It may not be known to many, that Virginia, U.
S., is as celebrated for its mineral springs, its mountains, and its prospects, as Nassau itself; and that either the mind or the body of the 6lite of the Americans requires an annual recreation at the "Springs," just as our English fashionables do at Cheltenham or the Spas of Germany. The Letters Descriptive of the Virginia Springs, written by a Philadelphian, give an account of a tour which he made to all of theni in two successive seasons ; noting the nature of the accommodation they respectively furnish, the beauties of the prospects, the state of the roads, (an important feature, it seems, itt the Blue Mountains,) the medicinal virtues of the springs, and sonn7tinie5 the scale of eharges. The Letters are written with sufficient liveliness and vigour to yield amusement even to English readers ; and they have excited sufficient interest in America to have reached a second edition. From the ridicule of JEFFERSON whenever an opportunity offers, and a slighting allusion to the " Constitution," the writer appears to be a Federalist ; and in striving occasionally to adapt the Yankee slang of the other party for the sak:t of effect, he falls into an unnatural wanner.
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