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1818-19, by John Griscom ; 1823. Letters from Europe, &c. by N. H. Carter, 
New-York, 1827. (Two editions.) A Year in Spain, by Alex. S. McKenzie; 
Boston, 1829. Narrative of Four Voyages to the South Sea and the Pacific, 
1822-31, by Benj. Morrell; New-York, 1831. Voyages Round the World, be¬ 
tween 1792 and 1832, by Edward Fanning; New-York, 1832. Voyage of the 
U. S. Frigate Potomac, 1831-34, by J. N. Reynolds; 1835. A Winter in the 
West, by a New-Yorker, [Charles F. Hoffman;] 1835. The Old World and 
the New, or a Journal of Reflections and Observations, made in a Tour in Eu¬ 
rope, by Orville Dewey; 1836. Sketches of Turkey in 1831-32, by Jas. E. De 
Kay ; New-York, 1833. Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petrgea, and the 
Holy Land, by John L. Stephens; 1836. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Tur¬ 
key, Russia and Poland, by the same; 1837. Journal of an Exploring Tour 
beyond the Rocky Modntains, 1835-37, by Samuel Parker; 1838. Incidents of 
Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan, by John L. Stephens; 1841. 
Biblical Researches in Palestine, &c. or a Journal of Travels in the year 1838, 
by Edward Robinson and Eli Smith, drawn up by E. Robinson; 1841. Letters 
from the Old World, by Mrs. Haight; New-York, 1840. Letters from Abroad, 
&c. by C. S. Sedgwick; New-York, 1841. Travels in England, &c. by J. Fen- 
nimore Cooper. Travels in Switzerland, &c. by the same. Travels in Europe, 
by Valentine Mott; 1842. The American in Egypt, with rambles through Ara¬ 
bia Petrsea and the Holy Land, during the years 1839 and 1840, by James 
Ewing Cooley; 1842. 
With regard to these works we may remark, that Schoolcraft’s publications 
are among the best accounts of the western wilderness; that McKenzie’s lively 
and graphic sketches of Spanish society have not been surpassed; Dr. De Kay’s 
volume upon Turkey is replete with information valuable to the general reader 
as well as to the naturalist; that Hoffman is successfully creating a national taste 
for works descriptive of our own scenery, and illustrative of our own own history; 
the letters of Mrs. Haight, are written with vivacity and elegance; Stephens, 
Robinson and Dewey, forsook customary routes of travellers, and struck across the 
