and hospitality: the reply was, That man is not so poor as you imagine. In my second day's march from Mallwyd to Welsh Pool, a man darted out of a house, as if watch ing for me, with a How far are you going?' .To Canoffice.' So am I.' I halted to observe a mill which I thought curious: he attended me as close as my shirt. He appeared rather shabby, not very active, but very inquisitive, without a wish to appear so; had travelled, been on board a ship, was a taylor, and was going to Llanvair to visit a

son.

"You carry your coat upside down, you will lose the gold. There is none to lose.' If there is none in those pockets, there is in others. We stopped at Canoffice, and as I could make but a poor reckoning, I treated him:

"The weather being hot, we agreed to repose in the shade. Are your buckles silver? Yes.' We were reclined upon a bank, I facing him, unbuttoned, with my eyes closed, all in silence and abstracted from the world.

"Opening my eyes, I saw with astonishment a large open clasp knife in his hand. What do you do with that knife?' with some emotion. Cut bread and cheese.

Why you have none to cut.'

"We marched on; I treated him col": he saw my suspicion. I was under no fo while my eyes were open, and he not at heels, for I could overcome two such, thoug no fighter. Determined to quit my comp nion, I outwalked him, which seemed disappoint him. Stopping at Llantar bait, he hunted me out, entered the str room where I sat alone, and drew his kra Pray why do you draw that knife?' always carry it to cut bread and cheese That must be a mistake, for you had a to cut either then or now; nor did you it for any other purpose. Besides, if come to this town to visit your son, th can be no need to enter a public house. E closed the knife, and was silent. I padr shot, walked on to Welch Pool, and him no more. I have only stated facts, t another may judge; but to this mon am at a loss to guess whether my suspici were just."

This specimen, we presume, will ply satisfy the reader: but if he wi for a few more stories of the same spe cies, we must take the liberty of rulerring him to the work.

ART. XVII. A new Pocket Atlas and Geography of England and Wales, illustrate fifty-five Copper-plates, shewing all the great Post Roads, with the Towns and situated thereon; also, a Description of the Air, Soil, Productions, and Manufactures, well as the Number of Hundreds, Cities, Boroughs, Market-towns, Parishes, Houst, Inhabitants. By JOHN LUFFMAN, Geographer. 12mo. pp. 52. Each Page c taining a small circular Map, and about twelve Lines of Letter-press.

HAD this little assuming volume been executed with any degree of care, judgment or ability, it would have formed an useful epitome. It is particularly addressed to young persons; and were its execution equal to the author's promises and professions in the preface, we should gladly recommend it to public patronage. But the brief notices of each county are disgraced by vulgar and long exploded errors, which a very superficial knowledge of the subject would effectually have prevented.

"A knowledge of the geography of our own country," says the publisher, "must be

obvious to every one. With a view to part of juvenile education, I have be duced to offer to the public the follor sheets, elucidated by maps, that will t make the public acquainted, not only the form and situation, but with every cular relative to each county. Every has been made to unite elegance with and to render this work equally acceptat the traveller and student,

"JOHN LUFFMAN

That man must be insensible of shar and careless of contempt, who could riously affix his name to such audaci falsehood.

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ART. XVIII. Tegg and Castleman's new Picture of London for 1803-4; or, a this immense Metropolis, on a Plan hitherto unattempted: containing comprehensive D..." tions of the Public Edifices, Collections of Curiosities, and Places of Entertainment; an spersed with diverting, authentic, and valuable Anecdotes, many of which are butor and record Events which have happened several hundred Years ago. By H. J. di RATT. 18mo. pp. 250.

