We shall
select a few.
306. Born, Briefe uber Mineralogische gegenstande auf einer Reise durch den
Temeswarer Bannat, &c. Leip. 1774. 8vo. - This mineralogical tour in Hungary
and Transylvania by Born, and published by Ferber, possesess a sufficient
guarantee of its accuracy and value from the names of the author and
editor. It is, however, not confined to mineralogy, but contains curious
notices on some tribes inhabiting Transylvania and the adjacent districts,
very little known: it is translated into French.
307. Ferber, Physikalisch-metallurgische Abhandlunger uber die Gebirge and
Bergewecke in Ungarn. Berlin, 1780. 8vo.
308. Balthazar Hacquet, Reise von dem Berge Terglou in Krain, au den Berg
Glokner in Tyrol, 1779 - 1781. Vienne, 1784. 8vo.
309. Neueste Reisen, 1788 - 1795, durch die Daceschen und Sarmateschen
Carpathen. Von B. Hacquet. Nuremb. 1796. 4 vols. 8vo.
310. Briefe uber Triestes, Krain, Kaernthen, Steyermark, und Saltzburgh.
Franck. 1793. 8vo.
311. Briefe uber das Bannet. Von Steube, 1793. 8vo.
312. F. Grisselini, Lettere di Venetea, Trieste, Carinthia, Carnioli e
Temeswar. Milan, 1780. 4to. - Natural history and manners are here
described.
GERMANY.
This large district of Europe offers, not only from its extent, but also
from numerous causes of diversity among its parts, - some established by
nature, and others introduced by man - various numerous and important
objects to the research and observation of the traveller. Its mines, -
the productions of its soil and its manufactures, - the shades of its
expressive, copious, and most philosophical language, - from the
classical idiom of Saxony, to the comparatively rude and uncultivated
dialect of Austria, - the effects on manners, habits, feeling, and
intellectual and moral acquirements, produced by the different species
of the Christian religion professed, - and the different forms of
government prevailing in its different parts; - all these circumstances,
and others of a more evanescent and subtle, though still an influential
nature, render Germany a vast field for enquiry and observation.
The travels in this country, especially by its native inhabitants, are
so numerous, that we must content ourselves with a scrupulous and
limited selection; - referring such of our readers as wish to consult a
more copious catalogue, to "Ersch's Literatur der Geschichte und deren
Hulfswissenschaften." We shall follow our usual plan, selecting those
travels which give the best idea of the country, at remote, intervening,
and late periods.
313. Martini Zeilleri, Itinerarium Germaniae nov-antiquae. Strasb. 1632. 4to.
314. Christ. Dorrington's Reflections on a Journey through some Provinces
of Germany in 1698. Lond. 1699. 8vo.
315. The German Spy. By Thomas Ledyart. 1740. 8vo.
316. Keysler's Travels through Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, Switzerland,
Italy, and Lorrain. Translated from the German, 1756. 2 vols.
4to. - Keysler, though a German, was educated at St. Edmund's Hall: he
travelled with the Count of Gleich and other noblemen.
