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fpirit of enterprife, or enjoys conftitutional 
and corporeal powers in greater perfection 
than Mr.Hornemann. Altho’theinterefting 
narrative of our traveller isconcluded with 
his account of the phyfical and moral flate of 
Fezzan, and its effeminate mbabitants, the 
prefent volume is enrichedwith a long Ap- 
pendix,containing,among other things, the 
Jearned Obfervations of Sir W.YOuNG on 
Mr.Hornemann’s Defcriptions of the Coun- 
try and Antiquities of Siwah, with Refe- 
rence to ancient Accounts of the Oafis 
and Temple of Ammon. Major Ren- 
NEL has annexed Geographical [lluftra- 
tions of Mr. Hornemann’s Route, and Ad- 
ditions to the General Geography of Afri-_ 
ca; a Map accompanies this part of the ° 
Appendix, exhibiting the progrefs of dif- 
covery in the geography of this portion of 
the globe. Mr. Hornemann does not feem 
to have formed any calculation as to the 
time when we may expect his return to 
this country. He ftates himfelf ‘* as 
being in excellent health, petfectly inured 
to the climate, fuficiently acquainted with 
the manners of his fellow. travellers, {seak- 
ing the Arabic language, and fomewhat of 
the Bornou tongue; being well armed, 
moreover, and not without courage, and 
under protection of two great Shereefs, he 
has the beft hopes of fuccefs in his un- 
dertaking.”” He ftates himfelf as being 
on the point of fetting out with the ‘cara- 
van for Bornou: here he propofed remain- | 
ing till September, and to proceed to 
Cafhna; his future plan he had not final- 
ly arranged. 
‘¢ Travels in the Crimea; or, Hiftory 
of the Embafly from Peterfburg to Con- 
flantinople, in +793, including their Jour- 
ney through Krementfchuck, Oczakow, 
Wallachia, and Moldavia; with their re- 
ception at the Court of Selim III. by a 
Secretary to the Ruffian Einbafly.”” This 
is a very entertaining volume; it betrays 
hatte, however, and has many inaceura- 
cies. 
<‘An Account of a Geographical and Af- 
tronomical Expedition to the Northern 
Parts of Ruffia, for Afcertaining the De- 
grees of Latitude and Longitude of the 
Mouth of the River Kovima, of the whole 
Coalt of the Tfhutfki to the Eaft Cape, 
and of the Iflands in the Eaftern Ocean, 
ftretching to the American Coaft; per- 
formed by Command of her Imperial Ma- 
jefty, Catherine II. Emprefs of all the 
Ruffias, by JoserpH BiLLinGs, in the 
Years 1785 to1794. The Whole nar- 
rated from the original Papers, by Mar- 
Tin SAVER, Secretary to the Expedition.”” 
This work will be found extremely fer- 
Viceable to nautical men ; but for ordinary 
4 
readers, for thofe who expéct entertain- 
ment, ag well as information, it has ftev# 
charms. ‘The narrative is altogether very 
dry and unintereiting. The charts-are by 
Arrowimith. 
Mr. Priest’s ** Travels in the United 
States of America,”’ are alike deftitute of 
information and amufement. 
A more interefling work has not lately 
been publifhed, than Mr. Acersi’s 
‘¢ Travels through Sweden, Finland, and 
Lapland, to the North Cape.” Though 
a foreigner, he writes Englifh with great 
purity and elegance ; and, though an Ita- 
lian, voluntarily underwent the dangers 
and fatigues of vifiting the regions of the 
arétic circle! Mr. Acerbi is an acute ob- 
ferver of men and manners; his remarks 
are agreeable and ingenious ; his defcrip- 
tions animated and diftinét: he is a man 
of {cience, a man of tafte; in fhort, anac- 
complifhed traveller. Mr. Acerbi fpent 
a winter in Stockholm; as may be expect- 
ed, therefore, his account of the manners 
and amufements, and the general ftate of 
fociety of that capital is very full and au- 
thentic. The ftate of learning and the 
arts is enlarged on, and a particular ac- 
count is given of the various univerfities, 
academies, and learned focieties. 
We have not derived more amufement 
for_fome time from any book than Mr. 
WotFr’s ‘*Sketches and Obfervations, 
taken on a Tour through a Part of the 
South of Europe.” If Mr. WouFF can- 
not be faid to have added much to our 
ftock of information, by any fcientific, 
philofophical, or antiquarian refearches, 
yet he defcribes what-he faw, in fo very 
agreeable and elegant a manner, that his, 
work amply repays the perufal. 
“ A Voyage up the Mediterranean, in 
his Mafefty’s Ship the Swiftfure, one of 
the Squadron under the Command of Rear 
Admiral Sir Horatia Nelfon, IC. B. now 
Vifcount and Baron Nelfon of the Nile, 
and Duke of Bronté, in Sicily. Witha 
Defcription of the Battle of the Nile, 
on the 1ft of Auguft, 1798, and a De. 
tail of Events that occured, fubfequent ta 
the Battle, in various Parts of the Medi- | 
terranean ; by the Rev. CooPER WIL- 
Lyams, A.M. Chaplain of the Swiftfure, ° 
&c.”’ Mr. Wiltyams, to whom we are 
indebted for an interefting account of the 
campaign in the Weft Indies, in 1794, 
under Sir John Jervis, and Sir Charles 
Grey, was Chaplain to the Swiftfure, one 
of the fhips which formed the fquadron of 
Lord Nelfon, Having of courfe been prefent 
at the battle of the Nile, the: defcription 
which he has furnifhed us with, of that 
dreadful engagement, is extremely cir- 
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