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from the action of the wind (its cir- 
cumference being on the side of the 
instrament next the air-compressor, 
for instance, towards ¢ in fig. 1), and 
to direct it against those at b in the 
annexed sketch, by which means a 
due rotation of the cylinder is always 
kept up in the same direction, which 
would not happen without a regulator 
of this description. 
Sandwich ; W. H. WEEKEs. 
July 10, 1823. 
——= De \ 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
THE GERMAN STUDENT. 
NO. XXIX. 
WIELAND (concluded ). 
FTER the publication of ‘‘ Obe- 
ron,” Wieland turned his atten- 
tion from poetry, and undertook a 
“Translation of Lucian,” which is 
alike admired for its learning and its 
elegance ; notes are added, beautifully 
illustrative of the manners of the 
times, and of the historic allusions 
contained in the text; and a good 
biography of the Greek author is pre- 
fixed. Mr. Tooke translated into 
English these comments of Wieland 
on a writer who is destined in every 
age to awaken some eflicacious oppo- 
sition to the incessant industry of 
superstition. 
During the occupation of translating 
Lucian, the natural tendency of 
Wicland’s mind to re-produce origi- 
nal imitations of those works of art, 
with the contemplation of which he 
was engaged, became variously appa- 
rent. ‘‘ Peregrinus Proteus,” a novel 
twice translated into our Janguage, by 
Mr. Elkington and Mr. Tooke, was 
now composed; and it was soon fol- 
lowed by “Dialogues: in Elysium,” 
and “ Dialogues of the Gods.” These 
last agitate many questions originating 
in the French revolution. The most 
splendidly fanciful and philosophically 
profound is the sixth, which dwells on 
the abolition of Paganism, so as to 
prepare the reader for the downfal of 
other dynasties of imaginary gods. We 
shall transcribe it. 
[Jupiter and Juno, with the other inhabi- 
tants of Olympus, are seated at table, in an 
open hall of the Celestial Palace: Ganymede 
and Antinous offer nectur to the gods, and 
Hebe to the goddesses ; the Muses perform 
exquisite symphonies, while the Graces and 
Hours execute pantomimic dances, and Jocus 
occasionally provokes the happy gods to loud 
laughter. In the midst of their highest joy, 
Mercury flies hastily tn.) 
The German Student, No. XXIX. 
[Sept. 1, 
Jupiter.—Thou ait late, my son; why 
so pale? What news from below? 
Venus to Bacchus. — Something goes 
cross. How haggard he looks. 
Mereury.—My intelligence is ill-suited 
to increase the pleasure that prevails here. 
Jupiter.—At least thy countenance is, 
Mercury. 
Juno.—Whiat so unfortunate can have 
happened as to trouble even the enjoy- 
ment of‘the gods? 
Quirinus.—Has an earthquake over- 
thrown the capitol ? 
Mercury.— That were a trifle. 
Ceres.—Has an eruption of Etna deso- 
lated my darling Sicily ? 
* Bacchus,—Or an untimely frost shrivel- 
led the Campanian grapes? 
Mercury.—Mere nothings these. 
Jupitcr.—Out, then, with thy tale of 
woe. ¢ 
Mercury.—It is only that——(he stops 
short.) 
Jupiter. — Make us not impatient, 
Hermes. It is cnly—what? 
Mercury.—That at Rome, on a motion 
made by the emperer himself, in full se- 
nate, thou hast, by a majority of voices, 
been formally abolished. 
[The gods all rise, in great consternation, 
from table. ] 
Jupiter (who alone remains seated,smiling). 
—Only that? I have long expected it. 
All the gods at once,—Jupiter abolished! 
Is it possible? 
Juno.—Thou talk’st a little wildly, Mer- 
cury. Feel his pulse, Esculapius. 
The gods.— Jupiter abolished ! 
Mercury.—As 1 was saying,—by a ma- 
jority of voices formally and” solemnly 
declared to be a mere effigy, a man of 
straw,—nay still less, for an effigy is some- 
thing, but Jupiter is voted to be a non- 
entity, deprived of his temples and priests, 
and of the dignity of protector in chief of 
the Roman empire. 
Hercules.—This is mad work, Mercury ; 
but, as sure as J am Hercules, (swinging 
his club,) they shall not have done this 
thing for nought, : 
Jupiter.—Patience, Hercules. So then 
Jupiter Optimus Maximus Capitolinus 
Feretrius Stator, &c. has played his part 
out, 
Mercury.—Thy statue is overthrown, 
and they are violently busy in demolishing 
thy temple. The same tragedy will be 
repeated in all the provinces of the Roman 
empire. From every corner legions of 
bearded savages will break loose, with 
fire-brands and pick-axes: levelling in 
their fanatic fury the venerable monu- 
ments of the ancient religion of the 
people. 
Serapis.— Woe is me for my magnificent 
temple at Alexandria, and my splendid 
colossal statue. If the desert of ‘Thebais 
pours 
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