Von
Frankreich. 1807-9. und 1815. Frank. 2 vols. 8vo. 1816.--French literature,
the Spanish revolution in 1808, and the Basque language, are chiefly
treated of.
469. Remarques faites dans un Voyage de Paris jusqu'a Munich. Par Depping.
Paris, 1814. 8vo.--A most judicious and instructive book, noticing all that
is really interesting in this route, and nothing else, and thus conveying
much information in a small compass.
THE NETHERLANDS.
This portion of Europe presents to the traveller fewer varieties for his
research and observation than any other part of Europe: in almost every
other part the mineralogist and geologist find rich materials for the
increase of their knowledge or the formation of their theories; and the
admirer of the beautiful, the picturesque, or the sublime, is gratified.
The Netherlands are barren to both these travellers; yet in some
respects it is a highly interesting country: and the interest it
excites, chiefly arises from circumstances peculiar to it. The northern
division discovers a district won from the sea by most laborious,
persevering, and unremitted industry, and kept from it by the same
means. The middle division recalls those ages, when it formed the link
between the feeble commerce of the south of Europe, and of Asia and of
the Baltic districts. Antwerp, Ghent, and Bruges then were populous and
rich above most cities in Europe.
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