1. Whitelaw's History of the City of Dublin. 4to. Cadell and
Davies.

2. Observations on the State of Ireland, principally directed to
its Agriculture and Rural Population; in a Series of Letters written
on a Tour through that Country. In 2 vols. By J. C. Curwen, Esq.,
M.P. London, 1818.

3. Gamble's Views of Society in Ireland.

These are all the late publications that treat of Irish interests in
general, and none of them are of first-rate importance. Mr.
Gamble's "Travels in Ireland" are of a very ordinary description,
low scenes and low humour making up the principal part of the
narrative. There are readers, however, whom it will amuse; and the
reading market becomes more and more extensive, and embraces a
greater variety of persons every day. Mr. Whitelaw's "History of
Dublin" is a book of great accuracy and research, highly creditable
to the industry, good sense, and benevolence of its author. Of the
"Travels" of Mr. Christian Curwen we hardly know what to say. He is
bold and honest in his politics, a great enemy to abuses, vapid in
his levity and pleasantry, and infinitely too much inclined to
declaim upon commonplace topics of morality and benevolence. But,
with these drawbacks, the book is not ill-written, and may be
advantageously read by those who are desirous of information upon
the present state of Ireland.

So great and so long has been the misgovernment of that country,