The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-25 00:00:00

CHART OF THE BALTIC.

BY JAMES WYLD.

etre is no interruption or pause whatever to I
/111 x yld's enterprise—now that the war with
has fairly- commenced. In proof of this we
13,1,e here, an admirable coloured Chart of the
as a companion to his previous works of a
th't'ar kind representing the whole of the coasts of
Euxine and of the Mediterranean. The pre-
t map extends northwards as far as Wasa in
Tole, and southwards as far as Dresden and
ItarPle, eastwards to St. Petersburg and west-
-1,4e',4 to Portsmouth—including, in fact, besides
ual tic or East Sea, the Gulfs of Finland and
lt:'osia. At a moment such as the present, it. is
Ithlee,lY possible to exaggerate the interest with
tta eu We cannot but pore over the chart of those
kreBlc'here the gallant tars of England and France
84, ,vancing under the orders of Napier and. Par-
' t4'-"esoli ei les against the common enemy of liber.ty
oferrAisation. Mr. Wyld, in his admirable series
It;41)a, enables his countrymen to follow step by
t i
hra' the united armaments of Western Europe in
4014-231°vement towards the strongholds of the
tD-aieril Autocracy. By so doing, it is needless
add he is applying to noble purposes his enter-
as a man of business and his skill as a geo-
Puer.

THE THEATRE OF WAR.
A MAP BY JAMES WYLD.

I cent,
cued !Penny map of the " Seat of War" has corn-
tik„,," III() whole range of Mr. Wyld's admirably-
diq"" Publications. A sixpenny map, mirabile
embracing in one ample view—the Baltic—
dt'ack Sea—Russia, Turkey, Austria, Prussia,
ue Mediterranean ! Incomparably the cheapest,
qte,ra,uterly sketch of the whole theatre of war,
'`Litig from England to the confines of Hindos-
-44, s) In many respects, one of the very best even
tikellglltl thY
ise costlier productions of a similar kind
sued from Mr. Wyld's establishment.

LITERAT URE.

thgs in my Tent. By the Rev. N. Davis. Two
Th 'vols. Arthur, Hall, Virtue, and Co.
tatL2Althor of this work übaeri7.c. n
1/44 l'etti writer of a work on Africa possesses an
4eta4tage over others, which is, that he cannot be
red of having selected an exhausted subject.
: ulterior in particular, has been little explored
44411 died ; therefore, the narrative of a traveller
"e comparatively unknown regions, in which
tieofesses to describe " the moral, religious, so-
tri;4llcl political conditions of the various Arab
kttr:°f the African Sahara," at least presents the
t4iti:epon of information which is rarely to be oh-
to ,67 from an eye-witness. Having long desired
Wit the interior of the country, the author was
the to be able to accompany Sidy Mohammed Bey,
t,ey he".-aPpareut to the throne of Tunis, on a jour-
4orroe was about to take on public business. The
ftiztra 1,8 of slavery are touched upon, but the writer
the that the means adopted for the suppression of
itlgi'eurnan traffic serve only to add to the suffer-
t()tilei the victims. He asserts, in contradiction
11N41 who would place the negro lowest in the
~11 Scale, that their intellect in many instances
llatri'crved equal to that of the whites. He says
blk °lle of the finest logicians he met with was a
k
tither 7411, and that he was acquainted with an-
kelt '` 'whose poetry equalled the seven famous
kikB,of Mecca." He also maintains their fidelity
4,l4t,(aeetion. Several characteristic anecdotes are
qe 'Of the Arab tribes and the Moslem customs.
kott volumes contain nearly thirty illustrations,
Ito Let them coloured, and many of them scenes
tikteci'lle ruins of Carthage, which place the author
,sicef

"ewtelter's Tour Bound the World. By Roberi
braes? Esq., with Illustrations from original
sl,,wulge by the Author. Second Edition.
7t and Blackett.
this Work has met with a favourable reception,
kti 0-1 is not surprising, whether it be regarded as
toNt2larnental or a useful production ; as the
0„..'1.) from the merit of the sketches presented
klet:`r notice, which represent the various scenes
teDhed in the travels, and the taste and skill
VYed in the general arrangement of the book
0,14.1 Y appropriately grace a drawing-room table.
44,1-'8 latter, it contains much useful information,
}AI, Presents graphic descriptions of places that
irkenot been as yet much treated of in tours and
LIS. Besides these comparatively neglected
ogs, there are several celebrated and well-known
kkiiilities which are rendered interesting by the
sing anecdotes and spirited sketches of society
St,given in their details. That time and place
ett,,,,acit wanting to furnish opportunity and sub-
for the author, is apparent from the fact of
,e, having been travelling for the space of two
tko4:lld three months, a distance of thirty-six
tnd miles. One of the most pleaziug passages
o shbook is that which refers to South America.
e first day in any foreign region is said to be
ktall,cat era in one's life ; the first day in an ori-
,,trohL:Ovin is certainly another; and the first day in
tvrlocal country, like Brazil, is no mean third.'
I,ibed Pleat forests of unfading green are ably de-
„ettitt,' iand. their appearance at night is an inte-
t",4s (pr Ncetch. The scene given of the forest in
,Qickb,gan Mountains is very fine :—" The trees
':;1:14:, covered with creepers and parasitical plants,
nllizt-4 a green arch over the torrent, and the sun
through with a dim broken light could
II Penetrate the thick veil. Every turn of
It, +ook
seemed more lovely than the one before
aletinies a huge tree had fallen across,
here g a sort of bridge covered with vegetation;
hot, a Clu
,k --raP of bamboos overtopped the trees, and
1/114i- tos."-n. again nearly to the water; there the
;etit with its slender stem rose above all the
11.1:and Waved its feathery crown in the air."
'4lltitration of Lima by moonlight is very