8vo. - Virginia, Maryland, the two Carolinas, and Louisiana, parts
of North America, not so often visited by travellers as the northern
states, are here described with considerable talent, and in a pleasing
style. We are not acquainted with the English work, of which this professes
to be a translation.
812. Nouveau Voyage dans les Etats Unis, 1788. Par Brissot. Paris, 3 vols.
8vo. - Statistics, religion, manners, political economy, agriculture,
commerce, manufactures, the arts and sciences, are here treated of in a
sensible, but rather an uninteresting manner.
813. La Rochefoucault's Travels to the United States of America, 1799. 2
vols. 4to. - Agriculture, statistics, manufactures, commerce, national and
domestic habits, form the chief topic of these volumes, which, allowing for
some prejudices, present a fair picture of America at this period.
814. Tableau du Climat et du Sol des Etats Unis. Par C.F. Volney. 1803. 2
vols. 8vo. - Though physical geography and statistics form the principal
portion of this valuable work, yet it is by no means uninstructive on the
subject of national and domestic character; and it enters fully into the
condition of savage life.
Particular histories and descriptions have been published of several of
the United States; we shall merely notice such as are the result of
personal observation, and as give interesting and instructive
information respecting their past or present state.
815. Belknap's History of New Hampshire, 1792. Boston, 3 vols. 8vo. - The
two first volumes are historical, but many things in them are instructive
to those who wish to trace the formation of character:
