Halberstadt, 1794. 8vo.
353. Ansichten des Rheins. Von Jno. Vogt. Bremen, 1805. 8vo. - This is a
strange mixture of the picturesque, the romantic, and the instructive: the
instructive parts contain historical and topographical notices of the
cities on the Rhine, and curious details on its most famous wines.
354. Historische Jaarbocken, von oud nieven Friesland door Foeke Siverd.
Leowarden, 1769. 8vo. - We insert the title of this work, though not
strictly within our plan, because it gives an accurate account of a part of
Germany, the dialect of which more resembles old English than any other
German dialect; and in which there still lurk many very curious traditions,
customs, and superstitions, which throw much light on our Saxon ancestors.
SWITZERLAND.
Perhaps no country in the world, certainly no district within such a
small circuit, presents so many interesting objects to a traveller as
Switzerland. Be he natural historian, and geologist, drawn by habit,
feeling, and taste, to the contemplation of all that is grand, romantic,
and picturesque in natural scenery, or attached to the study of man in
that state, in which civilization and knowledge have brought with them
the least intermixture of artifice, luxury, and dissoluteness - in
Switzerland, he will find an ample and rich feast. It does not often
happen that one and the same country attracts to it the abstract and
cold man of science, the ardent imagination of the poet, and the strong,
enthusiastic, and sanguine sympathies of the philanthropist.