ART. XIX. A View of London; or, the Stranger's Guide through the British M polis: containing an Account of its Curiosities, Amusements, Commerce, Public Bust

and every other Object worthy the Attention of the curious Visitor, as well as the Resident in the vast Capital. 18mo.

improved original work. This is precisely the case with the works before us:Mr. Phillips having published a Picture of London (see Annual Review, vol. I. page 479) which obtained an extensive circulation, the proprietors of the above works immediately had it abridged and mutilated, and foisted them upon the town as "improved new Pictures of Lon

A Specious, tempting, catching title, is the principal object of study with a certain class of book-makers, among whom the publishers of the above books are particularly distinguished. Novelty generally excites imitation; and while the man of talent endeavours to excel his original, the plodding knave catches some of its leading traits, and imposes a surreptitious copy on the public for anden.”

ART. XX. A new and accurate Description of all the direct and principal Cross-roads in England and Wales, and Part of the Roads of Scotland, with correct Routes of the MailCoaches, and a great variety of new Admeasurements; also, a Table of the Heights of Mountains, and other Eminences, from the grand trigonometrical Survey of the Kingdom, under the Direction of Major Mudge; an Account of Noblemen's and Gentlemen's Seats, and other remarkable Objects near the Roads; a general Index of the Roads to the different Towns, denoting the Counties in which they are situated, their Market-days, and the Inns which supply Post-horses; an Index to the Country Seats; a List of the Rates of the Postage of Letters, &c. &c. &c. The Whole greatly augmented and improved by the As sistance of Francis Freeling, Esq. Secretary to the Post-office, and of the several Surveyors of the provincial Districts, under the Authority of the Post-master General. By Lieut. Colonel PATERSON. 8vo. pp. 570.

THIS comprehensive title-page pretty fully explains the nature and contents of the work before us. It now claims the public patronage, under peculiar circumstances, having latterly been opposed by a rival production, whose proprietor has taken extraordinary pains to puff his own book into celebrity, and depreciate the authenticity and value of this. The history of which circumstance, and of Mr. Paterson's work, will be found in the following extract, from an introductory advertisement by Mr. Francis Newberry, the proprietor of this volume:

In presenting to the public a new edition (being the thirteenth) of a book, which has attracted a general attention, from its utity, for more than thirty years; and which as been lately with-held, in consequence of - suit at law, it seems necessary to prefix a hort history of this work, and of the late proceedings, for the information and satisfacon of those who have hitherto honoured it with their approbation and support.

In the year 1771, Mr. Daniel Paterson, istant quarter-master general of his majes1. forces, brought out the first edition of this book, which his official occupations had him to prepare, under the title it now reas, of A new and accu ate Description of Hoads of England and Wales, &c. &c. I had gained so much repute, that several editions, of many thousands in number, had been sold before the year 1788, when the preseat proprietor became possessed of the copy

right, by the death of a relation, who had originally purchased the work. Many more editions passed off; and the eleventh, (of 10,0 0 number,) which was printed in 1796, friends, to nearly treble its original size. Soon was increased, by the communication of after this period, Mr. Cary, who had been employed by the post-office to make new admeasurements of some of the principal roads, solely with the view to the regulation of the mail-coaches, exhibited a printed specimen of an intended book of a similar kind. This naturally came into the hands of the propristead of a new scheme, it was a direct adopetor of Paterson's; who observing, that intion of his own plan and design, immediately called on Mr. Cary, and remonstrated against such publication as an invasion of his right."

In spite of Mr. Newberry's remonstrances, Mr. Cary published his Travelling Directory in opposition to Paterson's, and entitled it "Cary's new Itinerary, or an accurate Delineation of the great Roads, both direct and cross, throughout England and Wales," &c. Mr. Newberry proceeds to state, that not only the scheme and design of Paterson's book had been seized upon, but the greatest part of its substance had been transplanted into this new Itinerary ; "often in a manner so servile," says Mr. Newberry, as not to disguise the plagiarisms by a change of words. It was manifestly a copy at the beginning, the

