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of Paris, the Mont Canis, Genoa, and Florence, and to

come back by Bologna, Milan, and the Spliigen, that Mr. Smith must publish this record of his journey ? Do not the inhabitants of the largest of all counties, of the county which, with Middlesex, makes all England, know that there is such a church as St. Peter's at Rome, and such a statue as the Venus de Medici at Florence? If they know that much, Mr. Smith's book will scarce add to their knowledge. We have no wish to be severe on an unpretending work, and, indeed, there is no fault to find with it, save that it tells us nothing new. But we confess we do not see the necessity of its being published.