KEARSLEY’S TRAVELLER’s GUIDE THROUGH GREAT BRITAIN: 42) 
Arr. XXII. Wallis’s Pocket Itinerary; being a new and accurate Guide to all the prin- 
. cipal direct and cross Roads throughout England, Wales, and Scotland : containing the 
Roads of England and Scotland, both direct and cross; exhibiting in a progressive Series 
every Town, City, or remarkable Village, intersected by such Road; as also the best 
Inns, the Counties in which the different Cities, Fc. are situated, their Market Days and 
Distances from London; each Borough being distinguished by appropriate Figures, shew 
ing the Number of Members returned to Parliament ; topographical Notices of Villas, to- 
gether with the Names of their Proprietors, and likewise of the chief natural and artificial 
Curiosities occurring in each Rout; an alphabetical Table of the most distinguished Cities, 
Towns, €Jc. in Great Britain ; together with their Distances from London, the Counties 
in which they are situated, the Rates of Postage for Letters, and the stated Days on 
which their respective Fairs are holden. The whole presenting to the Traveller every In- 
formation ( sorb elegant and useful) upon a more comprehensive and portable Plan than in 
any similar Work hitherto published. Tilustrated with accurate Maps of the Roads of 
Lngland and Scotland. 18mo. pp. 460. 
IT is a painful and tiresome part of 
a reviewer’s duty to examine and com- 
pare works like the above, where thou- 
sands of names and numbers are the 
‘only subjects to peruse. ‘This task, how- 
ever, we have performed, and are sorry 
to pronounce a severe sentence on this 
pocket itinerary. It is injudiciously ar- 
ranged, written worse, and slovenly in- 
correct in the spelling. 
To justify this sentence it may. be 
deemed expedient for us to produce 
-some evidence. This will be done from 
the first and second pages, for it will not 
be necessary to go farther in the work. 
The first rout is from London to Bath ; 
but the reader is referred to page 117, 
for the road to Reading. This is very 
singular : as if the middle of the book 
Was printed first. Among the errors in 
the second page, we adduce the follow- 
ing: Chaucer’s grove was never Chau- 
cer’s seat. It is a modern house: at 
least modern in comparison to Donning- 
ton castle; where: one of the Chaucers 
resided. Littlecot park is not Mrs. Pop- 
ham’s. Tottenham park is four miles 
from Marlborough, instead of one. 
Marlborough mount is zot converted 
into the Castle inn, but is only an object 
in the garden of that inn. Bagdon 
lodge, instead of being three miles west 
of Marlborough, is three miles south- 
east of that town. There is no such 
place as Bockley house as described, nor 
has the duke of Marlborough any seat 
at Lockridge. Many similar instances 
of inaccuracy, inattention, &c. could 
be adduced, but we presume these will 
be sufficient to guard our readers against 
imposition. 
Arr. XXIII. Kearshy’s Traveller’s entertaining Guide through Great Britain 3 or, a 
Description of the great Roads, and pvincipal cross Roads; marking the Distances of 
Places to and from London, and from each other: to wiich are added a Description of 
the principal Great Roads of Ireland ; different Routes to Paris; and a Table of the 
Times of High Water at New and Full Moon; with a concise topographical History of 
the Cities, Towns, Waierine Places, Chief Villages, Antiquities, Seats, 
> b ft ? roc 
Te. He. 
~The Whole forming a General Tour through Great Britain. The Second Edition, much 
_ enlarged and improved. 8vo. pp. 430. 
- REIVALSHIP in trade is generally 
considered as conducive to the public 
food; and the best mode. of counter- 
acting monopoly, is to excite and pro- 
‘mote competition among persons who 
are most addicted to this species of 
commercial tyranny. The present sub- 
jet bas lately furnished an extraordi- 
‘Mary contest fer superiority, and as is 
Usually the case on such occasions, 
whilst individuals suffer, the publie are 
benefited. 
Among the numerous advantages 
England enjoys above other countries, 
are, the ease, safety, and expedition de- 
rived by travellers. To good roads and 
comfortable accommodations may now 
be added useful and “ entertaining” 
books, at once directing and satisfying 
the curiosity of the tourist. Previous 
to the year 1625 there was no book pub- « 
lished on this subject; at that time John 
Norden compiled and printed a thin 
quarto volume, as a “ guide for English 
travailers.”’? John Ogilby improved and 
enlarged this in his “ Itinerarium An- 
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