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middle, and the end. In the preface, the plan of the routes, and in the indexes. The preface indeed, in some places, was borrowed verbatim, literatim, and punc tuatim, with the same parentheses, and other passages, as distinguished either by Roman or by Italic types." This indeed is a broad charge of literary plagi arism, or theft, and such as we could scarcely have credited, had not Mr. Newberry produced ocular proof, in printing passages from the two prefaces. By an examination of the two works, it clearly appears that Mr. Cary's is composed principally from Paterson's, with a few new measurements, and some trifling additional matter; but the old work furnished the plan, routes, list of seats, crossroads, &c. which were unreservedly copied. Under these aggravating circumstances, the proprietor of Paterson's book republished the work, with some additions, &c. avowedly extracted from Cary's. In consequence of this, Mr. Cary filed a bill in chancery, for an injunction to stop the publication of Paterson's, as a piracy from his own book. The result was given by Lord Loughborough, that the plaintiff should pay all costs to the proprietor of Paterson's book. After this decision, Mr. Cary brought an action in the court of king's bench, where he, rather singularly and unexpectedly, obtained a verdict in his favor, with one shilling damages. Since this event, both parties have republished their respective works, with considerable additions and improvements; though, by an attentive comparison, the advantages are greatly

in favor of the work before us. This

has been newly edited by Mr. Ket who has bestowed extraordinary attes tion and diligence in correcting and ang. menting the present edition. In an ap pendix, Mr. Keith has given several comparative passages from Mr. Cary' and Mr. Paterson's books, proving te piracy; and also stating the great add tions and improvements which the latter possesses over the former. He cocludes his observations with the foller. ing passage, which shall also conclude our account of the work, and of the ju dicial and literary altercation that has arisen from it. Though we cannot sup press a remark, arising from an exami ation of the opposite decisions of two great law courts. The doubt and certainty which seems to involve the precise right of literary property, is a sub ject that strongly demands the serices consideration of the British legislature. In the present state of enlightened society, and when the book trade of the country is an object of such national im portance, it is a shameful reproach that our laws on this subject are so vague and equivocal.

"The editor of Paterson's roads," obser Mr. Keith," has been induced to draw up this appendix, merely in justification of hi own conduct, and that of the proprietor d Paterson's roads, and not through any en ty to Mr. Cary; otherwise he would have considerably extended his remarks on Mr. Cary's second edition; but as all men are subject to error, it would be unjust to end. vour to deprive Mr. Cary of an advantar himself, viz. the indulgence of the public.” which the editor of Paterson's hopes to recet

ART. XXI. Cary's British Traveller; or, an abridged Edition of his new Itinerary: en taining the Whole of the Roads, direct and cross, throughout England and Wales, *a* many of the principal Roads in Scotland, as described from his larger Work, from an act Measurement made by Order of the Right Honourable the Post-Master General, for f Purposes, under the Direction and Inspection of Thomas Hasker, Esq. Surveyor and St. perintendant of the Mail-Coaches. By JOHN CARY, Surveyor of the Roads to the Ger Post-Office. Calculated for the Use of those Travellers by whom the Gentlemen's Seats may not be considered essential; describing, at the Conclusion of each Rout, the Names of th Inns which supply Post Horses and Carriages, as well as all Places which are Market r Borough Towns, and have Post-Offices for the receipt and delivery of Letters; with a Lil of the Packet-Boats, and their Time of sailing; accompanied with complete Indexes, beth for the direct and Cross-Roads; and a Map of England and Wales, fully adapted to the Use of the Work. 8vo. pp. 238. With Preface and Indexes, not paged.

OUR opinion of the work before us may be inferred from the preceding article: it is only necessary to state in addition, that Mr. Cary's road book is rendered cheaper than Mr. Newberry's

by the omission of the lists of gentle men's seats, and descriptive references to the towns in the line of the vario roads.

