' 6lO RetrofpeSi of Domejiic Literature. — Voyages and Travels, 



iident inhabitants, and of the hydrophobia 

 tV< 111 jimonf the dogs. The fourth chap- 

 ter is principally devoled to the irKiigcnius 

 and fxoiic plains, as wtll as to the prin- 

 cipal iTirans whofe adoption niighrt faci- 

 litate the turtiier cultivaiion of the ifland. 

 About liveiiieen years ago, it (isenns, an 

 attempt was made tcwards its grntral im- 

 provement ; when fome of the inhabitants 

 foimed themfclves irito an agricultural 

 f(,C!cty ; and though their means wtietoo 

 confii ed and fcanty for anv very beneficial 

 cnlutjuencrs to enfue, the gtneral refult 

 of loine <f ihcir earlitit experiments, 

 which wctl fucccfsful as far as they were 

 ciiried, is here rtcoided tor the encour.ige- 

 ritnt of othtrrs. The fitih and lail ch.ip- 

 ter, on the inhabitants and interior cir- 

 ciimflances of the ifland, is by far the 

 mod lively and entertaining. 7 he fifu- 

 aiion of a little colony, the auihor ob- 

 le'Ves, rmhoibnied in the rectflcs of a 

 T '■-ky ifland, and ftp^ira td by an immenle 

 ocean Irom the troublts and calaniitiei of 

 the lurrounding woild, we Ihoiild wd- 

 lingly figvire to ourlilves as the retreat of 

 hapfincis, which ihofe who fought for it 

 in reiiicment might expeft to hnd in the 

 valleys of St, Helena: bi.t the inhabi- 

 tants, he tells us, confider their fituation 

 as a lt;ite of exdc ; their opp^^rtimiiies of 

 obiaiiiing wealiharefcw ; (he fcene around 

 ihcm i-i cunfineil ; and cut off as they 

 art, during ihe gieiteft iiart of ilie'r time, 

 from all inttrc'iurfe wiih the reit of the 

 world, we cannot be furpril'ed to read that 

 theai rival f:hehmewaid bound InUiamen 

 is with them the greilcd event of she year. 

 Havin;; f < nfidered the great advantages 

 Knd ( cf.dioaal inconvei.icnces of Sr. He- 

 lena as a ftation tor cur fleets tir-ce the 

 relTion of the Cape, the author concludt-s 

 with obftrving that its internal rclources 

 for (he benefit ot our (hipping might, 

 with i Title carf, be much augmented. 



«' Tamdar Letters from Italy to a 

 Jr'iend in England," by Peter Beck- 

 FORD, Eiq., 2 vuls. 



A great number of the letters here pre- 

 fenttrd to the reader may be fuppofed ;o 

 have I'll foincthin,' of t >eir ir.tcreft, fince 

 thty verewiiten i"o long ago as 1787. 

 The piiiutes of familiar manners, how- 

 ever, which thty lepref nt, are faithfully 

 diivn j and th uyh they n);iy not al'oge- 

 ther apply te the inhabitants of Ital, as 

 they cxilt at prclen', t^ ey have a livdv in. 

 lertii to communicate. Mr. Keckfuid 

 •was introduced to V Itaire and Roufitau, 

 or ;he Utcr.of whom he pieienis a (liort 

 though not a very mterelting accunt. 



But a more cuiiuui work than this is 



comprized in the " Tra'veh through Italy 

 in the Years itc^ and 1805," by Au- 

 gustus Von Kotzebue ; 4 voln., 

 Phillips, A wiik perhaps which has 

 more reil intercft ihap any of the au- 

 thor's former publications. In the firft 

 volume, the portion which feems likely 

 to afford 'he grea eil fhare of entertainment 

 is the defciiption of the lyr I. Its va- 

 ried and lotiiantic beauties, he fsys, are in 

 no dcgrre infeiic r to ihole of Switzerland, 

 except that the cataraf^s are but fparngly 

 diitiibuttd. The travelling in Tyrol is 

 quicker than in Switzerland ; overwhich 

 it claims another preference, in having all 

 its beauties by the road-hde. We have 

 no otcafii n, as in that country, to deviate 

 to the right and left, and to climb on our 

 han Is and knees, in order to ca ch a charm 

 of nature. And as a jouiney of p'eafure, 

 Tyrol has (fill greater recommendations. 

 The chn»(c ot the mnu tain-goai, a.-d the 

 hillury of the Tyrol (hirp-fliooters, who 

 are laid lately to have given luch atTiflance 

 to the French, afford ariccitofes hat wdl be 

 peiuird with uleafuie. The unamiable 

 Uiluline nuns o! Inlpruek, however, meet 

 the authoi't. ceniiire. In this part of Ty- 

 rol, he oi/lerve'i, is to be feen a charming 

 national phytlognomy in the fair-fcx ; 

 ov.^l faces, fine dark eyes, and a white 

 (kin ;, they are all as much alike as fibers. 

 It is H pity, cnly, that their clumfy drefs 

 di lioures their perlbnal at ti actions. At 

 Florence, our author t;ik s particular no- 

 tice not only of the betf woiks of art which 

 are now there. Inn of thofe which have 

 been removed to France ; and though his 

 memoranda may ;iot be always iiaiisfjc- 

 tory cither to the aitiit or the conn- iffeur, 

 their good I'eiife will be univtrlally al- 

 lowed. At Rome, we have his oblerva- 

 tions on the diama, as well as the antiijni- 

 ties ; and the Sorrows of VVerter, in five 

 afts, will be as great a novelty to our 

 readers as to M. Von Ko'zehue. At 

 Gaeta, we have l<.me curious remarks on 

 the fad and indiftinil remains ot Cicero's 

 viHa. The firif volun^e clofes with the 

 account I'f Naples. Here, lays M. Kot- 

 zebue, " I mu(f condu'!:t the reader a 

 little about the town ; lor every thing is 

 I'o perfe£ily different fiom all that an inhr;- 

 bitanl of a more northern climate con- 

 ceives of a town, that he w iild imagine 

 hiiiifclf at firll to be in the Moon." But 

 tne peculiiiit.es oi' Naples will not admit 

 of an abiidgement heie. The depi -rahle 

 objeffs, however, >Aiifi which" it is filled 

 ill every pan, excited our iiaveller s at- 

 tention j and he makes one or two rem -rks 

 which only indicate that he is not an En- 

 glifluuaa. 



