or less share of our homage and respect.

Indeed

there is scarcely one among the later of these works, but what is replete with useful intelligence. As we continue towards the Western Coasts of Africa, descending somewhat to the South, we enter upon countries which have been perhaps yet more vividly impressed upon the minds of modern readers, by the exertions of the intrepid and lamented PARK ;*

lished at the Hague in 1743, 4to. 2 vols-is assuredly the most admirable as well as the most popular. The extensive information and scrupulous fidelity of these volumes, render them safe inmates of a well chosen collection. Messrs. Arch mark a copy at the reasonable price of 21. 5s. Fly, Fleance, fly".

to secure it. De La Richarderie has given a capital account of it: vol. iv. p. 18, &c. Let CHENIER'S "Recherches Historiques sur les Maures, et Histoire de l'Empire de Maroc." Paris, 1787, 8vo. 3 vols. ensure a warm reception. It is at once moderate in price, and faithful in narrative. An English translation of it appeared in 2 vols. octavo. Nor should · PORRET'S "Voyage en Barbarie," Paris, 1789, 8vo. 2 vols.-be long wanting in a professed collection of books of this description. Mr. JACKSON'S Account of the Empire of Marocco, 1809, 4to. (so pithily and pertinently reviewed in the Quarterly, vol. ii. p. 445) cannot fail to be placed alongside the very best works which treat of that extraordinary kingdom. It has been (I believe) more than once reprinted in 8vo. Yet let me adopt a still more decisive strain in commendation of the Travels in Morocco, Tripoli, &c. of ALI BEY; put forth in two goodly quarto tomes in 1816: an excellent, amusing, and instructive work. And last, though not the least in this list of commendable tomes, be the Narrative of Travels in Northern Africa from Tripoli to Mourzouk, the capital of Fezzan, with a chart and coloured plates, put forth by CAPTAIN LYON, companion to the late Mr. Ritchie. This truly valuable and scientific work is " accompanied by Geographical Notices of Soudan, and of the course of the Niger." It is published at 31. 3s. in boards.

* Of the works of an author, so well, and, alas! so lamentably known, it were idle to say one word in commendation. The Travels of MUNGO PARK, in the Interior Districts of Africa, in the years 17956-7, and during a subsequent Mission in 1805, were published, as a

the second British victim to the vengeance of the natives! :—the persevering efforts of BROWNE, HORNEMAN, RILEY, and ADAMS.*

new edition, in 1823, in two volumes, quarto; price 31. 13s. 6d. This edition contains Major Rennell's valuable Memoir on the Geography of Africa, a portrait of the author, and maps and plates. But the labours of Park are now to be had in all forms, and at all prices, though, doubtless, the latter are the best editions. I remember the great interest excited by the publication of the first journey, and the sympathy generally felt at his untimely fate when his posthumous labours appeared. . . . Peace to the ashes of this modest, heroic, and hapless traveller! His memory is embalmed in the same mental cenotaph with that of Cook and of BURCKHARDT.

* "Another, and another, still succeeds!"—and all, with one exception, of BRITISH growth. Thrice welcome, ye brave and unremitting explorers of crumbling ruins, burning sands, and almost interminable deserts! I give you, here, a hearty welcome !-and chronicle your labours with a ready hand and grateful heart. BROWNE'S Travels in Egypt and Syria, and to Darfur, were published in 1799, 4to. and were well translated into French, with notes, and enriched with maps, &c. by Costera, at Paris, 1800, 8vo. 2 vols. De la Richarderie (Bibl. des Voy. vol. i. p. 255) has given an excellent analysis of Browne, and tells us that "what is truly worthy of observation, in the narrative of Browne, is his Voyage to Darfur, a country wholly unknown till its description by this author." But the French critic betrays a little soreness in Browne's strictures upon Savary and Volney. The first publication of HORNEMAN's Journal of Travels to Fezzan, from the German, appeared in English in 1802, 4to. but this is very inferior to the French edition, in 1803, in two octavo volumes, with a dissertation on the Oases. This work contains a lively narrative of many singular and interesting adventures. But what are these, compared with the NARRATIVE OF JAMES RILEY-" containing an account of the loss of his vessel on the western coast of Africa, and the sufferings of her surviving officers and crew, who were enslaved by the wandering Arabs on the Great African Coast!? This book was first published at New York, in 1816, 4to.: and the following year in England, in the same form. The sufferings of ADAMS,

+ The first quarto, also possessing Major Rennell's Memoir, is a scarce volume.

As we prepare our Collection for Travels more immediately southward, let us make room on our shelves for the valuable and curious labours of LOPEZ and TUCKEY-Who wrote, at more than an interval of two centuries apart, respecting the rise and course of the great river Zaire, usually called the Congo.* Secure these precious tomes, if you can; but as Lopez, from his great scarcity, is necessarily (in bibliographical metaphor) "a slippery gentleman," console yourself, for his absence, as occasion and opportunity may offer, with the performance of Cavazzi, or Labat.† Captain Tuckey's book is yearly issuing, in reprints, from its head-quarters in Albemarle street.

in his " Narrative of a wreck in the year 1810, on the Western Coast of Africa," &c. published in 1816, afford an equally intense interest in perusal. Let the sympathising reader consult the Quarterly Review, vols. xiv. p. 453, xvi. p. 287.—and from thence learn to be thankful for a happy home in a civilised country. I may here take occasion to recommend the earnest perusal of the two octavo volumes of the Proceedings of the AFRICAN ASSOCIATION :" containing the journals of their different Emissaries.

