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LITERATUBB.

Records of a Run, through Continental Countries.
By James Grant, author of " Random Recollec-
tions of the Lords and Commons," " The Great
Metropolis," &c. 2 vols. Routledge.
Those desirous of obtaining a clear and concise
account of what is to be met with abroad cannot
do better than peruse these volumes. The desired
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da France.ssketches
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information is here met with as regards many
countries, for the course of travels was extended
through Belgium, Holland, Germany, Switzerland,
Savoy,tours, and
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any elaborate description, or extensive details of
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any peculiarities that may have struck him at first
t
sight. and which may be suggestive of reflection to
others, and in giving his opinion as to what is ad-
visable for those similarly situated to adopt or avoid
while enjoying the novelties and pleasures of a
summer excursion. The first impression seemed to
be one of delight at the emancipation from business,
to the " dolce far niente," which is always more or
less experienced in travelling, and which seems
peculiarly the case on the shores of our continental
brethren. " The air of the sea, and the fine fresh
breezes which blow from the balmy south, were the
source of pure enjoyment, which it would not be
easy to describe. Let those who like myself are
unceasingly engaged in intellectual toil, in the heart
of the metropolis, from one year's end to the other,
only imagine the .contrast. I could for the mo-
ment fancy I was another being, and imagine my-
self translated to some other world." The arrange-
ments fOr the railways in Belgium are not cleverly
devised ; the passengers showed their tickets nine
or ten times during the journey from Calais to
Brussels. "At some of the stations the signal
for starting is the whistle, at others a horn and
again a bell rung after the fashion of a church bell."
The author was much struck with the beautiful
scenery of Belgium, which he questions if " any
of earth's loveliest lands can surpass." The women
of Germany have remarkably hard duties to per-
form ; they generally cultivate the extensive vine
fields, they likewise have to assist in the gathering
of the vines, besides which arduous undertakings
they frequently carry quantities of earth in baskeis
on their backs up steep mountains. It is truly
observed here that it is not to be wondered at that
as a race they are so devoid of personal beauty,
since they pass their time in such unsuitable and
unfeminine employments. Many of them appear
quite masculine. In traversing Switzerland, the
writer of these pages appears to have been particu-
larly struck with Zurich. " The lovers of the
sublime, the grand, and the majestic may prefer
other parts of Switzerland to this, but he who has
a relish for what is soft and sweet in the scenes to
which Nature and Art have been contributors in
equal proportions, will give his suffrages to the
Lake of Zurich. Everything there looks perfectly
happy." The account met with further on, of the
ascent of Mount Rigi, is exceedingly interesting,
and many on reading the eloquent descriptions of
the grandeur of the sight, the beauty of the pros-
pects, and the novel sensations thus experienced,
will doubtless wish they could likewise visit such
attractive scenery. The persons who assemble in
the solitary hotel on the summit of the Rigi form
a most striking and peouliar group. Of all coun-
tries, and of all ranks, German princes, noblemen,
members of every legislature in Europe. At an
early hour of the morning following their arrival
the travellers hurried to catch a glimpse of the
wonderful spectacle of the rising of the sun, a
spectacle which, seen under such circumstances,
can never be forgotten. "To see the sun rise as
it were from a spot which seemed far, very far be-
low you, is a thing so strange, that we may well be
excused if he had for the moment some diffi-
culty in crediting the evidence of his own
eyes." The author remarks that it was ex-
ceedingly amusing to behold the curious
costume in which many of the travellers hur-
ried out in order not to miss the sight. The
Waterfall of Reichenbach is the subject of a long
description, and it is certainly ably and forcibly
pictured to us. " There is something inexpressibly
sublime in the sight. To see so vast a volume of
water precipitating itself with such tremendous
impetuosity into the gaping abyss below, and to
witness the spray ascending perpendicularly into
the air, a height of 150, or perhaps 200 feet, and
then to see it floating horizontally along the atmo-
sphere 300 or 400 feet more, and all this, be it re-
membered, in a locality which is greatly beautified
by trees and underwood, is a sight on which no eye
could gaze without emotions of a very exciting
kind. And then there are associated with the
emotions and pleasures arising from sight, those
emotions and pleasures which arc produced by
sound. There is tho deep and expressive voice of
the cataract, which never for one moment ceases to
fall on the ear." Probably there aro many readers
who will coincide with the preference here pro-
claimed for " Nature's music more than man's."
In the account we meet with of Mont Blanc there
is great eloquence of expression, mingled with a
true recognition of the sublime and beautiful. " I
could imagine that the bright and beautiful canopy
above me, on which I was gazing with wonder and
delight, was a glorious diadem, rejoicing in a re-
splendency compared with which the greatest
earthly lustre is dimness itself, encircling the brow
of the great Maker and Monarch of all worlds."
It is observed by the author in the preface that
" he had thought that the days of his authorship
were done." Doubtless there are many who will
be glad that such has not been the case, and that
they have thus been enabled to form an idea of
the adventures and wonders that attend a " Run
through Continental Countries." The style of these
volumes is very pleasing ; as the scene or subject
requires, it varies from "grave to gay, from lively
to severe." Throughout it is enlivened by amusing
anecdotes, and rendered attractive by interesting
information and intelligent reflections.