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from whom other performances are eagerly 
expected. 
_ Rotvelsk Lexicon, af Dorph.— Wiburg, 
(N. Jutland. )—This is a little dictionary of 
the language of robbers, by means of which 
they communicate between themselves in 
speech or writing, whenever occasion re- 
quires. In Jutland there are still hordes of 
vagabonds, similar to our gipsies, distin- 
guished by a language and kind of constitu- 
tion of their own, and by many customs 
resembling pagan superstitions. The peo- 
ple call them Kjelhinger, or rogues, and 
their language (which seems Egyptian in its’ 
origin) the language of rogues. This dic- 
tionary will, perhaps, be a new instrument 
towards suppressing the disorders caused by 
these vagabonds. 
Smaadigte, §c—Fugitive. Poetry. By 
~Cxassen-Honn; translated from the Swedish 
into Danish, by M. Raubec. .Copenhayen, 
1824.—Count de Horn, implicated in the 
conspiracy against Gustavus ITI. of Sweden, 
was exiled, together with some other dis- 
tinguished men. Having changed his name 
to Classen-Horn, he came to Copenhagen 
to end his days, where he only lived two 
years. He was respected and beloved by 
all who knew him ; and was endowed with 
a mind, at once profound and lively, with 
extensive knowledge, interesting conversa- 
tion, and amiable dispositions. He was a 
profound mathematician, spoke French and 
German like his native language; was ac- 
quainted with the antient languages, and 
the literature of Europe, and was besides a 
celebrated poet and musician. He published 
his Fugitive Poetry some years before 
his death, at Copenhagen, for the amuse- 
ment of his friends ; and, to be known only 
by them, instead of his name prefixed his 
portrait. Of this collection, M. Rahbek 
has just published a translation. 
SWEDEN. 
. Redovisning och Beritseller, §:c. An Ac- 
count of, and Reports by, the Society for the 
Advancement of Mutual Instruction, at an 
Annual General Meeting, on the 19th May, 
1824; Stockholm, 8vo. pamph.—This little 
work, which is addressed to the Society for 
the Melioration of Elementary Instruction 
at Paris, contains, 1.a list of those honour- 
able persons to. whom the direction of the 
affairs of the society is confided, at the head 
of which we firid Count Jacques de la Gar- 
die, Lieutenant General, president ; and M. 
. Ch. de Rosenstein, Archbishop of Sweden, 
vice-president ; 2. a list of forty-one ordinary 
members of the society; 3. an account of 
the operations of the board of direction; 4. 
ageneral report of the progress of the society, 
Since its formation the society has met 
with zealous and flattering support from 
the friends of education; but in the years 
1823-4, this was peculiarly the case. Many 
members of the Diet. openly.espoused the 
Monthly Review of Literature. 
[Aug. 1; 
cause, and the king addressed a circular to 
all the consistory courts of the kingdom, 
recommending the adoption of the plan; 
not only in towns, but villages or other 
localities. A correspondence with Paris, 
London, Brussels, and Copenhagen has 
been entered on.;. and, through the good 
offices. of Dr. Sorensen, Bishop of Chris 
tiana, with Norway.. A number of ele- 
mentary tablets, proportioned to the wants 
of their schools, have been published, and 
a Manual for the use of Instructors in the 
Swedish Schools of Mutual Instruction -is 
in -preparation. Sixty new sehools have 
been formed, in one of which young girls 
are clothed, and carefully and religiously in- 
structed: likewise, an extract of receipts 
and expenditure, together with a list of the 
members of the society at the time of 
meeting, and a discourse by M. Thyxell, 
keeper of.the records, upon the utility of 
the system, have been published. 
RUSSIA, 
Cours de Littérature, &c.—A Course of 
Ancient and Modern Literature, containing a 
complete. Treatise on Poetry, extracted from 
the best Critiques and Commentators ; enriched 
with many Quotations and Selections from 
different Poets, in French, Latin, Greecit, 
Russian, English, German, Italian, “Spanish 
and Portuguese. By P. Henniquin.— 
Moscow, 1821-22, 4 vols. 8vo:—It com- 
mences with Marmontel’s “ Histoire de la 
Poésie,” of which M., Hennequin says, that 
if the perusal alarms the indolent: mind, 
and leaves it'cold and careless to the real 
treasures of poetry, he may throw down the 
book—it is useless to persist—for not only 
will he never. be a poet, but he will even 
be too ignoble duly to admire those who 
are truly great. The author next gives a 
clear and concise definition of the poetic art : 
then passes to the origin of poetry, and de- 
termines the end of poetry to be “ to instruct 
and amuse at the same time.”” The author 
points out three faculties, whence result all 
literary talent, and:which may be called 
qualities necessary to.a poet: they are mind, 
imagination, and sentiment; itis their union, 
in a greater or less-degree, which consti- 
tutes genius; and M. Hennequin adjudges 
—that “ mind is the eye of Genius—imagi- 
nation and sentiment, his wings.”” M. 
Hennequin concludes his preliminary in- 
structions by remarks on poetical manners 
and poetical pictures, referring whateyer re- 
lates to passion, style and imagery, &c. to 
his Course of Rhetoric, published at Mos- 
cow in 1818. . The rest of his workis given 
to poetry of every description, from the 
Epic to the Acrostic. This is, perhaps, to 
descend too low; but the author strongly 
urges young aspirants in the career of 
letters to disdain such puerilities ; and, 
doubtless, only admits them to give @ 
more complete treatise of poetry. ~~ 
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