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GENEALOGY AND ANTIQUITIES; 
‘But thofe few are excellent in their kind. 
Mr. D. Lysens’ “ Enviress of London,”’” 
$s a valuable work, which moft of us, 
probably, have perufed; a younger bro- 
ther of that gentleman, Mr. §. Lysons, 
kas publithed a very interefting “ Account 
of Reman Antiquities difcovered at Wood- 
ebeftcr, in the County of Glouceficr; in this 
fplendid work, Mr. L. has difplayed an 
uncommon variety of ornamental and cu- 
rious acquirements: though not profed- 
fionally an artift, he has executed, not 
merely the drawings and admeafurements 
himielf, but, with one or two exceptions, 
has alfo engraven the plates, and in a 
ftyle of fuperior delicacy and elegance. 
The deferiptive portion of this volume 
difplays much diligence of inveftigation, 
and is no lefs creditable to Mr. Lysewns, 
as an antiquary, than the graphic as an 
artiit. The price of the magnificent work 
is ten guineas in boards. Mr. LANG- 
LEY's “ Hiiffory and Antiquities of “the 
Hundred of Defoerough and Deanery of Wy- 
combe,” is a work rather of ufeful refer- 
ence to the hiftorian, than of general in- 
tereft to the public: it is executed with 
imdufiry and ability; nor is it the fault 
ef Mr. L. that the hundred of Defbo- 
rough poflefles but little attraction to the 
antiquary. Weare indebted to an ano- 
nymous editor, for the publication of a 
curious account of the ‘* Venerable and 
Primtial See of St. Andrews; reliquize 
Divi, Andrea.’ This work was written 
by “a true (though unworthy) fone of 
the church,” (as he modeftly ftyles him- 
felf), Mr. Georce MarTInéE, of Cler- 
mont, who feems to have held fome office, 
probably that of fecretary, under Arch- 
bifhop Sharp. This work is printed from 
an original manufeript, preferving not 
only Mr. Martine’s ftyle, but his {pell- 
ang, both of whicl have undergone con- 
fiderable alterations in MSS. of the uni- 
verfity, the Harleian library, and that in 
the pofleflion of Dr. Adamfon. Who- 
ever is defirous of information relative to 
the early hiftory of St. Andrews, will not 
be difappointed in the perufal of this cu- 
rious Volume. In profecution of a defign 
which the fociety of antiquaries has re- 
folved to execute, of publifhing accurate 
meafures of all the principal ecclefiaftical 
buildings of England, it has now pre- 
fented the public with “* Some Account of 
the Cathedral Church of Exeter, illujtrative 
of the plans, clevations, and jections of that 
building.’ This magnificent work is the 
firft of the feries; it ‘contains eleven 
Plates, whieh are executed on a large 
Half-yearly Retvolpect of Domeftie Literature. 
fcale and in an elegant. manner. The 
“ Collection. of fcarce and intcrefling Trafs, 
tending to elucidate detached peris of the 
Fiflory of Great Britain,” is feletted from 
the. Somers’ collections, and arranged 
in chronological order. This work is 
doubly valuable, from the {carcity of the 
larger work from which it is compiled.’ 
We muft not omit to mention, that the 
indefatigable Mr. NicHOLS, has pub- 
lifhed ‘* Ilufirations of the Manners and 
Expences of Ancient -Times in England,” 
which he has deduced from the accompts 
of church-wardens, and other authentic 
documents. : 
VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, 
Few works are better calculated to 
blend inftruétion with amufement, than 
thofe which may be comprehended under 
the prefent head: fince-our laft retrofpect, 
feveral of unufual merit have been added 
to our collection of voyages and travels. 
Among them is Mr. DALLAWAY’s “ Con- 
fiqutinople, Ancient and Modern; with Ex-- 
curfins to the Shores and lflands of the Ar- 
chipelago, and to the Troad.”” "The objeét of 
Mr. D. was not fo much to delineate the 
prefent manners of the Ottoman empire, as 
to obtaim and communicate ‘fan accurate 
information of the prefent ftate of thofe 
ruins which were once the pride of claffie 
antiquity, and to infpeét thofe fcenes once 
dignified by the refidence of the moft 
enlightened people of theirday.’’ In this 
tour, of about a thoufand miles, Mr.’ 
DD. furveyed the eaftern coaft of the fea of 
Marmora, and traverfing Anatolia, pur-’ 
fued the A&gean fhores on his return, and 
vifited the iflands of Samos, Chio, Mity= 
lene, and Tenedos, examining alfo the 
now .defolate region of the Troad. A 
very ample account is given cf the metre- 
polis of the empire, which is inhabited 
by a motley crew of ‘Turks, Greeks, 
Jews, Armenians, and Franks, from 
every European nation. Among the pub- 
lic editices of Conftantinople—confiting 
of 13 libraries, 500 fchools, 130 baths, 
khans for the accommodation of mer- 
chants, bazars for the difplay of their | 
wares, together. with coffee-houfes, and 
teriaki-khana, where opium is fold, (a 
drug now giving way to wine) is the re~. 
markably magnificent mofque-of Sultan 
Ahmed I. How much the influence of 
internal. embellifhments over the mind, 
of gilded tablets, and the “dim religious 
light’* of richly-painted windows, - 1s 
heightened, in chriftian churches, by the- 
full choir and decent ceremonies, will be 
felt, fays Mr. DaLLAwayY, “in thefé 
tempies of Makommed, in which are eine 
only 
