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THE TRANSLATOR. 



Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?" is a 

 supercilious query but too frequently directed against 

 various regions of the earth, particularly against bigotted 

 and enslaved Spain. And, indeed, were our opinion of 

 what may be extracted from that devoted country to be 

 formed by estimating the magnitude, or the value of 

 the information lately brought home from it, even by 

 our friendly armies, after a long abode, the answer to 

 the insolent query above-mentioned would justly be, — 

 "Nothing." 



Having resided for some time in Spain, and having 

 occasionally, since my return, directed my attention 

 towards Spanish literature, to that query I should feel 

 myself warranted to give a very different answer. — 

 To mention one branch of scientific literature only, — 

 I mean what relates to maritime information respecting 

 her dominions, European and American, Spain has done 



