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TRAVELLERS DE'BARREDIIERB OFI.ITERARY AlD. 53cu.lt, inâeed impossible,to get the literaryaid here ,whichthe travellersoreadily obtains in most of the other parts of Europe. The' G'ltiaForastie'J'os (Stranger's Guide), which indeed has the merit of being~l1ways at hand when called for, ,vill not lead him very far. A Spaniardwho ,visited Englandwould,retùrn·home little edified if he confined theextent ofhis inquiries within the precincts pointed out in the Red Book..And the comprehensive denomination of Guia Forastie'l'os contains no·more. It is extraordinary to observe the. taciturnity of a Spanish book..seller. ls it habituaI caution? It is not a national quality, for no onefleHvershimself .better in conversation than the Spaniard. Neither if',~t{t1suanyt'ound to belong to the trade; and ît certainly forms no part·of hs inMrest. }'rom.a 8pani,sh bookseHer the. answer to nine inquiries.outoften i8, "Niolotengo," "l,have it not;"which isconc1usiveonthe subjeet; for another wordcannot he .extortecl. It Is, however"'sufficient to know,. if there is· ahooksener~s shop, to depend on fin ding E6Tliage de Pons neatly bound. And an interesting Compagnon de VoyagehelS! '" 'Truly 1 seenot ,v.hy sleeping sbould offend." If not a sleep-.ing, Don Anthonio must be àdm~tted amost.soporiferous one. Nevenwas a work less ,calculated to give offence. This, matter is deemedwortny OF sorne .animadversion, beca:use he,re,.in eq.uipping the travellc1'",vith Don Anthonio Pous, hewould be thought astrangeunreasonab~e:­man to look for llUY thing fm:ther. But it should be known that this,authol' (he ettght to be in great favour with the critics at least) sets outwith a pions abjuration of the· suhjèct of antiquity. This does not lie:upon bis route. He pnoceedsunder a perfect na"usea OL the face o:tnature; tbis saves. many.imp,ertinentdissPftations; and as to geology~,rural œconomy, and statistics,. which lead tothose digressions so incom-·p-atible with the lawful restrictions which. the traveller must obey,-ofiÜme,. place,- and action; these \Vere totally excludep. al starting froffiJ,