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point of view on a subject of that sort, when separated from the 

 whole. Far more satisfactory is the second part, where the author, 

 in opposition to Humboldt, who considers the Iberians of the Pyre- 

 nean peninsula as autochthons on philological grounds, renders it 

 very probable that those western Hibernians may have emigrated from 

 the east from some parts of Georgia. Nor can we help expressing 

 our entire satisfaction on the light the author has thrown on the 

 manners, constitution, religion, etc., of the people, as little has 

 hitherto been elucidated concerning them. 



The third part, bearing the title " Artemidorus the Geographer," 

 stands in no connexion with the former, and contains, besides his life, 

 copious fragments of his ys/oy^aipow^sva, following Stephanus of Byzan- 

 tium. Mr. HoflFmann has arranged them according to the order of the 

 books, a task not very difficult, if proper use was made of the copious 

 notes of Stephanus. In the first book, Artemidorus treats of the 

 Gallic coast, and the remaining part of the country of the Celts ; in 

 the 2nd and 3rd, of the Hiberians and Lusitanians ; in the 4th, of 

 Italy ; in the 5th, of Coscyra, Cephalleria, and Ithaca ; in the 6th, 

 probably of Greece and the European coast of the Pontus ; in the 

 7th, of Libya ; in the 8th, of Egypt and Arabia ; in the 9th and 

 10th, of Asia, as far as Judea ; in the 11th, of the eastern and south- 

 ern coast of the Pontus. Far less is known of lUyria, as the numbers 

 of the book in Stephanus bearing upon that country are, in part at 

 least, corrupted ; and if the correctness of !r^«5r>j (BoZwo;) be also 

 doubted, there remains but the 5th book, which to judge from the 

 contents, might have treated of it. The author did not add the va- 

 rious critical readings of the text to the fragments. The collection 

 has, therefore, only the merit of showing us all that relates to Artemi- 

 dorus ; but as for the better understanding of the text, the inquisi- 

 tive reader will be obliged to look out for the various editions, for we 

 know how many blanks there are still left for criticism to fill up in 

 the ancient geographies. 



Vom Nexum, Ein Beitrag znr Geschichte des Romischen Rechts 

 (Of the Nexum ; a contribution to the Roman law), by Dr. Chr. 

 Gottl. Adal. Scheurl. Erlangen, 1839. 



A powerful treatise, and shows to advantage the learning and ta- 

 lent of the writer, and of whose exertions much may still be expected 

 in the field of civil law. He has examined the views laid down by 

 Niebuhr, Savigny, Zimmerm, Suchta, and Walter, concerning the 

 Nexum, with great judgment and erudition, and succeeded — it ap- 

 pears to us — in showing their futility. His own view on the subject 

 is so simple and natural that it appears plausible already on that score 



