Retrofped? of Domeftic Literature.— Topography and Antiquities. 653 
TOPOGRAPHY AND ANTIQUITIES. 
“« The Gazetteer of Scotland; contain- 
zeg @ particular and precife Defcription of 
the Counties, Parifbes, Iflands, Cities, 
Towns, Villages, Lakes, Rivers, Moun- 
tains, Valleys, @ce. of that Kingdom; 
wuith an Account of the Political Confiitu- 
tion, Hiflory, Extent, Boundaries, State 
of Acriculture, Population, Natural Hif- 
tory, Buildings, Seats of the Nobility and 
Gentry, Roads, &c. Illufirated with an 
elegant Map.” 
Mercy on us, whata bill of fare! Te 
reminds us of one that was brought to us 
at a refaurateur’s in the Palais Royal, 
containing the names of five and forty 
d fferent dithes, and nine and twenty dit- 
ferent wines. However, as there is no 
doubt but that any of the fpecified wines 
or difhes might have been had if called 
for, we may fafely fay, that the prom 'fes 
contained in the title-page to the prefent 
volume, numerous and large as they are, 
are fatisfactorily performed, Tndeed, it 
is a moft ample, well felected, and well 
arranged compilation. 
A. new edition, accompanied with nates 
and illuftrations, is publithed of Sir Ro- 
BERT SIBBALD’s * Hifory of the She- 
viffdoms of Fife and Kinrefs.”” 
This curious old work is divided into 
four parts: the firft deicribes the ancient 
extent of the fhire; its ancient name; a 
defcription cf the country in the time of 
the Romans; a charaGter of the Caledo. 
nians, termed Dicaleden-s and Vca&u- 
riores, and whence they emigrated; the 
language of the Picts; their manzers, po- 
icy, and religious rites ; the a€tions and 
exploits of the Romans in Scotland, and 
the wars of the- Danes in the fhire. The 
fecond part treats of the firths of Forth 
and Tay, the iflands of the former, the 
animals, the fanguineous fith, exfangui- 
neous animals, and the mirerals of boi! 
the firths, and the *plints upon the firth 
of Forth, end fome within the fea mark ; 
the natural hiftory @€ the fhire; the ftate 
of the Chriftizn religion ; “and an account 
of the Culdees who fitft introduced it, 
“* fhewing how the Culdees were deprived 
of their rights;? and of the religious 
houfes and hoipitals in theft fhires. The 
third divifien concerns the fhire of Fife; 
the. jurif@iftion; the earls and cfficers 5 
Macduff the firft earl, ‘and the privileses 
he obtaintd of King Malcolin Kanmor ; 
a lift of the earls; the civil jorifdiGion ; 
jiftof bifhops and priors of St. Andrew’s ; 
of the clergy, nobility, and gentry; of- 
ficers of ffate of. Fife; and ‘an account of 
the unverfiity of Ste Andrew. Next fol- 
Jows a hiftory of Kinrofsfhire. Part 
fourth :—the coaft from the weftern bonn- 
dary to the river Leven, thence to Fifenefs; 
thence to the river Eden; a defcription of 
the inland country eaft from the Low- 
lands of the Strath of Leven, of Lochors 
fhire, of the wetern parts inland of the 
plains of Eden, and of the northern paris 
inland. The Appendix contains the na- 
tural hiflory of Fife ; particulars concern- 
ing fome natives of this fhire eminent for 
Jexrning and arts ; ancient heritors of the 
fhire ; new lift of the principal heritors, 
and of thofe of Kinrofs ; Gordon's lift of 
thofe of the former fhire; houfes of the 
nodility and gentry; the valuation of 
Fifefhire,-1695 3; liftvof the parithes, as 
divided into prefbyterics, witn the names 
of patrons and incumbests; lit of the 
Britifh kings; and, lafly, an account of 
the arrival and treatment of fome fhip- 
wrecked mariners and foldiers of the Spa. 
nifh armada at Anftruther. The notes of 
this work: are numerous and full of mat- 
ter. . 
. © The Principal, Hifforical, and Allu- 
Jive Arms borue by Families of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain, and Ireland, 
with their refpective Authorities; col- 
letied by an Antiquary. With a Repre- 
fentation of the Arms on Copper-plates.”* 
Thisis an amufing work. Ina dedi- 
cation to the ** ladies of the United King- 
doms,’’ this very courteous and’ gallant 
F.A.S. arrefts the attention and concit- 
liates. the favour of the fair fex.' This is 
not a dry heraldic detail of armorial bear- 
ings: the arms are, indeed, as they fhould 
e, defcribed in apprepriate terms; but 
the hiftory of their origin brings together 
ay entertaining collection of facts and 
anecdotes fiam various fources of hiftory, 
iluftrative of the bearings, mottos, &c, 
of many illuftrious families. The author 
has divided his collection into’ clafles; 
giving the firft and laigeft fection to the 
arms atchieved by valour; the fecond, to 
loyalty; the third, to alliance; fourth, 
favour and fervices; fitth, fituation 5 
fixth, profeflion ; feventh, tenure and of- 
fice; eighth, memorable circuniftances 
and events in general. ‘The engravings, 
it muft be acknowledged, are confum- 
mately bad, 
“¢ Antiquities, Hiftorical, Architeéiu- 
ral, Chorograpbical, and Itinerary, in 
Nottinghampbire and ihe adjacent Coun- 
lies; comprizing the Hiftories of South- 
well, (the ad Pontem) avd of Newark, 
(ihe Sidnacefter of the Kovians) inter- 
Jperfed with Biographical Sket:hes, and 
profufely embeltifhed with ee 
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