Ketrofpedt of Domefitc Literature— Agriculture. 
¢¢ Travels from France to Italy, through 
the Lepontine Alps; or, an Itinerary of 
the Road from Lyons to Turin, by the 
Way of the Pays-de-Vaud, the Valais, 
and acrofs the Mounts Great St. Bernard, 
Simpton, and St. Gothard; with Topo- 
graphical and Hittorical Defcriptions of 
the principal Places which lie contiguous 
to the Route ; including fome Philofo- 
phica] Obfervations on the Natural Hif. 
tory and Elevation of that Part of the 
Alps: to which are added, Remarks on the 
Courfe of the Rhone, from its Source, to 
the Mediterranean Sea, by ALBANIs 
Beaumont, author of the Rhetian and 
Maritime Alps, &c. &c. Folio, with 
Plates.” 
noticed Mr. Beaumont’s Travels through 
the Rhetian and Maritime Alps, it was 
obferved, that much of the value of his 
book confiited in the elegance of the type 
and paper, and the beauty of the engrav- 
ings ; we are afraid that the remark is not 
entirely inapplicable to the prefent work : 
the author, though ftill a fuperficial phi- 
lofopher, is, however, amore correct wri- 
ter. Mr. Beaumont’s deficiency of judg- 
ment is evinced in the introduction of 
much extraneous matter, and the omiffion 
of much information, which we had a 
right to expect from him after fo inte- 
refting a tour. 
‘¢ Travels in the French Republic ; 
containing a circumftantial View of the 
Prefent State of Learning, the Arts, Ma- 
nufactures, Learned Societies, Manners, 
&c. im that Country, by Tuomas 
Buccs, Profeflor of Mathematical Aftro- 
nomy, &c. &c. taanflated from the Dan- 
ith, by Joun Jones, L. L. D.””) Mr. 
Bugge undertook a journey to Paris, in 
order to confer with the French Commil- 
faries, refpecting the eftablifhment of a 
general uniformity of weights and mea- 
fures. As aman of fhrewd obfervaiion, 
he {uffered nothing to elude his notice ; 
and, as a manof ftrong fenfe, his remarks 
are found and judicious. The tranflator, 
in his Preface, has given a. biographical 
fketch of the author, and the tranflation 
itfelf is correé. 
Mr. Feut has publifhed, in one oéta- 
vo volume, his ‘* Tour through the Bata- 
vian Republic during the lattey Part of 
the Year 1800.”’ It contains a very in- 
telligent, and a very impartial, narration 
of the revolutions and recent events in 
that country; an interefting account alfo 
is given of its prefent domettic ftate, with 
anecdotes of leading charaéters, and of 
the late Englifh inyafion.—It is in all re- 
On a former cccafion, when we | 
{pe&ts an interefting and feafonable publi- 
‘cation. 
Mr. WaRNER, of Bath, whom we 
have twice accompanied, with a great 
deal of pleafyre, in his Pedeftrian Excur- 
fions through Wales, has taken *¢ AWalk 
through fome of the Weftcrn Counties of 
England ;” and has given to the public an 
account of his rambles in the fame plea- 
fant, fenfible, and wivacious manner as 
before. Mr. Warner’s antiquarian pro- 
penfity femetimes betrays him into dry 
and unneceflary difquifitions; but his 
cultivated tafte and varied information ren- 
der him a very amufing and profitable 
tourift. ' 
The indefatigable Dr. Mavor has 
publifhed a fupplementary volume (the 
fixth) of <* The Britifh Tourifts,”” The 
prefent completes this ufeful and very 
pleafing work ; and contains Pennant’s 
London ;, the Univerfities of Oxford and 
Cambridge; the principal fea-bathing 
places; with thofe that are moft famous 
for mineral-waters ; together with lifts of 
the cities, boroughs, market-towns, &c. 
in England and Wales, and theirdiftances 
from London. 
AGRICULTURE. 
Lord SomERVILLE, the late very ex- 
cellent Prefident of the Board of Agricul- 
ture, has prefented the public, in one 
quarto volume, with a further Illuftration 
and Vindication of ‘¢ The Syftem follow- 
ed during the-two laft Years,” by that 
Society. The Board of Agriculture is 
certainly not a very popular. inftitution, 
nor wili it ever be, fo long as i1sool. per 
annum, out of 3000], the pitiful and 
pinching grant, is devoted to falaries, 
houfe, and office! The prefeaft volume 
embraces a variety of interefting fubjects, 
and every page evinces the noble author 
to have been indefatigable in his endea- 
vours 
culture and hufbandry in Great Bri- 
tain. The differtations on the growth 
and produétion of fheep and wool, as 
well Spanifh as Englith, merit particular 
attention. Lord Somerville is extremely 
partial to the Spanith breed of fheep, and. 
contends for the grea: fuperiority of Spa- 
nifh management above that of the Englith. 
He deprecates the rage for breeding long- 
woolled fheep, fuch as Lincoln, Cotf- 
would, Romney Marfh, and new Leicef- 
ter ; and contends that our climate, from 
the moft northern parts to the mott fouthern, 
can grow wool of the fineft poffible quali- 
ty. It is hinted, in no very obfcure 
terms, that for the more effegiual difcou- 
4l12 ragement 
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