2
vols. - History of the Isle of Wight - Tour through the Northern Parts of
England and the Borders of Scotland. 2 vols. - Excursions from Bath - Walk
through some of the Western Counties of England - Tour through Cornwall. -
These travels, generally performed on foot, contain good accounts of the
antiquities, and some notices of the natural history, manners, &c. of those
parts of England and Wales to which they respectively relate.
490. Pennant's Tours from Downing to Alston Moor - from Alston Moor to
Harrowgate and Brimham Cross - Journey from London to the Isle of Wight. 2
vols. - Journey from Chester to London - Tour in Wales. 3 vols. - These
travels are written in a dry style; but they abound in accurate
descriptions of antiquities.
491. Bingley's Tour round North Wales in 1798. 2 vols. 8vo. - The language,
manners, customs, antiquities, and botany, are particularly attended to and
well described.
492. Rev. J. Evans's Tour through Part of North Wales in 1798; Tour through
South Wales in 1803. - These works likewise are valuable for botanical
information, as well as for descriptions of scenery, manners, agriculture,
manufactures, antiquities, &c. and for mineralogy.
493. Barber's Tour in South Wales, 1802. 8vo. - This work is chiefly
picturesque, and descriptive of manners.
494. The Scenery, Antiquities, and Biography of South Wales. By B.H.
Malkin. 1805, 4to. - This work is hardly valuable in proportion to its size;
but from it may be gleaned interesting notices on the history and
antiquities of this part of Wales, as well as manners, &c.
495. Arthur Aikin's Journal of a Tour through North Wales, and part of
Shropshire. 12mo. - An admirable specimen of a mineralogical and geological
tour, in which the purely scientific information is intermixed with notices
of manufactures, and pictures of manners, &c.
From the above list of Tours in Wales which comprehends, we believe, the
best, it will be seen that this part of the united kingdom has not been
neglected by travellers. Indeed, its natural scenery, mineralogy,
geology, botany, antiquities, manners, &c. have been more frequently and
better described by travellers, than those of any other portion of the
British empire.
496. The History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton.
By the Rev. Gil. White. 1789, 4to. - This most delightful work has lately
been republished in 2 vols. 8vo. It is an admirable specimen of topography,
both as to matter and style; and proves in how laudable and useful a manner
a parish priest may employ his leisure time, and how serviceable he may be
to the natural history and antiquities of his country.
497. Six Weeks' Tour through the Southern Counties of England and Wales. By
Arthur Young. - Six Months' Tour through the North of England.
