3 vols. - These
travels are written in a dry style; but they abound in accurate
descriptions of antiquities.
491. Bingley's Tour round North Wales in 1798. 2 vols. 8vo. - The language,
manners, customs, antiquities, and botany, are particularly attended to and
well described.
492. Rev. J. Evans's Tour through Part of North Wales in 1798; Tour through
South Wales in 1803. - These works likewise are valuable for botanical
information, as well as for descriptions of scenery, manners, agriculture,
manufactures, antiquities, &c. and for mineralogy.
493. Barber's Tour in South Wales, 1802. 8vo. - This work is chiefly
picturesque, and descriptive of manners.
494. The Scenery, Antiquities, and Biography of South Wales. By B.H.
Malkin. 1805, 4to. - This work is hardly valuable in proportion to its size;
but from it may be gleaned interesting notices on the history and
antiquities of this part of Wales, as well as manners, &c.
495. Arthur Aikin's Journal of a Tour through North Wales, and part of
Shropshire. 12mo. - An admirable specimen of a mineralogical and geological
tour, in which the purely scientific information is intermixed with notices
of manufactures, and pictures of manners, &c.
From the above list of Tours in Wales which comprehends, we believe, the
best, it will be seen that this part of the united kingdom has not been
neglected by travellers. Indeed, its natural scenery, mineralogy,
geology, botany, antiquities, manners, &c. have been more frequently and
better described by travellers, than those of any other portion of the
British empire.
496. The History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton.
By the Rev. Gil. White. 1789, 4to. - This most delightful work has lately
been republished in 2 vols. 8vo. It is an admirable specimen of topography,
both as to matter and style; and proves in how laudable and useful a manner
a parish priest may employ his leisure time, and how serviceable he may be
to the natural history and antiquities of his country.
497. Six Weeks' Tour through the Southern Counties of England and Wales. By
Arthur Young. - Six Months' Tour through the North of England. 4
vols. - Farmer's Tour through the East of England. - Though these works are
almost entirely directed to agriculture, yet they contain much information
on the subject of manufactures, population, &c. as they were about the
middle of the last century.
498. Hassel's Tour in the Isle of Wight, 1790. 2 vols. 4to. - 1798. 2 vols.
8vo. - Picturesque.
499. A Picture of the Isle of Wight. By Penruddocke Wyndham, 1794. - This
author also wrote a Tour in Monmouthshire and Wales; they are both
principally picturesque.
500. Observations relative chiefly to the Natural History, Picturesque
Scenery, and Antiquities of the Western Counties of England, 1794-96. By W.
George Maton. 1796, 2 vols. 8vo. - The title sufficiently indicates the
nature of the work, which is valuable, especially in what relates to
natural history.
501. Journal of Tour and Residence in Great Britain, 1810-11. By a
Frenchman. M. Simond. 2 vols. 8vo. - There are few Travels superior to
these: literature, politics, political economy, statistics, scenery,
manners, &c. are treated of in a manner that displays much talent and
knowledge, and less prejudice than foreigners usually exhibit. The only
branch of natural history, on which the author descants, is mineralogy and
geology.
502. Itinerarium Magnae Brittaniae, oder Reise Beschrievbung durch Engel.
Schott. und Irland. Strasburg, 1672. 8vo.
503. Reise durch England. Von Volkman. Leipsic, 1781-2. 4 vols. 8vo. - Arts,
manufactures, economy, and natural history.
504. Der Lustand der Staats, der Religion, &c. in Gros Britanien. Von
Wendeborn. Berlin. 4 vols. 8vo. - This work, which exhibits a pretty
accurate picture of the statistics, religion, literature, &c. of Britain,
at the close of the eighteenth century, has been translated into English.
505. Beschriebung einer Reise, von Hamburgh nach England. Von P. A Nemnich.
Tubingen, 1801. 8vo. - The state of our principal manufactures is the almost
exclusive object of this work.
506. Mineralogische und Technologische Bemerkungen auf einer Reise durch
verschiedene Provinzen in England und Schottland. Von J.C. Fabricius.
Leipsic, 1784. 8vo. - This work, the nature of which is indicated in the
title, is enriched by the notes of that distinguished mineralogist Ferber.
507. Reise nach Paris, London, &c. Von. Franck. Vienna, 1804. 2 vols.
8vo - This work of Dr. Franks, which is chiefly confined to England and
Scotland, is principally interesting to medical men, as it contains an
account of hospitals, prisons, poor-houses, infirmaries, &c.
508. Gedenkwaardije a antkeningen gedaan door en reisiger, van geghel
England, Schottland, ent Irland. Utrecht, 1699. fol.
509. Kort Journel eller Reise beskrievelse til England, ved Christ Gram.
Christiana, 1760. 4to.
510. Reise durch einen Theil von England und Schottland, 1802-3. 8vo.
Marburg, 1811. - These travels, - which, like all travels in our own country
by foreigners, are interesting, independently of any intrinsic merit,
because they exhibit the impressions made on them by what to us is either
common or proper, - are translated from the Swedish: the author's name is
Svedensgerna.
511. Erinnerungen von einer Reise durch England, 1803-5. Von Johanna
Schopenhauser. 2 vols. 8vo. Rudolst, 1813. - Light and lively sketches.
512. P. Coronelli Viaggio nell' Enghilterra. Venice, 1697. 8vo. - These
three works, Nos. 509, 510, and 512, by a Dutchman, a Dane, and Italian,
are interesting from the picture they exhibit of Britain at the close of
the seventeenth, and in the middle of the eighteenth century.
513. Journee faite en 1788 dans la Grande Bretagne. Paris, 1790. 8vo. - The
author, who recommends himself by stating that he could speak English,
principally directs his enquiries to agriculture and manufactures.
514. Voyages dans les Trois Royaumes d'Angleterre, d'Ecosse, et d'Irlande,
1788-89. Par Chantreau. Paris, 1792. 3 vols. 8vo. - The political
constitution, religious opinions, manners, prejudices, state of arts and
sciences, &c. of Britain, are treated of here with considerable talent for
observation, and on the whole not unfairly.
515. Tableau de la Grande Bretagne et de l'Irlande.
