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The catalogue of the Upsal Library mentions a Swedish
translation of " Toni Jones," published at Westeras, in
1765. It must be very little known,. for it is found neither
in Hammarskbld's list of foreign novels translated into
Swedish, nor in Lanstnim's. No Danish translation ap-
pears to exist. A Dutch one, in three volumes, published
at Amsterdam, is mentioned in Arrenberg's revision of
Abkoude's "Naamregister van Nederduitsche l3oeken,"
but by some mischance he does not specify the date. The
edition is described as the second, and it must of course
have been issued before 1773, the date of Arrenberg's pub-
lication.
There is no mention of any Italian translation in the
different biographies of Fielding, which I have looked at in
various Italian cyclopiedias and biographical dictionaries.
The library of the British Museum possesses one in
Spanish. It is in four volumes, published at Madrid, in
1196. The translator is Don Ignacio de Ordejon, who
informs us in the preface that he took it from the French
of M. Laplace. He also gives in the preface a short
account of the author, in which we are told, among other
things, " That although living in an irreligious country and
age, he was much attached to religion, whose interests
were always sacred in his eyes."

If Mr. Lawrence should continue to write
biography, he ought to take more pains to
obtain original materials. We had marked
various passages for critical remark, but the
volume is not of a character to merit detailed
comment. As a young man's first literary
essay it may be praised ; but in critical litera•
ture it is rarely that young men go far.

The Last of the Arette Voyages. By Captain
Sir Edward Belcher. Two Vols. London :
Lovell Reeve.

(Second Notic-]

Ix one respect Sir Edward Belcher was well
fitted for the work he was sentout to perform.
The Government were anxious to close the long
and expensive series of voyages undertaken in
search of Sir John Franklin. Belcher's expe-
dition was sent out to end the search, to
look out for the Enterprise and Investigator, to
afford them all practicable aid, and to bring
back, if possible, the whole of her Majesty's
shit g, or their crews, which might be out in
the A .ctic seas. The safety of his crews was
particularly enjoined on him. This, conse-
quently, appeared to him to be by far his
most important duty; and finding in his
second year that he could take home the whole
of the crews engaged in Arctic research, with
the exception of the crew of the Enterprise,
under Captain Collinson, he did not hesitate
to abandon his ships to accomplish this
object.
He was ordered to advance with one ship
and tender up Wellington Channel, and to
push forward the other, also with tender, to
Melville Island He succeeded in both in-
stances. He left the Thames with the
Assistanoe (Captain Sir E. Belcher) and
Pioneer steamer ; the Resolute (Captain Kellett)
and Intrepid steamer; together with the North
Star Commander Pullen), to carry additional
stores, on the 21st of April, 1852. On the l lth of
August the whole of the ships safely met at
Beechey Island. The island and neighbouring
shores were searched in hopes of finding
further traces of Franklin's expedition, but
none could be discovered. Captain Belcher,
however, came to the conclusion, on utterly
inconclusive grounds, as we think, that Cape
Riley presented the "indelible features of a
" catastrophe." He supposes that "some
accident " occurred at this point, and that
what was supposed to be a washhouse was in
reality a house of shelter or hospital. To
support his view he can only point to the
fragmentary articles found on the spot. He
appears to be hasty in forming conclusions,
sometimes ou no rational grounds, and reso-
lute in adhering to them
On the 14th of August the ships parted
company. Captain Belcher, in the Assistance,
with Pioneer, sailed up Wellington Channel in
open water. Captain Kellett', in Revlu4e, with
Intrepicl, departed for the west; and the North
Star, Captain Pullen, was leit as'a depot-ship
at Beechey Island.
As the ships stood up Wellington Channel
they met "no trace of opposition. The clear,
" deep blue sky visible to the horizon " was
before them, and beyond was the " well-known
"water-sky." Queen's Channel was happily
passed, but here an icy barrier extended, pre-
venting further progress. The ships were
secured in "a magnificent sound, hemmed in
" by two !great islands," named Northumber-
land Sound, and here, on the 19th of August,