7 NOVEMBER 1835, Page 19

The Ceylon Gazetteer is a useful and well-arranged book of

reference, containing a great deal of various information respecting a country but little known in detail. It is also a great curio- sity,—a book written in English by SIMON Casix CHITTY, a Cingalese, and published at Cotta by the Church Mission Press. In his preface, the author deprecates criticism on his English; but the apology was scarcely needed. In despite of his want of " systematic education," he writes our tongue with ease and free-. dom ; and his skill in compilation may vie with that of many of our beak-undertakers. To all who wish for an accurate account of the provinces, cities, towns, villages, and natural features of Ceylon, and for an estimate of its present social, political, reli- gious, and economical state, we might safely recommend the work. But that recommendation would be vain ; as we under- stand from the correspondent who favours us with a copy, that it is not purchaseable in London.