188 Review. 



II. Modern Geography. A Description of the Empires, 

 Kingdoms, States, and Colonies ; with the Oceans, 

 Seas, and Isles ; in all Parts of the World: includ- 

 ing the most Recent Discoveries', and Political Alter- 

 ations. Digested on a New Plan. By John Pin- 

 kerton. The Astronomical Introduction by the Rev. 

 S. Vince, A. M., F. R.S., and Plumian Professor 

 of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy, in the 

 University of Cambridge. The Article America 

 Corrected, arid considerably Enlarged, by Dr. Bar- 

 ton, of Philadelphia. With numerous Maps, drawn 

 under the direction, and with the latest Improvements, 

 of Arrowsmith, and engraved by the first American 

 Artists. To the whole are added, a Catalogue of the 

 best Maps, and Books of Travels and Voyages, in all 

 Languages ; and an ample Index. In two volumes. 

 Conrad and Co. : 1804. 



MR. PINKERTON had long been very ad- 

 vantageously known to the public, as a man of exten- 

 sive and recondite learning. His Dissertation on the 

 Origin and Progress of the Scythians, or Goths, being 

 an Introduction to the Ancient and Modern History of 

 Europe, was first published in 1787, and procured for 

 its author no inconsiderable celebrity. The work, 

 indeed, is sometimes marked with a systematic spi- 

 rit of prejudice, from which even the Modern Geogra- 

 phy is not wholly exempted. But these are small 

 faults, compared to the great aggregate of merit. 



