132 THE PANORAMA OF TORQUAY. 



actually proceeded, en deshabille, with my candlestick 

 in one hand and the newspaper in the other to his 

 chamber door, when a thought occurred to me that, 

 very likely, he would not wish to be disturbed at such 

 an unseasonable hour of the morning ; so I changed 

 my mind and returned to my own room, where I pro- 

 bably might have passed the interval till daylight in 

 reading my verses over and over again, but my candle, 

 was exhausted and I had to content myself with medi- 

 tating on my success, for as matter of course I was not 

 visited by sleep that night. 



TENTATUS. 



Liskeard, Feb. 1833. 



LITERARY NOTICES, No. III. 



THE PANORAMA OF TORQUAY, 



BY OCTAVJAN BLEWITT. 



London, Simpkin and Marshall ; Cockrem, Twyuay. 

 Second Edition, p. p. 288. 



THIS little book is well worthy a situation in every 

 library, not merely from its local interest but because 

 it contains materials for the gratification of most classes 

 of readers ; the style is skilfully adapted to the 

 subject, passing from the severity of scientific descrip- 

 tion to the poetical language of the enthusiast in pictu- 

 resque beauty. 



The antiquarian, the tourist, the historian, the botan- 

 ist, the geologist, the physician, the artist and the 

 architect will each find exceedingly curious and inter- 

 esting matter, in his own particular study, in the 

 "panorama of Torquay ;" it is divided into six parts ; the 

 first contains an account of the situation, climate, 

 public establishments, &c. ; the second, is devoted to 

 the natural history of the district, including its con- 

 chology, botany and marine botany ; the third, which 

 is highly interesting, is a guide to the walks and ex- 

 cursions which may be made in the neighbourhood, 



