ATLAS ANNUALS.
IF Alexander could peep out from his coffin to give a glance at the Geographical Annual for 1833,—which is a miniature Atlas of our Earth,—he would rub his mummy palms at the prospect of another world for him to conquer; for he would naturally conclude that the Geographical Annual of 1834 would contain the geography of some other planet. We are rather at a loss to know, also, how the Biblical Annual, which is a Scripture Atlas of a cabinet size, can put forth a novelty every year. In the case of the Cabinet Atlas or Geographical Annual of this year, we have a new map of the British Isles, divided according to the Reform Act, showing both the old and the new bo- roughs, and the number of members returned for each place. It also includes the recent'diseoveries in Africa made by the Landers, gives the new boundary line of Greece, and shows the separation of Belgium and Holland : in short, it embodies all fresh geographical information in its maps and tables of latitudes of places. But unless Poland be again erected into a kingdom, or Holland and Belgium be once more united under one sovereign before next year, we fear the Geographical Annual for 1834 will present no new feature ; seeing that we cannot penetrate the barrier of our atmosphere, and have therefore no reason- able hope of being able to survey Jupiter or Saturn, or any other planet of our system, otherwise than through the medium of a telescope. How- ever, if these beautiful and useful little volumes are not annuals, they are perennials ; and they deserve to require an annual new edition. They have all the elegance of picture-books, coloured plates and rich binding.
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