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NOTICES AND ANALYSES OF NEWBOOKS AND PAPEKS, 



Histoire Generale des Voyages, Sfc, General History of Voy- 

 ages and Travels, arranged and completed to the present day. 

 By C. A. Walckenaer. Tom. XVIII. XIX. Paris, 1830. 



The 17th vol. of this valuable work was noticed in a former Number 

 of this Journal, (Vol. II. p. 154.) We have since received vols. 

 18 and 19, the contents of which are as follows : — 



Vol. 18. contains the continuation of Lichtenstein's Travels in the 

 Cape of Good Hope in 1804, and the excursion of General Janssens 

 to the Hippopotamus river. Next follows M. Lichtenstein's Jour- 

 ney to Zwollendam, and his other travels in J 805, in the country of 

 the Bosjesmans, &c. The rest of the volume is occupied, 1st, by the 

 narrative t)f two Moravian Missions amongst the Hottentots, from 

 1736 to 1801 ; and, 2d, by the travels of the Rev. J. Campbell in 

 the interior of tlie colony, to Guadendal and Bethelsdorp, in 1812 

 and 1813, and to Graaf-regnett, Lattakou, and the country of the 

 Griguas and the Namaguas, in 1813 and 1814. 



Vol. 19. contains the series of travels in South Africa, and particu- 

 larly in the Cape, and along the coast from Cape Negro to Cape 

 Corrientes. The volume commences with the travels of M. Latrobe 

 in 1815. Then follows an account of a second journey of the mis- 

 .sionary Campbell ; which is succeeded by the narrative of J. Philip, 

 and an extract from the journal of the Missionaries. 



To commend this most interesting work, would now be mere superero- 

 gation.. ,^,a. ■)- 

 .;-,i ad ViJ«5 



A New Gazetteer of Scotland, by Robert Chambers, author 

 of " the Picture of Scotland," " Traditions of Edinburgh," &c. 

 ^and William Chambers, author of " the Book of Scotland.' 

 Parts I. and II. 8vo. Ireland, junior. Edinburgh, 1830-1. 



A good gazetteer of the present state of Scotland is much wanted ; and, 

 though the undertaking is most laborious, and fraught with peculiar 

 difficulties, we consider that, in the names of the Messrs Chambers, we 

 have a guarantee that this work will supply the desideratum. Where, 

 however, the facts to be collected are so extremely local, there 

 must of necessity be many imperfections in the details ; but, from 

 an examination of the two parts before us, we have no doubt that this 

 gazetteer will be found to be as accurate as the nature of the subject 

 will admit ; and being, in a certain measure, a national work, we 

 strongly recommend it to support. 



It would be well if, during the progress of publication of the parts, 

 the authors would solicit from persons possessed of local informa- 

 tion, any corrections or additions which may be considered necessary, 

 and arrange them in a supplemental number at the end of the volume. 

 The plan of publication is as follows : — 



*' I. The work will be published in monthly parts, price Two Shillings 

 each, containing ninety-six pages of letter-press. 



** II. Each part will be embellished by a highly j&nished engraving on 

 steel, exhibiting a view of one of the principal cities of Scotland. — 

 Two views will occasionally be given in a part. 



" III. The whole will be completed in ten parts, and will form a large 

 and handsome volume, beautifully printed, and stereotyped, in double 

 columns, on a neAV tj^e." 

 VOL. III. R 



