PREFACE or THE TRANSLATOR. “ Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” is a supercilious query but too frequently directed against various regions of the earth, particularly against bigotted and enslaved Spain. And, indeed, were our opinion of what may be extracted from that devoted country to be formed by estimating the magnitude, or the value of the information lately brought home from it, even by our friendly armies, after a long abode, the answer to the insolent query above-mentioned would iustlv be,— “ Nothing.” Having resided for some time in Spain, and having occasionally, since my return, directed my attention towards Spanish literature, to that qnery I should feel myself warranted to give a very different answer.— To mention one branch of scientific literature only,—■ I mean what relates to maritime information respecting her dominions, European and American, Spain has done