ART. XXII. Wallis's Pocket Itinerary; being a new and accurate Guide to all the principal direct and cross Roads throughout England, Wales, and Scotland: containing the Roads of England and Scotland, both direct and cross; exhibiting in a progressive Series every Town, City, or remarkable Village, intersected by such Road; as also the best Inns, the Counties in which the different Cities, &c. are situated, their Market Days and Distances from London; each Borough being distinguished by appropriate Figures, shewing the Number of Members returned to Parliament; topographical Notices of Villas, together with the Names of their Proprietors, and likewise of the chief natural and artificial Curiosities occurring in each Rout; an alphabetical Table of the most distinguished Cities, Towns, &c. in Great Britain; together with their Distances from London, the Counties in which they are situated, the Rates of Postage for Letters, and the stated Days on which their respective Fairs are holden. The whole presenting to the Traveller every Information (both elegant and useful) upon a more comprehensive and portable Plan than in any similar Work hitherto published. Illustrated with accurate Maps of the Roads of England and Scotland. 18mo. pp. 460.

IT is a painful and tiresome part of reviewer's duty to examine and comare works like the above, where thouands of names and numbers are the nly subjects to peruse. This task, hower, we have performed, and are sorry pronounce a severe sentence on this ocket itinerary. It is injudiciously arnged, written worse, and slovenly inrrect in the spelling.

To justify this sentence it may be emed expedient for us to produce

me evidence. This will be done from * first and second pages, for it will not necessary to go farther in the work. The first rout is from London to Bath; ut the reader is referred to page 117, the road to Reading. This is very ngular: as if the middle of the book as printed first. Among the errors in te second page, we adduce the follow

one.

ing: Chaucer's grove was never Chaucer's seat. It is a modern house: at least modern in comparison to Donnington castle, where one of the Chaucers resided. Littlecot park is not Mrs. Popham's. Tottenham park is four miles from Marlborough, instead of Marlborough mount is not converted into the Castle inn, but is only an object in the garden of that inn. Bagdon lodge, instead of being three miles west of Marlborough, is three miles southeast of that town. There is no such place as Bockley house as described, nor has the duke of Marlborough any seat at Lockridge. Many similar instances of inaccuracy, inattention, &c. could be adduced, but we presume these will be sufficient to guard our readers against imposition.

T. XXIII. Kearsley's Traveller's entertaining Guide through Great Britain; or, a Description of the great Roads, and principal cross Roads; marking the Distances of Places to and from London, and from each other: to which are added a Description of the principal Great Roads of Ireland; different Routes to Paris; and a Table of the Times of High Water at New and Full Moon; with a concise topographical History of the Cities, Towns, Watering Places, Chief Villages, Antiquities, Seats, &c. &c. The Whole forming a General Tour through Great Britain. The Second Edition, much enlarged and improved. 8vo. pp. 450. RIVALSHIP in trade is generally sidered as conducive to the public od; and the best mode of counterting monopoly, is to excite and prote competition among persons who re most addicted to this species of mmercial tyranny. The present subct has lately furnished an extraordiry contest for superiority, and as is ally the case on such occasions, ilst individuals suffer, the public are enefited.

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England enjoys above other countries, are, the ease, safety, and expedition de rived by travellers. To good roads and comfortable accommodations may now be added useful and entertaining" books, at once directing and satisfying the curiosity of the tourist. Previous to the year 1625 there was no book published on this subject; at that time John Norden compiled and printed a thin quarto volume, as a "guide for English travailers." John Ogilby improved and enlarged this in his " Itinerarium An

ART. XXIV. The Beauties of England and Wales: or Delineations topographical, bu rical, and descriptive of each County. Embellished with Engravings. By JoHN BRIT TON and E. W. BRAYLEY. Vol. IV. 8vo. pp. about 600. 20 Plates. WE have already made some remarks on the general merits of this work, and have given a copious analysis of the third volume. (Ann. Rev. vol. I. p. 456.) Our notice, therefore, of the present, will be confined within scantier limits.

The counties described in the volume before us are Devonshire and Dorset