630 Retrofpe of Domeftic Literature.—Voyages, Travels, fe. 
counteracting caules muft be overcome 
before much fuccefs can be expected. 
The feafons in the Crimea are very 
irregular; the climate is alfo fo uniet- 
tled, that the Barometer varies fix or 
eight times in twenty-four hours: the 
mot falubrious feafon is the fpring, 
which generally continues from March 
till theend of May. The weather is at 
this time fettled and ferene, the heat 
moderate, and every thing confpires to 
fill the: fenfes with delight. The au- 
tumn, on the contrary, is the moit un- 
healthy ; ; bilious fevers, remittents, and 
intermittents, prevail to a great extent. 
Dr. Gururre-has edited in one Zto 
volume, illuftrated with an excellent 
map of the route, - the ** Letters’ ad- 
drefied to him, by his lady, Mrs. Guth- 
rie, during her tour through the Tau- 
rida. This tour, during which, the 
abfented herfelf from her country, her. 
friends, and her deareft relatives, and 
during which fhe expofed herfelf to va- 
rious hardfhips, was performed for the 
recovery of health. The letters are 
written with great eafe and Vivacity, 
and difplay much good fenfe: they 
have been publifhed fome time, but ef- 
‘caped our vigilance. 
Mr. Fiscuer’s Travels in Spain” 
aretranflated fromthe German: tbey are 
very amufing, and well written, and 
contain much ufeful information for 
travellers. 
Mr. Davis has publifhed his ** Tra- 
wels of four Years and a half in the United 
States of America.’ 
They are entertaining, but fuperfi- 
cial, and occafionally flippant. 
Mr /Priest’s “ Travels in the United 
States of America,” have much the fame 
Character, 
-** A New Military Fournal; or Ob- 
| fervations made in Egypt, by.an Officer 
spies the Staff of the Britifh Army; de- 
Seribing the Country, its Inhabitants, ther 
Manners and Cufioms, with Anecdotes, il- 
luftrative of them.” 
This voiume contains a feries of let- 
ters written with much zaivete, by Ma- 
jor Doyle to his wife. They are per- 
feétly unaffe&ted, and contain many 
particulars re{pecting the domefticman- 
siers of the Hey taney 
iale £ ravels,in the Ottoman Empire, 
Egypt & > Perfia, Ge. byG.A.OLivier.” 
ft is icarcely poifible to imagine a 
more firiking contratt, in point of ftyle, 
than thejvolumes of Olivier, and thofe, 
which we mentioned in our la& Retro- 
. pect, of Sonnini; the latter deferibes 
every thing with the pen of a poet, ara 
dent and enthufiaftic; his feelings oc- 
cafionally outrun his judgment. M, 
Olivier, on the contrary, is all tranquil 
and fedate: a man of {cience, he fuffers 
nothing to efcape him; and carelefs of 
ornament, endeavours folely to in- 
fruct : all romantic epifodes, all exag- 
gerated defcriptions, all fingular anec- 
dotes, and humorous ftories are avoid- 
ed. ‘* IT wasnot willing to employ,’’ 
fays M. Oliver, * thofe over-brilliant 
colours which may be captivating fora 
moment, but the effect of which is 
tranfient: the fight of a deferted field 
covered with myrtles, or that of a gar- 
den confufedly planted with date and 
orange trees, could never inflame my 
imagination ; and I have frequently 
furveyed, without aftonifhment, trun~ 
cated capitals and fcattered fragments 
of columns.” Tt muft not, however, 
be inferred that M. Olivier is infenfible 
to the beauties of nature, or the pro- 
duétions of art—far from it—but he 
fuffers not the feelings of the moment 
to hurry him into any extravagant or 
unwarrantable expreflion.’ M. Olivier’s 
is a work of folid matter: it abounds — 
with information delivered ina fimple 
and unaffuming, but rather dry, man~ 
ner. 
«« -Fournal of a foort Excurfion aan coi 
the Swifs Landfcapes, made in the Sum- 
mer of the Year Ninety-four.” An ufe- 
ful manual, interfperfed with fomie fen- 
fible remarks. - 
‘“< The Stranger in France, Be. Ge. by 
Joun Carr, Esq.” 
To fuch as are not aiteady fatiated 
with the trips and excurfions of thofe 
who crofied the channel during the 
fhort breathing-time of peace, this vo- 
lume will be acceptable. It is written’ 
in a Jively manner; the author's curi- 
ofity is always upon‘the alert, and he 
has communicated much interefting 
information and toid many amufing 
anecdotes. The work is ornamented 
with fome aqua-tinta engravings. 
Mr. HunTeR has publithed a’ NRE: 
edition of his ** Travels through France & 
Italy,’ and has now added an account 
of his «© Tours in Hungary, performed im 
the Years 1799, and 1800.” - 
Notwithftanding the great number of 
travellers, who have publifhed their ac- 
counts of Wales, we have been exceed= — 
ly amufed with the pompous defcrip- 
tions in Mr. Barber’s “ Tour,” which 
is related in the moft whimfical infla- 
tion of language, 
Mr. 
