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Devotions upon emergent Occasions, and several steps in sickness, 4to. London 16. Main, as also Ignatius his conclave, a Satire, translated out of the original copy written in Latin by the same author, found lately amongst his own papers, 12mo. London 1653. These pieces are dedicated by the author's son, Dr. John Donne, to Francis Lord Newport.
In a small compass, there is much new information in these Travels, though not so much respecting the ancient country of the Ethiopians, in which Mr. Legh went beyond most former travellers, as could have been wished. Some parts of the personal narrative are uncommonly interesting. Belzoni's Operations and Discoveries in Egypt, 4to. 1820.
Le Bruyn's Voyage to the Levant, and Travels into Muscovy, Persia, and the East Indies. Translated from the French. 1720. 8 vols. fol. Description of the North and Eastern Parts of Europe and Asia. Translated from the German of Baron Strahlenberg. 1738, 4to. Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea, with a Journey of Travels from London, through Russia, Germany, and Holland.
Translated from the German. Boston. Crosby, Nichols, & Co. 12mo. $1.00. Our Charley, and What shall we Do with Him? By Mrs. H.B. Stowe. Boston. Phillips, Sampson, & Co. 16mo. 50 cts. The Mathematical Monthly. Edited by J. D. Runkle. For December and January. Cambridge. John Bartlett. 2 Nos. 4to. 25 cts. each. Sylvan Holt's Daughter. By Holme Lee. New York. Harper & Brothers. 12mo. $1.00.
Few travellers have done more for geography than this author: antiquities, manners, customs, &c., were examined and investigated by him, with a success which could only have been ensured by such zeal, perseverance, and judgment as he evidently possessed. Lord Valentia's Travels in India. Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt. 1802-6. 3 vols. 4to.
Percy observes, they were first drawn by two horses, and that it was the favourite Buckingham, who, about 1619, began to draw with six horses. About the same time, he introduced the sedan. 'The Ultimum Vale of John Carleton', 4to, 1663, p. 23, will, in a great measure, ascertain the time of the introduction of glass coaches.
Percy observes, they were first drawn by two horses, and that it was the favourite Buckingham, who, about 1619, began to draw with six horses. About the same time, he introduced the sedan. 'The Ultimum Vale of John Carleton', 4to, 1663, p. 23, will, in a great measure, ascertain the time of the introduction of glass coaches.
One John Bardolf was also cruelly persecuted for Christ's sake at the same time. Vide Narrative of Arbitrary Proceedings at Bedford, 4to, 1670, in the editor's possession.
The following French works particularly and accurately describe the natural history and the meteorology of the Swiss mountains and glaciers; the names of at least two of their authors must be familiar to our readers, as men of distinguished science. Histoire Naturelle des Glaciers de Suisse. Paris, 1770. 4to. Translated from the German of Gruner. Nouvelle Description des Glaciers. Par M. Bourrit.
Statistics, religion, manners, political economy, agriculture, commerce, manufactures, the arts and sciences, are here treated of in a sensible, but rather an uninteresting manner. La Rochefoucault's Travels to the United States of America, 1799. 2 vols. 4to.
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