The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-06-08 00:00:00

We have received Part V. of the new edition of this

pleasing work, and though the scenes it describes are for most
part familiar to us, we have perused it with a deree of zest

which we never experience, save when after partaking of
viands spread before us by modern authorship,

the heavie

all upon a choice morceau, in the literary re-
port prepared by an able refectionaire, who has hit our taste
to a nicety. There is something luscious and refreshing in
the basket of fruits which our author modestly presents,
though gathered from localities that have often been searched
the more acceptable from the garni-
picked up by the way side, which he
around them. In the present number the " Wan-
wing Beaurnarii, carries his reader with him to
'Olin Island, once the seat of a celebrated

we chance to

by others, and they
ture of simple flow(

desert

rnonast

shine:it, the resort of countless devotees ;
Irped by rabbits and sea fowls. He next visits
mines of the famous Pavis Mountain ;
h, and other interesting objects in the
Leaving Beaumaris they proceed by
I the Levan Sands to the quiet rural hamlet of
'ong the wonderful road cut round

but no w

with him the copp

the town o

A.rnisvc

island of Ang

the ferry

Thew t

and precipitous promontory of Penuaaen-
ray and its bridge and castle; enjoy a

snawr ; visit

stroll, dive

by ninny pleasing objects and associations,
to Llaorust, which, with the Church,
ud Chapel, :end the curious bridge built by
y scan with curious eye, before taking their
river side to Bettws y Coed. The number
no fewer than six engravings of lake, moun-
scenery, and the whole work is well worthy

Inigo Jones

of a p

g-room or cc

.binet library

vnal of C

zation. William Smith, London ; W

Webb, Liverpool

veil Part I. of this work, which is published
ntendence of the Society for the Promotion
Home and Abroad, and appears, from the
een enabled to take of it, to be most ably

nductcd. In the title page, attached to a
are the mottoes—" Good Will to Man,"
a the 'World." Unhappily, there is beyond

vide field for the exertions of the benevo-
the appearance of a band of pioncers in the

holive promise of clearing the way
;f the army of philanthropists, who

isiastic recruits in this country when a

territories of ignorance and barbarism

04, find in this pamphlet a mass of interest-
lerived from authentic sources, and calcu-
ic civilized portion of the human family to
:Airs to disseminate the light of knowledge

) yet walk in darkness, were it only in gra-
nore fortunate lot. There are much of

)f painful narratives, and numerous anec-

:is, in these pages, showing the suscepti-
)vement, even among the tribes who are
!based by superstition, and an indulgence
set uncultivated hordes. We find also

eiety u

.ations and maps, and the large quantity of
'shed for the small sum of a shilling is another
3ments of the press which peculiarly marks
rprise of the day. We heartily wish the so-
:s in their arduous and highly praiseworthy

1 Account of Scotland. No. XXXI

❑d Sons, Edinburgh and London

comprises part of the county of Inverness,
county of Ayr. The work is replete with

add, interesting information, and is
. The topographical and natural his-

,opulation, industry, parochial economy,

of every parish are carefully and accurately
d C should remark, that apart from statistical
iolc is interspered with historical reminiscences
us of the feuds, forays, and incidents of the
nd of the singularly sublime and romantic
Mt that country is so remarkable. We would
accounts of the Quiaing, in the parish of Kil-
rc ; of the plot laid in 1580 to deprive Donald
his pri)perty ; the trials and hardships of the
Tura .'Donald ; the cruel treatment of Lady
I.e dezcription of Dunvegan Castle. Much of
;nber is devoted to the Island of Sky, in the
work, when completed, will be a valuable
,r topographical and statistical literature.

s Omnibus. No. 2. Waring Webb,

Liverpool.
ains an article entitled " Punch v. Law"
the tale of " Frank Ileartwell "—" Ori-

,eLry" of a most ingenious and novel description—an
'ehensible sort of paper entitled " The Ass on the
'—aud some " Omnibus Chat." The illustrations
ital, aud alone worth the price of the work. The
and liberties taken by " Nobody," in spite of the