With equal regret must I quote Mungo Parke, (n) Whose end is obscur'd in fate's mystery dark.

Macartney's (0) great earl with rich presents and

suite

To China repair'd, but the dogs, too discreet,

(n) The wonderful perseverance of Mungo Parke, like that of the last-mentioned traveller, is a convincing proof of the astonishing powers of the human mind when bent upon the ac-* complishment of any particular object; unfortunately for the world, there is too much cause to apprehend that the final discoveries of this most enterprising individual are for ever lost, as several of the latest accounts almost amount to a proof of his having perished by drowning while crossing a rapid stream to escape the murderous purpose of some savage pursuers.

(0) The account of Lord Macartney's Embassy to China is extremely entertaining, and may be relied upon as a most faithful delineation, not only of the occurrences which transpired to his lordship and suite, but all the statements relative to the customs, manners, &c. of that extraordinary nation are detailed. with a precision that bespeaks the veracity of every delineation which the work contains.

Took all :-then discarded us; knowing full well, If John Bull got an inch he wou'd soon seize an ell. A Wilson (p) on wonders of Egypt hath written, Recorder of Boney-and pyramid bitten;

While Porter, (q) not ranking with artists a Ker, On theme of the North has made wonderful stir Who wedded to princess now rules mighty Don, While no stranger to Russia comes also Sir John,

(p) The account of Egypt by Mr. Wilson affords incontestable proof, that the writer was master of the subject he undertook to delineate. In narratives of this description, nothing is required but perspicuity of style, and the most implicit adherence to truth; in both which instances the writer has completely established his fame.

(q) In addition to his acknowledged talent as an artist, Mr. Ker Porter has not tarnished his fame by standing forth the literary delineator of Russia; a production rendered the more valuable, as from this gentleman's conjugal alliance it may naturally be inferred, that his opportunities of acquiring an intimate knowledge of every thing appertaining to the manners and customs of the country were greatly facilitated.

N

Knight-errant of pocket-book blazon'd afar,

For visiting regions in travelling Carr. (r)

On masterly touches of Moore (s) we now glance, Depicting correctly Italia and France;

And vamp'd up by scribe, paid for labour, is seen Research in Crimea of fam'd Margravine; (t)

(1) Though there is too much egotism in the pages of this gentleman, and his language is not sufficiently studied, yet his works are by no means divested of interest. Sir John, like many other people, has mistaken his talent: it is obviously his wish to be every where playful, and at times witty; whereas if he had been content to appear only the plain narrator of circumstances as they occurred, his volumes would have acquired a more sterling reputation with the lovers of literature.

(s) Dr. Moore's Travels through France and Italy only afford a fresh proof of the sterling abilities possessed by this classical writer.

(t) It is conjectured that the above lady committed notes to her pocket-book during the tour in question, which, upon her return to England, were methodized and put into their present trim by some author, whose leading object was a voyage to the Peruvian

While deck'd with choice plates Lord Valencia comes

next,

With ocean of margin and streamlet of text.
Home tours of a Gilpin (u) alike we must note;
Colonel Th―nt—n, (v) long shooter as ever yet wrote,

mines, rather than a ramble through the Crimea. Lord Valencia's tour is not divested of claims to some share of merit; but, unfortunately for the public, what with the splendid specimen of its typography, richness of the hot-pressed paper, and sumptuous pictorial embellishments, it is rendered so much a lordly book, that a man of middling fortune is not placed in a situation to peruse it.

(u) The works of Mr. Gilpin have been very deservedly extolled by the public, and his picturesque accompaniments bespeak him intimately acquainted with the effect of light and shade in landscape scenery; and, although not recorded by Sir Noodle, I must here award no small portion of praise as justly due to Sir George Mackenzie, together with Messrs. Pinkerton, Gold, and Wakefield, who have ably laboured in their several literary vocations as descriptive and entertaining travellers.

(v) This ci-devant Colonel of the West York Militia, who has for half a century back usurped the title of England's

Whose Tours, yclep'd Sporting, re-echo one cry, 'Tis Ego the Colonel-fam'd I myself I;

Renown'd for displaying of valour such dint,

The steel caus'd no fire though oppos'd to a Flint ;

sportsman general, has given to the world a brace of Sporting Tours, containing feats of that description, which any personage may accredit whose powers in believing the marvellous are more capacious than the writer's. Our author, anxious at all times to place things to the best account, has not only kept his mistresses for domestic purposes, but transformed one into a jockey upon the race-course at York. His early friend and fellow-traveller through Scotland was the late Tom Mosley, who never acknowledged an acquaintance below the rank of His Grace my Lord Duke; in short, the colonel's associates have been of every rank and class in society, from the man of title down to the stable-boy: he has quarrelled with a branch of the blood royal, and entered into law-suits with artists, authors, and conveyancers; he has been horsewhipped on a public stand; in fine, he has performed such feats as justly entitle him to the appellation of the hic et ubique colonel; and, as a finish to the portraiture, let it be remembered, that his wealth was never placed to any account whatsoever but the selfish gratification of his own inordinate pleasures.