6i^ Retrospect of French Literature. 



Ill the SfcnntI volume he treats of iron 

 fcridiies. He has given engriwint^s of all 

 the principal iron bridi;es in England and 

 ill France, with geometrical sections, and 

 points out the advantages of such and 

 such forms. To M. Gauthey we owe 

 practical illustration of a curious fact, 

 ihat a liollow cylinder is stronger than a 

 so<id one of an e^ual quantity of matter; 

 he was the first wiio iij)|j|ied it in practice, 

 and his discovery prtcedes all the pre* 

 tended discoveries of others on this 

 point. 



The third volume treats of inland na- 



vigation, or navigalile cnnals ; it contains 

 an account of oil the canals in I'rance, 

 Che modes of consiruciion, the errors 

 adopted by different civil engineers, ami 

 the means of avoioing them ; and the 

 author bestows on all the parts of the 

 subject, theoretical and practical, the 

 same care, and displays the same pro- 

 found and brilliant conceptions which 

 distinguish his treatise on bridges. We 

 need nor, after this, say that the work 

 eminently recommends itself to the no- 

 tice and study of the civil engineer, who 

 T»ould not only avoid the too frequent 

 errors committed, but distinguisii himself 

 Itj eminence in his science. 



TRAVELS. 



Voijage. en Sovoie, en FUniont, a Nice ft 

 a Gcnei, ^c. 



Travels in Savnj/ and Piedmont, to Nice 

 and Genoa ; by (he C/ievulier MMm, 

 Member of the Inslifute, Professor of 

 Arcli<tologii, and Keeper of llie Medals 

 and Antiquitin of lUe lioiiai hibrary, 

 <5f. 4-c. 2 voIs.'Qvo. I'uns, 18ir. 



Vot)ti^e dam le Milunah, (^c 

 'Sravels in the Milanais, to Placentin, 

 farma, Modtna, Mantua, Cremona, 

 find several other Cities of ancient 

 jAiinhnrdij ; by the same Author, 2 

 •tuds. 8bo. JiiHUiny, 1817. 

 The literary world have long expected 

 with impatience the Travels of M. Mil- 

 liit, and the publication tvill not disap- 

 point their hopes. To the eye of ob- 

 servation, he joinSj perhaps, the pro- 

 fnundest knowledge of intiquity of any 

 person of the age: he views every thing 

 with n clafsicai eye ; he is shown monu- 

 ments to which a fabulous history is 

 attached. Iti his liands antiquity 

 has become one of the exact sci- 

 ences; lie unmasks the pious fraud, and 

 jiffixes to the object its true date and 

 value. This sacrifice of every thing to 

 Truth would, we are persuaded, render 

 M. Millin a less welcome guest a second 

 time with the reverend detailcrs of mira- 



cles with which Italy abounds, but the 

 world is a considerable gainer by the 

 circumstance. We will let the author 

 describe the object of his labours: — 



*• At least, it will be seen that I have 

 spared no pains to complete the notions 

 I wished to collect ami publish on the 

 cities and countries of which I have 

 treated : besides my written notices, I 

 collected a considerable quantity of 

 works on whatever could be the object 

 of my researches and my meditations. . . 

 Some persons will, perhaps, find the de- 

 tails too minute ; but my design was to 

 give a description of Italy, as well as a 

 book of Travels ; to unite what I saw to 

 what others have observed ; to form, in 

 fact, a collection of notices which might 

 guide travellers, and spare them the pur- 

 chase of other works, but pointing out 

 always the source for those who wish to 

 consult it. 1 have thus comprised in my 

 work a pretty extensive bibliography, 

 and made known a great quantity of 

 books and dissertations, of which very 

 few have crossed the Alps. I have given 

 in the notes a list of the principal pic> 

 tiires, and the descriptions of objects in 

 detail, that those who do not feel inte- 

 rested in these matters may pass them 

 without interruption. I wished also that 

 my book might make Italy known to 

 those who cannot undertake the journey: 

 on this account, I have not contented 

 myself with describing what appeared to 

 interest me, I have pointed out the en- 

 gravings of those objects, and the works 

 in which they are to be found. 



*' It is peculiarly under the view of 

 Letters and the Arts that persons travel to 

 Italy; I have principally attached my- 

 self to whatever relates to literary his- 

 tory and that of the arts. My desire 

 has been to be useful to those who visit 

 this classic country, and to give an idea, 

 at least, of the riches of this beautiful 

 clime to those who caimot visit it. I do 

 not presume that my work should be re- 

 garded as an authority, but at least it 

 tvill serve as a guide; the additions, the 

 corrections, and the criticisms of which 

 it may be the object, will serve to com- 

 pose another, which shall approximate 

 still nearer to that perfection which few 

 men ever arrived at, and which I am far 

 from supposing that I have attained." — 

 Page 38i-6, vol. ii. Voyage en Savoie, 

 S,-c.. 



The author commences his travels at 

 Pont Beauvoison, the last town in 

 France, and the route from thence to 

 Siiz.i offers little but nigged mountains 

 for nearly two hundred miles, with a 

 ftighlfui 



