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Tableau cle la Suede, by Catteau. 2 vols. This is a rapid fketch, very well written.

Abrege de I'hijloire de Suede, par Lagerbring. 1 vol. We know not why anabridgement was given in the tranflation, rather than the work at large : the lattermight have been ufeful, whereas by the manner in which the fucceffion of events is con-tracted in the abridgement, it is good for nothing.

Anecdotes of the Court of Sweden , 1789. 1 vol. This work treats of fuch individu-

als alone as were then inexiftence. The refemblances are good and the relations juft ;the work however is lefs pleaftng than one would expect, arifing poffibly from, its fpeak-ing well of all.

Travels in Sweden by a Dutch Officer (M. Dreven). 1 vol. in 8vo. 1789. Thiswork is full of errors and inaccuracies : from a number of paffages one is induced toimagine that the author wrote from memory; for what he defcribes exifts, yet frequent-ly far from the fpot he mentions j and fometimes he has feen things feen by no oneelfe.

In our firft volume we fpoke of works treating of the ftates of the North. Ourreaders will perceive that we have left a number of articles as they were compofed in1791, before the death of Gujlavus III. of glorious memory.

ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER.

Throughout the work the meafures, weights, and money, are Swedifh, exceptwhere otherwife defcribed ; with the value of thefe the reader may make himfelf ac-quainted by reference to Chapter XIX. in which it is given, in Englifh meafures,weight, and money, as well as in French .

TRAVELS OF TWO FRENCHMEN IN THE NORTH OF EUROPE .

Chap. I.— Entrance into Sweden.—Necejfary Precautions for thofe who travel in thatKingdom.~Helfinburg.—The Province of Scania. — Carlfcroon.—Its Naval Arfenal .—Its Docks.—Road from Carlfcroon to Gottenburg through Smaland. — Gottenburgh. — ItsHof pital --Trade — Herring-JiJhery—and Cuftoms.—The Landing of the Danes. — Mar-Jlrand.

IT frequently takes an hour to pafs the Sound ; we crofted it in two and thirty mi-nutes. The landing charges are, for a berlin, a rix-doilar; for a chariot, forty {kil-lings, which fum includes the whole expence to the inn: you pay alfo for everytrunk, but however heavy your luggage the charge will feldom exceed 2 rix-dollars.In proportion to the facility and convenience of embarkation is the difficulty and dan-ger of unfhipping carriages, as there is neither jetty, quay, nor crane, and nothing butlome wretched wooden flairs, with heaps of ftones at the foot, which prevent the boatfrom reaching them. The appearance of the Danifh coaft is much more beautiful thanthat of Sweden .

The traveller muft take care to provide himfelf with fmall notes, as he will oftentimesfind it difficult to procure change even for one of 12 fkillings, and efpecially if it be not a

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