- This work contains an
account of the author's successful attempt to ascend the summit of Mont
Blanc. There are several other works of Bourrit on the Glaciers and
Mountains of Savoy: the latest and most complete is the following:
364. Descriptions des Cols ou Passages des Alpes. Geneva, 1803. 2 vols.
8vo.
365. Voyage dans les Alpes, precede d'un Essai sur l'Histoire Naturelle des
Environs de Geneva. Par Saussure. Geneva, 1787 - 1796. 8 vols. 8vo.
366. Relation abregee d'un Voyage a la Cime du Mont Blanc, en Aout, 1787.
Par Saussure, Geneva. 8vo.
367. Voyage Mineralogique en Suisse. Lausanne, 1783-4. 8vo.
368. Voyage Mineralogique dans le Gouvernement de l'Argh, et ne partie du
Valais. Lausanne, 1783. 8vo. - The first of these works by Razoumousky, and
the other by Behoumwesky, are valuable, as noticing those parts which
Saussure has not noticed.
369. Lettres sur quelques Parties de la Suisse, &c. Par J.A. de Luc. Paris,
1785. 8vo. Geological.
370. Voyage de J.M. Roland en Suisse, 1787: incribed in the 3d vol. of her
works. Paris, 1800. - This celebrated, but mistaken and unfortunate woman,
has thrown into her narrative much information on the manners of the Swiss,
anecdotes of Lavater, &c. besides giving a most lively account of her visit
to the glaciers.
371. Descriptions des Alpes Grecques et Cottiennes. Par Beaumont. 2 vols.
4to. - Part of this work is historical; the remainder embraces natural
history, mineralogy, statistics, and manners. - The same character applies
to No. 357.
372. Histoire Naturelle du Jurat et de ses Environs. Par le Comte de
Razoumousky. Lausanne, 1789. 2 vols. 8vo. - The lakes of Neufchatel, Morat,
and Bienne, and part of the Pays de Vaud, are described in this work, which
contains valuable information in meteorology, commerce, &c. besides natural
history.
373. Journal du dernier Voyage de Dolomieu dans les Alpes. Par J.C.
Bruien-Neergard. Paris, 1803. 8vo. - The French government directed Dolomieu
to examine the Simplon; he was accompanied by the author, a young Dane, his
pupil. Dolomieu died soon after his return: this work, therefore, is not
nearly so full as it would have been, had he lived to give his observations
to the public.
374. Lettre sur le Valais. Par M. Eschasseraux. Paris, 1806. 8vo. - This
work, written in a pleasing style, gives important information on the
manners and natural history of this most interesting part of Switzerland.
375. Voyage dans l'Oberland Bernois. Par J.R. Wyss. Leipsic, 1818.
8vo. - This work, translated from the German, is chiefly picturesque.
376. Fodere, Voyage aux Alpes Maritimes. Paris, 1820. 2 vols.
8vo. - Agriculture, natural history, and the state of medicine, are the
principal topics.
377. Briefe aus der Schweitz, &c. Von Andreae. Zurich, 1776. 4to. - Natural
history, and a particular description of the celebrated bridge of
Schaffhausen, and its mechanism, are what recommend this volume.
Bernouilli, in his travels in Switzerland, has copied Andreae in what
relates to mineralogy and cabinets of natural history; but he has added
some interesting descriptions of paintings.
