630 - 
the an Hs ae pleafed that,the narra- 
‘tive’ is interfperfed with particulars ‘on 
thefe interefling fubjects. 
-Mr. Wakwer, of Bath, the gent!eman 
who has fo often amufed us with his pe- 
deiirian excurfions, has publithed “ 4 
Tour through the Northern Counties of 
England and the Borders of Scotland.” 
Thele two volumes are no lefs entertaining 
than thofe which have preceded them. 
-Mr. Dippin, who has fo frequently 
made us laugh at Sins Souci, | has publith- 
ed his ‘* Obfervations on a’ Tour Hd ove 
almoft the Whole of England, and a 
Siderable part of Scotland, in a Series "gf 
Letters, to a large Number of intelligent 
and refpectable Friends.” 
We did not look for much profundity 
of refleStion, or corréttnefs and elegance 
of ftyle ; and we were not difappointed. 
It is? but juttice, however, to fay, that 
we have been altogether much entertained 
with the perufal of thefe volumes. “Mr. 
Dibdin ‘is full of aneedote (and when a 
Frenchman does not comg in his way, for 
Joho Bull is very furly then) as a good- 
humoured Tourift. Thefe volumes con- 
tain forty views, drawn from nature, and 
etched by Mr. Dibdin, and twenty vig- 
nettes drawn and etched by Mr. Dibdin’s 
doughter ; the latter have more charaéter 
and {pirit than the former. 
“* Travels in the Crimea. A Hiftory of 
the Embaffy from Peterfourgh to Conftan- 
tinople, 12 17933 tcluding . their Four- 
ney tbrough Kr ement{chuck, Oczakor, 
Wallachia, and Moldavia; with the Re- 
ception at the Court of Selim the Third. 
By a Secretary to the Rufian Embaffy.” 
‘Aurry-fkurry, hurry-fkurry ; the fecre- 
tary trips over the Crimea, and wofully 
difappoints fuch of his readers as expect 
much information concerning that cele- 
brated iis wa The mof entertaining 
part of the narrative is that which gives 
an account of the reception of the em- 
bafly : the moft ztere/teng parts are thole 
digreffions, as the author calis them, which 
prefeot a pifture of the moral and politi- 
cal ftate of the provinces of Wallachia, 
and Moldavia. From the north tothe fouth 
on the wings of lightning! 
“<A Tour through feveral of the Mid- 
land and Weflern Departments of France, 
im the Months of Fune, Fuly, Auguft, 
and - September, “1802; with Remarks 
on the Manacrs, Cuftoms, and Agricul- 
ture of the Country. By the Rev. Ww. 
Hucues. Illuftrated by Engravings.” 
Mr. Hughes has preduced, trom his 
memorandums an interefting volume: \the 
eftimate he makes of characters and cul- 
a 
SRE ew! of Dome/ftic Literature. Agriculture, Fe; , 
toms appears to be very fair and jult 
after the advantages and difadvaniages dre 
feparately confidered of France and Eng- 
land, he gives‘a peremptory patrictic pre- 
ference to his own country. 
' The laft bock to be noticed under this 
head «is “* A Voyage in the Indian Ocean 
and to Bengal, whdet hahha? in the Years 
1789 and 17903 containing an Account 
of the Sechelles Iffands and Tp rincomalé; the 
Character and Arts of the People of in~ 
dia, with fome remarkable Religious Rites 
of ie Inhabitants of Bengal. To which 
_ as added, a Voyage in the Réd Sea; in- 
cluding a Defeription of Mocha, and of 
the Trade of the Arabs of Yemen; with 
fome Particulars of their ‘Maxners and 
Guftoms, Gc. Tranflaied from the French 
of Li. DE GRaNDPRE, an Officer in the 
French A Arm. iy 
Tharises page promifes a great deal, 
and good wine is faid to need no buth; 
but really it promifes mo: more than 
the ‘author’ has petfermed: his narra- 
tive is extremely lively and interefing ; 
and, although the places which he vifited 
have repeatealy been defcribed to us, we 
found a conficerable portion of entertain- 
ment in this volume. 
AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE. 
‘© The Garden Mufhroom ; its moft of. 
fefiual, General Culture thoroughly °di if 
played, and now ultimately improved in 
its fucce/sful Produfion in @ fuperior De- 
gree of abundant Fertility and Perfection 
of Growth ; previoufly explaining its ge- 
ner ative P rocels and Production by Spawn; ; 
and with the Nature. and Origin: of the 
faid Spawn, and its effential Utihity in 
this B ufinefs. And to which ts now added, 
the improved Method of generating ‘occa- 
Sonal Supplies of good Spawn, ‘by a cul- 
tural Procefs, equally eligible for fpawn- 
ing and fertilizing the proper Beds, a- 
greeaoly to the Diredtions of the generat 
Culture, whereby to obtain plenteous Pro- 
duttions of the true falutiferous Mufbrooms, 
by JoHN ABERCROMBIE.” - 
The fubje& of this volume is amiply 
fet forth in the title-page: Mr. Aber- 
crombie’s acknowledged {kill will recom- 
mend it to gardeners. — 
Sir Joun Sincyair has publithed a 
volume of ** Efjays on Mifcellaneous Sub- 
jects.’ The known experience of this 
economift is fufficient to infure attention 
to whatever comes from his pen. We 
have read thefe effays with much pleafure 5 
fiill they contain a great many palpable 
truifms, and might have been abridge 
of much fuperfluous matter with advan- 
age. 
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