ESTABLISHED SCHOOL BOOKS 



respectinsf the Information contained In the Gazetteer. A" copious Index of the Mftniea 

 of all persons mentioned in the work has been subjoined, which is an entirely new fea- 

 ture in publications of tliis description. 



LITERARY 

 So many Gazetteers exist and are perpe- 

 tually rccnrring, and they arc such ungainly 

 objects of a Reviewer's attention, that we 

 should not perhaps have been induced to 

 take notice of Mr. Bourn's compilation, had 

 not tlie favour with which it lias been re- 

 ceived by the public and the peculiar features 

 of its character seemed to require that we 

 should give it a place in our Catalogue. We 

 think, indeed, that Mr. Bourn's particular 

 object in forming' it, and the great labour and 

 reading which must have been made subser- 

 vieut to it, deserve the success wliicli it has 

 experienced, and, the good opinion which we 

 now readily pronounce on it. The numerous 

 poetical and entertaining quotations inter- 

 spersed in this work make it almost a read- 

 able Dictionary : — " a pleasing monster 

 which the world ne'er saw.'' — Monthly Review. 

 lu executing his task, and a laborious one 

 it must have been, Mr. Bourn seems to have 

 selected from almost every work, both ancient 

 and modern, that had any reference to his 

 subject, and to have produced a compilation 

 useful for its information and pleasing for its 

 variety. The two former editions of this 

 work have been for some time past before 

 tlie pid)lic, and we feel gratified in having an 

 opportunity of bearing our testimony to the 

 improvements and additions which the un- 

 wearied diligence of the Author has exhibited 

 ju the third. — European Magazine. 



We are happy to see the favourable opinion 

 Vfe have already expressed of this useful work 

 confirmed by the appearance of a third edi- 

 tion, which appears to have been carefully 

 corrected according to the events and pub- 

 lications of the last seven years. The refer- 

 ences to modem travels are very useful ; and 

 the anecdotes, poetical extracts, and historical 

 notices, introduced under the titles of par- 

 ticular places, are well adapted to lead the 

 youthful reader to more profound and exten- 

 sive researches in history and biography. 

 Copious and well-arranged tables of Longi- 

 tude and Latitude, and a good Index, are 

 amongst the recommendations of this work, 

 which for general reference is superior to 

 any of the same size, and as a school book 

 lias no competitor.— iV«« Monthly Magazine. 



OPINIONS. 



On the first blush of the title, a Gazetteer 

 does not seem to promise that quantum of 

 literature which should recommend it to our 

 notice ; but Mr. Bourn has so executed his 

 design, as not only to aid the traveller, but 

 to amuse the reader. We are not surprised, 

 therefore, that his work has reached a third 

 edition. It is every way worthy of favour, 

 and contains a great deal of historical, bio- 

 graphical, and miscellaneous intelligence ; 

 besides furnishing in an agreeable form that 

 geographical information which is its more 

 direct object. By connecting interesting 

 facts with the names of places, the memory 

 is more fixedly impressed with their dry rela- 

 tions'; and anecdotes, like the artificial system 

 of mnemonics, are pegs on which to hang the 

 recollections of site, topography, magnitude, 

 population, dates, and other matters apt to 

 be forgotten. Practical illustrations are 

 equally beneficial j and Mr. Bourn has dis- 

 played much taste and judgment, as well as 

 industry and research, in associating all these 

 helps in his vocabulary of names . .... 

 Mr. Bourn's plan is a very good one and 

 very pleasantly executed. — Literary Gazette. 



"To facilitate the study of geography, so 

 pleasing and so important a branch of edu- 

 cation, there is no auxiliai-y more beneficial 

 than an accurate Gazetteer. In the com- 

 pilation of these works we have often had to 

 regret that the Editors have been satisfied 

 with rendering them mere nomenclatures — 

 contented with a dry matter-of-fact detail ; 

 a desideratum which Mr. Bourn has amply 

 supplied by associating with the names of 

 places a great deal of amusing and instruc- 

 tive intelligence, interspersed with a number 

 of highly tasteful and appropriate poetical 

 illustrations ; rendering the work not only a 

 desirable companion to the student, but one 

 that may be turned to with much advantage 

 by the mere casual reader, whether with a 

 view to profit or to entertainment. We have 

 no hesitation in giving this volume our most 

 cordial support : the youth of both sexes will 

 find great advantage from it, while the more 

 advanced in life will derive from it both in- 

 struction and amusement. — Literary Re- 

 gister. 



Favourable notices of the First and Second Editions of this Gazetteer may be seen in 

 the European Magazine, Vols. liii. and Ixvii. Critical Review, Vol. xii. Third Series, 

 and Vol. i. Fifth Series. Gentleman's Magazine, Vols. Ix^cviii. and Ixxxv. Britiah 

 Critic, Vol. xxx. O.S., and Vol. iii. N.S. New Monthhj Magazine, Vol. iii. O.S. 

 Antijacobin Revietv,Vo\.x\i}i., Literary Panorama, Vol. iv, O.S. and Vol. ii.N.S. and 

 Eclectic RevieWf Vol. iv. 



