whatever it may be called, to the contrary extreme. We think that Mr.
Gell has fallen into this error, so opposite to that of his numerous
brethren. It is offensive, indeed, to be told what a man has eaten
for dinner, or how pathetic he was on certain occasions; but we like
to know that there is a being yet living who describes the scenes to
which he introduces us; and that it is not a mere translation from
Strabo or Pausanias which we are reading, or a commentary on those
authors. This reflection leads us to the concluding remark in Mr.
Gell's preface (by much the most interesting part of his book) to his
Itinerary of Greece, in which he thus expresses himself:--

"The confusion of the modern with the ancient names of places
in this volume is absolutely unavoidable; they are, however,
mentioned in such a manner, that the reader will soon be
accustomed to the indiscriminate use of them. The necessity of
applying the ancient appellations to the different routes,
will be evident from the total ignorance of the public on the
subject of the modern names, which, having never appeared in
print, are only known to the few individuals who have visited
the country.

"What could appear less intelligible to the reader, or less
useful to the traveller, than a route from Chione and Zaracca
to Kutchukmadi, from thence to Krabata to Schoenochorio, and
by the mills of Peali, while every one is in some degree
acquainted with the names of Stymphalus, Nemea, Mycenae,
Lyrceia, Lerna, and Tegea?"

Although this may be very true inasmuch as it relates to the reader,
yet to the traveller we must observe, in opposition to Mr. Gell, that
nothing can be less useful than the designation of his route
according to the ancient names. We might as well, and with as much
chance of arriving at the place of our destination, talk to a
Hounslow post-boy about making haste to _Augusta_, as apply to our
Turkish guide in modern Greece for a direction to Stymphalus, Nemea,
Mycenae, &c. &c. This is neither more nor less than classical
affectation; and it renders Mr. Gell's book of much more confined use
than it would otherwise have been:--but we have some other and more
important remarks to make on his general directions to Grecian
tourists; and we beg leave to assure our readers that they are
derived from travellers who have lately visited Greece. In the first
place, Mr. Gell is absolutely incaut