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ORIENTAL PANORAMA: BRITISH TRAVELLERS IN 19TH CENTURY TURKEY. By Reinhold Schiffer. Amsterdam and Atlanta GA: Rodopi, 1999. Pp. viii + 446. ISBN 90-420-0407X.$ 36. PLEASURE AND GUILT ON THE GRAND TOUR: TRAVEL WRITING AND IMAGINATIVE GEOGRAPHY. 1600-1830. By Chloe Chard. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1999. Pp. ix + 278. ISBN 0-7190-4804-4; 0-71904805- 2. £45 hb; £16.99 ph. ROMANTIC GEOGRAPHIES: DISCOURSES OF TRAVEL 17751844. Edited by Amanda Gilroy. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2000. Pp. xii + 260. ISBN 0-71905576- 8; 0-7190-5785-X. £45 hb; £17.99 pb. TRAVELS, EXPLORATIONS AND EMPIRES. WRITINGS FROM THE ERA OF IMPERIAL EXPANSION 1770-1835. TRAVEL WRITINGS ON NORTH AMERICA, THE FAR EAST, NORTH AND SOUTH POLES, AND THE MIDDLE EAST. Edited by Tim Fulford, Peter J. Kitson, Tilar J. Mazzeo, and Carol Bolton. 4 Vols. London: Pickering and Chatto, 2001. Pp. 1688. ISBN 1-85196-7206. £350