* I will begin with ODOARDO LOPEZ, whose Relazione de' Reame di Congo e delle vicine contrade, &c. ; first published at Rome, in 1591, 4to. is a volume of rare occurrence, and worth, when complete with the maps, from 4 to 5l. There is a Latin translation, published at Franckfort in 1598, folio, which forms the first part of the voyages of De Bry. But of greatly superior value, on the score of intrinsic merit, is CAPTAIN TUCKEY'S "Narrative of an Expedition to explore the river Zaire, usually called the Congo, in South Africa, published by permission of the Lords of the Admiralty, in 1818, 4to. 21. 2s. containing fourteen engravings. Mr. Murray, in his work so frequently mentioned with commendations, has published a small chart of this river from Captain Tuckey's narrative.

+ CAVAZZI; Descrizione dei trè Reame cioè Congo, Matouba, e Angola, was published at Bologna in 1687, folio: a very rare book. It was republished at Milan in 1690, 4to. and at the sale of Dr. Heath's library, I find Mr. Heber giving the very smart sum of 21. 6s.

And now a word-and that a little word"-for Southern Africa. Yet the Western Coast, including the vast region of Guinea, has not been bereft of writers. Below, I subjoin a list of a few of the principal ;* and exhort the reader, whether young or old, to possess himself of the very curious, novel, and most entertaining work of Mr. BOWDICH; being an account of a Mission from Cape Coast Castle to the Kingdom of Ashantee. In regard to Southern Africa -if its interior have yet escaped the researches of the most hardy and adventurous travellers, there are yet some excellent works which describe those portions which are nearer the Cape, and which come in more immediate contact with European curiosity or commerce. The names of VAILLANT, SPARMAN, Lichten

for a copy of this republication. LABAT's Relation Historique de l'Ethiopie Occidentale, Paris, 1732, 12mo. 5 vols. contains a translation of Cavazzi, with an abstract of the Memoirs of a number of Romish Missionaries.

* The reader must, however, first search the pages of Hakluyt, Purchas, and Churchill, for many curious and interesting voyages to Guinea, and other parts of the western coast of Africa. Lindsay's voyage, in 1758, containing the capture of Goree, by Keppel, Lond. 1759, 4to. with cuts, is worth a ten minutes inspection before the dinner is announced, or after the tea and coffee are taken up into the drawing room while the tomes of Matthews, (1788, 4to.) Winterbottom, (Lond. 8vo.) and Beaver, (African Memoranda, 1805, 4to.) are deserving of a more leisurely examination. Latterly, Meredith's description of the Gold Coast of Africa, 1812. 8vo. has produced a more general and more satisfactory impression.

+ Singularly" curious, novel, and interesting," indeed is the work here mentioned. It contains an account of a Mission from Cape Coast Castle to the Kingdom of Ashantee, in Africa, &c. with plates, sufficient, many of them, to set the reader's heart in a flutter at the monstrosities exhibited. This really extraordinary work was written by Mr. Bowdich, Conductor and Chief of the Embassy and published by Mr. John Murray, at 31. 3s.

STEIN, PERCIVAL, BARROW* are prominent in the list of those travellers who have contributed to the enlargement of our knowledge of this most interesting portion of the globe,-while the yet more enterprising and successful exertions of BURCHELL have taught us that

• Vaillant : : Voyage dans l'Intérieur de l'Afrique, 1796, 8vo. two vols. first edition of the first voyage: the second was printed in 1795, in two vols. 4to, and three 8vo. They have both been frequently reprinted. A copy of the first and second voyages, 1795, in 3 vols. 8vo. on LARGE PAPER, "best edition, very rare, plates coloured, bound in red morocco," was sold for the very stiff price of 371. 16s. at the sale of Colonel Stanley's library. SPARMAN'S Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, was translated from the Swedish into English in 1785, 4to. two vols. An excellent work. PERCIVAL'S Account of the Cape of Good Hope, was published in 1804, 4to. LICHTENSTEIN appeared in English, from the German, in 1812, 4to. Both are valuable publications. A very ancient namesake, if not ancestor, of Lichtenstein, published an account of Constantinople, in the German language, in 1584, folio: a work of rare occurrence. But, doubtless of much superior value, in extent, in variety, importance, and accuracy of detail, is Mr. BARROW'S Account of Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa, Lond, 1801, 4to. to which was added a second volume in 1803, 4to. Boucher de la Richarderie has done ample justice to our couutryman, by his analysis, in vol. iv. p. 245, &c. And if, in conclusion, "the 66 man" or young the old man,' ask me to place a few only of the best works relating to the Southern parts of Africa, in his library, I shall immediately answer him" consider Mr. Barrow as an indispensable gentleman."

† Of entirely recent date, and containing a more extensive and important account of the Interior of South Africa, are the costly and comprehensive volumes of WILLIAM J. BURCHELL, Esq. which are embellished by not fewer than 116 coloured and uncoloured engravings.

These travels were undertaken with the intention of exploring the unknown countries lying between the Cape of Good Hope and the Portuguese Settlements on the Western Coast, by a circuitous track through the Interior Regions. The author, after penetrating into the heart of the Continent, to the depth of nearly eleven hundred miles, to a country never before described, met with obstacles which it was