he makes the most heroic personal sacrifices, and devotes himself to obscurity and virtue. Two strangers of noble rank, the one, an hereditary Prince, and the other the Count Lauvenheilm, are detained by an accident at the cottage, and the latter, a man of amiable dispositions and distinguished talents, is delighted with our hero, and offers him the post of his private secretary, which the wishes of his friends induce him to accept. With his new patron he leaves Norway, arrives at Copenhagen, is introduced into the family of his patron, and becomes daily more firmly rooted in his esteem and affections. Here he gets acquainted with the two daughters of the Count. The eldest, Anastasia, a lady of extraordinary beauty, dazzles his imagination; but the modesty, the delicacy, and the retiring charms of Ellesif, awaken within his bosom far more lively and permanent sensations. A mutual attachment soon takes place, and though their lips are silent, their eyes hold eloquent converse. In the very spring-time of their love, it receives a terrible check. The Count, amidst all his excellent qualities, is madly ambitious; and, stung to the soul by injuries his sovereign had heaped upon him, he entreats the assistance of Theodore in plans of treason. The mind of the noble youth is convulsed in a terrible struggle: his dear Ellesif is proposed as the reward of his concurrence, and eternal banishment from her as the consequence of his refusal. His virtue comes off victorious. He leaves his heart and his all behind him, and flies to his friends at Aardal. Thither too, the poor repentant Heinrich returns to receive his father's forgiveness, and to die in his arms.-Theodore, after many interesting adventures in Spain, procures himself to be openly acknowledged as the heir and grandson of the Condè Ronchevalles, who, dying, leaves him in possession of his paternal estates. Catherine and Dorestom leave Norway to share his fortune. But the best charm of life is faded; the memory of Ellesif is fondly cherished by Theodore- and the belief of her indifference throws a chill over all his enjoyments.

In the mean time, the treasons of Count Lauvenheilm are discovered; his estates are confiscated; and he escapes with difficulty into Holstein. There the beautiful Anastasia dies from her own imprudence at a ball; and Ellesif alone remains to console her remorse-stricken and disconsolate father. Invited into Spain by a noble relative, they meet again with Theodore; and that meeting repays them for all their distresses. The fond lovers are united, and on the idea of their delight the reader is left to repose,

Such is the outline of the story before us, in giving which we have been obliged to omit some of its nicer features, as

well as some of its more original characters. The scenes in which the Count's projects are disclosed to Theodore, and in which that unhappy nobleman takes leave of his daughters, are as striking as the pictures of Aardal are sweet and endearing. In the character of the Condè, the stateliness of a Spanish grandee is admirably pourtrayed, and the modes by which he is prevailed upon to own his grandson strongly conceived, and skilfully executed. We are rather inclined, however, to quarrel with Miss A. M. P. for her cruelty in killing the lovely Anastasia; who had been guilty of nothing to involve her in so hard a fate, except taking some ice after dancing; and whose melancholy end throws an unnecessary shade over the concluding joy. Of all the personages in the piece, the Hereditary Prince of is the most objectionable. His childishness borders on inanity which we pity; and his eagerness to learn the art of cookery, is frivolous in the extreme. These are but slight failings, and cannot materially impair the deep-woven charm of the work.

ART. V. Travels in South Africa, undertaken at the request of the Missionary Society. Second Edition. By JOHN CAMPBELL. London: Black and Co., Hamilton. 1815.

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THERE are periods and events, in the contemplation of which évery honest Briton not only feels a kind of pride in acknowledging his country, but experiences a refutation of that sophism, which represents ardent patriotism and the general love of our species as incapable of residing in the same bosom. Without referring to distant periods, or remote events, in proof of the co-existence of these virtues, it will be sufficient to point to those of a recent date, when the valor and generosity of Britain were allowed to have done so much for the liberation of Europe; and the sovereigns and warriors who had been the chief instruments in effecting the emancipation, hasted to this speck in the ocean to make their acknowledgments, and receive the congratulations of á liberal public. Was there an individual on that occasion who would have exchanged his birth-right as a Briton for that of an inhabitant of any other country on the globe? The answer we need not give.

Notwithstanding that the British annals record a multiplicity of events calculated to raise the blaze of patriotism to a pitch sufficient to illuminate surrounding nations, they are not less prolific in those which maintain the pure flame of philanthropy,

and cause it to encircle the globe. Nor are examples of this latter spirit less numerous than those of the former. This is manifest from the number and variety of those Institutions, expressly formed and voluntarily supported for relieving the distressed, instructing the ignorant, and diffusing the blessings of civilization, and the light of truth, over the savage and benighted regions of the earth. Many of these institutions, so noble in principle and benevolent in design, were not only established when Britain was either contending against the combined powers of Europe, or defending her rights in one hemisphere, and raising her courageous arm against unbounded tyranny in the other; but owe their origin to men whose patriotism was never doubted, and whose philanthropy will adorn and enrich the pages of her history to the end of time. Thus they derive additional importance, both from the period of their formation, and the character of those by whom they are supported; and whatever may be thought of the means that have been employed for carrying their purposes into effect, or the success that has attended their exertions, none can justly withhold the meed of praise due to extraordinary purity of intention.

