with virtuous dispositions, who have been so fortunate as to receive a good education, and go abroad with a real design of improvement, cannot but return with an increase of virtue and wisdom. In this manner shall my pupil conduct his travels. To induce him to improve in the most attentive manner that time which he should spend in travelling, I would let him know, that as he had now attained an age, at which it might be proper for him to form some determination with regard to the plan of his future life, he ought, therefore, to look abroad into the world, to view the various orders in society, to examine the various circumstances of mankind, under different forms of government, and in different parts of the

globe; and to choose his country, his station, and his profession. With these views should my pupil set out on his travels; and with these views, in the course of our travels, we should inquire into the origin of society and government; into the nature of those principles by means of which men are united in a social state; into the various circumstances which have given rise to so many different forms of government and into the necessary relation between government and manners. Our stay in the great towns should be but short: for as in them corruption of manners has risen to a great height, and dissipation reigns, a long stay might be fatal to my pupil's dispositions.

Dean Ducker's Instructions for Travellers, 4to 1757.

Berchtold's Essay to direct and extend the Enquiries of patriotic Travellers, &c. 2 vol, 8vo. 5s bds, 1789. Lackington.

Cary's Maps of the English Counties, 3s 6d each.

Cary's

Traveller's Companion, or a Delineation of the Turnpike Roads in England and Wales, small 8vo. 15s halfbound English Atlas, on 46 plates, 67 6s half-bound. Smith, 172, Strand.. Smith's Map of South Wales, 2 sheets coloured, 7s; on Canvas 10s. Cary's General Atlas, in Nos. outlined, 7s 6d; full coloured, 9s each. Kearsley's Traveller's Entertaining Guide through Great Britain, 8vo, 7s bds.

HISTORY.

Curiosity is one of the strongest and most active principles of human nature. Throughout the successive stages of life, it seeks with avidity for those gratifications, which are congenial with the different faculties of the mind. The child, as soon as the imagination begins to open, eagerly listens to the tales of his nurse: the youth, at a time of life, when the love of what is new and uncommon is quickened

by sensibility, is enchanted by the magic of romanices and novels: the man, whose mature judgment inclines him to the pursuit of truth, applies to genuine history, which even in old age continues to be a favourite object of his attention; since his desire to be acquainted with the transactions of others has nearly an equal power over his mind with the propensity to relate what has happened to himself. History, considered with respect to the nature of it's subjects, may be divided into general and particular; and with respect to time, into ancient and modern. Ancient history commences with the creation, and extends to the reign of Charlemagne, in the year of our Lord 800. Modern History beginning with that period, reaches down to the present times. General history relates to nations and public affairs, and may be subdivided into sacred, ecclesiastical, and profane. Biography, memoirs, and letters, constitute particular history. Statistics refer to the present condition of nations. GEOGRAPHY and CHRONOLOGY are important aids, and give order, reguJarity, and clearness to them all. To draw the line of proper distinction between authentic and fabulous history, is the first object of the discerning reader. Let him not burden his memory with events which ought perhaps to pass for fables; let him not fatigue his attention with the progress of empires, or the succession of kings, which are thrown back into the remotest ages. He will find that little depend. ence is to be placed upon the relations of those affairs in the Pagan world, which preceded the invention of letters, and were built upon mere oral tradition. Let him leave the dynasties of the Egyptian kings, the expeditions of Sesostris, Bacchus, and Jason,

and the exploits of Hercules and Theseus, for poets to embellish, or chronologists to arrange. The fabul ous accounts of these heroes of antiquity may remind him of the sandy deserts, lofty mountains, and frozen oceans, which are laid down in the maps of the ancient geographers, to conceal their ignorance of remote countries. Let him hasten to firm ground,

where he may safely stand, and behold the striking events, and memorable actions, which the light of authentic records displays to his view. They alone are amply sufficient to enrich his memory, and to point out to him well-attested examples of all that is magnanimous, as well as all that is vile; of all that debases, and all that ennobles mankind. [Mr. Kett's “Elements."] Unfortunately the study of history is not without it's dangers and inconveniences of various kinds. It is a very difficult matter to place one's-self in such a point of view, as to be able to judge equitably of our fellow creatures. It is one of the common vices of history to paint man in a disadvantageous rather than in a favourable light. Revolutions and fatal catastrophes being most interesting, so long as a people have continued to encrease and prosper in the calm of a peaceable government, history has remained silent; it speaks of nations, only when growing insupportable to themselves, they begin to interfere with their neighbours, or to suffer their neighbours to interfere with them. We are favoured with very exact accounts of those nations which verge towards destruction; but of those which have been flourishing, we have no history; they have been so wise and happy as to furnish no events worth recording. The historical relations of facts which we meet with, are by no means accurate delineations;