Review. 189 



The Modern Geography is a work of classical me- 

 rit. It is, we believe, the best work of the kind that 

 has, hitherto, appeared, in the English language. 

 We cannot, therefore, but regret, that the limits of 

 this Journal do not admit of our laying before the 

 reader, something like an analysis of it. We are 

 obliged to confine ourselves to a very few observa- 

 tions, relative to the American edition. 



This edition is printed in a much more convenient 

 form than the London edition (which is in two vo- 

 lumes, quarto), and is furnished at a much more mo- 

 derate price. It is, also, enriched with a number of 

 maps, of which the original edition is destitute. 

 That part of the work, which relates to the new 

 world, is somewhat enlarged, and is, in many res- 

 pects, very materially altered. Whether it is mate- 

 rially improved or amended, it belongs not to the 

 Editor of this Journal to assert. He can, however, 

 very sincerely say, that he has laboured to remove 

 some of the errors of the original work, though he is 

 not certain, that he has always succeeded in his en- 

 deavours. In particular, it is not improbable, that 

 Mr. Pinkerton may suppose, that his own theory, 

 relative to the origin of the numerous tribes and na- 

 tions who have spread themselves through the two 

 Americas, is much better founded, than the theory 

 which the Editor of this Journal has thought proper 

 to adopt. This is a question of great curiosity, 

 which we would not be unwilling to discuss at great- 

 er length, in an amicable manner, with the ingenious 

 author of the Geography. 