It is neither our business nor inclination to investigate the comparative merits of institutions of this kind, or to scrutinize their individual defects; but only to state that it is to "the Missionary Society, instituted in London in 1795, for the sole purpose of diffusing the Gospel in heathen and other unenlightened countries," that we are indebted for the present volume, which adds considerably to our stock of knowledge respecting the South of Africa; and especially relative to some districts which are not known to have been visited before by any European and even this will not be destitute of interest to some persons who may be totally indifferent about the motives that produced it. The occasion of Mr. Campbell's journey is thus stated, in the advertisement prefixed to the work by the Directors of the Society.

At length it pleased God to remove by death that valuable man (Dr. Vanderkemp) who superintended the African missions; when the Directors thought it expedient to request one of their own body, the Rev. John Campbell, to visit the country, personally to inspect the different settlements, and to establish such regulations, in concurrence with Mr. Read, and the other Missionaries, as might be most conducive to the great end proposed :-the conversion of the heathen, keeping in view at the same time the promotion of their civilization. p. vi.

The volume before us bears ample testimony that the Directors did not make an improper choice in fixing upon Mr.

Campbell for the work; in the execution of which, he has displayed considerable diligence, fortitude, and prudence-qualities of the utmost importance to the object he had in view. The qualifications, however, of a complete Traveller in Africa, where every thing is so entirely opposed to all that is European, are such as seldom fall to the lot of an individual. To the essentials, possessed by Mr. Campbell, he should, at least, unite those of a Naturalist, a Botanist, a Mineralogist, and an Astronomer; and be capable of describing, with his pen or his pencil, the things he saw and felt, so as to cause his readers, in some measure, to see and feel them also.

Mr. Campbell sailed from England on the 24th of June, 1812, and landed at the Cape on the 24th of October. He prudently remained some time at Cape Town and in its vicinity, for the purpose of obtaining the requisite information relative to the former communications of the missionaries with the government of the Cape, to permit the sultry summer months to pass, and to get himself in some degree seasoned to the climate before he undertook his journey into the interior. Having made every requisite preparation, and obtained letters of introduction from His Excellency, Sir John Cradock, the Governor, to the several Landdrosts, through whose districts he expected to pass, Mr. C. left Cape Town on the 13th of February, 1813, and

Proceeded first to Bethelsdorp, about five hundred miles east of the Cape; from thence northward to Graaf Reynet, then to Griqua Town, and from thence to Lattakoo, a populous city, scarcely known to Europeans; he afterwards visited several tribes of people, some of whom had never before seen a white man; several of their. chiefs expressed their readiness to receive Christian Instructors. Mr. Campbell then returned to Griqua Town, from which place he travelled westward as far as Pella, on the other side of Africa, near the mouth of the Great Orange River, and from thence travelled southward, parallel to the west coast of Africa, till, after a laborious and perilous journey of nine months, he reached Cape Town in health and safety. p. vii.

Mr. Campbell has accompanied his work with a map of the southern part of Africa, on which he has laid down his route; extending to about 3000 miles, over rocks, mountains, rivers, and deserts, of vast extent. This journey was not, therefore, accomplished without privations, hardships, difficulties, and dangers; and when we reflect that it was not mere curiosity, a love of the marvellous, or a prospect of gain, that induced him to undertake it, but a desire to benefit men whose life scarcely surpasses animal existence, and whose knowledge is nearly on a level with that of the wild beasts with whom they share these

dreary abodes; we follow every step of his progress with a respect and an anxiety which perhaps no other object could have inspired. But if a visit to those regions for such a purpose can thus excite our feelings and command our regard, must we not allow it to be

An act of the highest philanthropy, and a most exalted display of the power of Christian principles, for a missionary, for love to Jesus Christ and the souls of men, to leave European society, and retire to this gloomy wilderness, merely to do good to its scattered and miserable inhabitants. p. 31.

As animate rises above inanimate nature, and man was the principal object of Mr. Campbell's journey, we shall chiefly confine our subsequent remarks to the same subject, and endeavour to present our readers with a cursory view of society, as it appeared to this author in the southern extremity of the Old world. The Boors, or occupiers of the land in the colony of the Cape, constitute the superior class in the interior of this southern portion of Africa; but even the lives of these, in many cases, is scarcely one degree above that of the animals from which they derive their principal means of subsistence. The following extracts afford a pretty correct view of the subject.

Many of the Boors have four or five stout sons, who, in consequence of the crowd of Hottentots about the house, have no occasion to put their hands to any work; wherefore they sit with their legs across the greater part of the day, or else indulge in sleep: they sometimes bestir themselves to shoot for an hour. In this way their days and years pass on in miserable idleness. Perhaps the only thing which a Hottentot will have to do for a whole day is, to bring his master's whip from the next room; another will have to bring his mistress' fire box, and place it under her feet; a third, to bring two or three times wood from the fire to light his master's pipe. In this way the Hottentots have their habits of idleness confirmed and increased: the Boors feel life a burthen, because they have nothing to do, or talk of, and feeling themselves miserable, they endeavour to derive pleasure from making others miserable also. This account of a Boor's life has been related by various persons to me, and appears, from what I saw, to be a true picture of many, though not of all. p. 81.

Very few of the Boors, except in the vicinity of the Cape, cultivate any portion of their land; but either depend solely upon the produce of their cattle and sheep for subsistence, or purchase a little corn or flour at Cape Town, or the neighbouring part of the colony. Their aversion to the labor of sowing and reaping for themselves is strongly marked in the following instance. Captain Andrews, at a military post, on the bank of the Fish