160 
Lemontey, and an Italian Preface by M. 
Saurt, published by Count On.orr, 2 vols. 
8vo.—This work is in five books, contain- 
ing altogether eighty-six fables; all the» 
subjects of which, with the exception. of 
two or three, are taken from M. Kriloff, 
whose. fables: are not to be surpassed, in 
oxiginality and vivacity, and of whom the 
Russians may be justly proud. 
; ITALY. 
Caracalla, a Tragedy, &¢. This trageily, 
by J. B. Manzuzi, «Roman anda Lawyer, 
may fearlessly be pronounced to be one of 
the most. surprising productions of the 
modern Italian Theatre:.in which, in a 
bold and well-sustained style, the hatred, 
jealousies, and dissensions of Antoninus 
(Bassianus) Caracalla and Septimius Geta, 
the sons of Severus, are depicted with 
dreadful fidelity. The ferocious, but, at 
the same time, sombre and awe-inspiring 
temper of the parricide, and the loyalty 
and sweetness of the younger Geta, are 
put in continual and. beautiful contrast ; 
while the situation of Julia, the unhappy 
Widow, calls forth the genius of the author 
in scenes of delicate and heart-rending 
pathos, describing the repeated and vain 
efforts of this second Jocasta to reconcile 
her infuriated sons, and the momentary 
burst of joy, when she thought that, by 
the cession of Asia to Geta; (Caracalla 
retaining Rome and the empire of the 
West), this object was attained; nor is 
Faustina (another Antigone), whose hand 
is destined to.the new: Gdipus (Caracalla), 
while her heart is devoted to Geta, less 
admirably pourtrayed. This piece, appa- 
rently, loses no part of the interest of the 
story, by the strictness with which the 
author has adhered to the rules of Aris- 
totle ; nor by the terrible judgment with 
which the catastrophe is brought about, 
by the introduction of Caracalla’s unrelent- 
ing treachery towards his more virtuous 
brother, Faustina’s death, and the assassi- 
nation of Geta. 
_ Florence.—M. Vieusseux is about publish- 
ing a selection of Italian prose Classics, to 
comprehend, in twenty-five volumes 8vo., 
the best writings of the Italian authors for 
the last five centuries: each yolume. will 
be prefaced by a critical article, on the 
merits of the several authors, and the 
work, thus comprizing a comparative picture 
of the intellect of the several centuries, 
will be, consequently, as interesting to the 
foreigner as to the Italian. It is intended 
to publish four volumes a year, and in 
books. 
GERMANY. 
This country, now, possesses. sixty-five 
periodical works, for longer’ or shorter 
periods, and this number ig continually on 
the increase: yo pySLiN : eo 
torische Bilder, {e.—Historical Pic- 
Monthly Review of Literature. 
(Sept. I, 
tures of Ancient and Modern Times, by 
Cuarures Hinscurietp, | vol. 8vo.—The 
first thirty pages of this work recount the 
persecutions that took place in the twelfth 
century, against Arnold de Bregeiay » The 
rest of the first section. contains. many 
historical facts and , anecdotes; ..the _.se- 
cond. part, is biographical :—as..a book of 
amusement it is’ valuable,. as .it,.combines 
much information. ‘a5ds ; 
jug RUSSIAS 9 (fS81 18 ig 4 
Several of the novels of FIP che 
havé been’ translated intd“this Tangdage — 
Prince’ Chakhofskoy has written and éaused 
tobe acted, a Comedy in two acts, and 
in verse,’ with but two pérformets, entitled 
Thee and Ye. In the fitst a Hea is 
represented as a young man of twenty, 
burning with ‘an ardent’ passion “for the 
beautiful Phillis. During ‘the interval of 
the two acts, a period of forty “years 
elapses! surpassing Shakspeare’s interval 
in the Winter’s Tale’; during which, the 
charming Phillis becomes a great lady, and 
Voltaire no longer young. The’ subject 
is taken from a celebrated Epistle of Yol- 
taire, foe 
M. Griboiedof, a comic writer of extra- 
ordinary talent, has written a comedy, in 
three acts, called ‘* Too much Wit leads to 
Mischief’ of which the journals and 
reviews speak highly; but it exists. only 
in manuscript, as the Russian censor will 
not allow it to be published. But, spite 
of the rigorous surveillance of the press, 
there are, this year, three new periodi- 
cals added to the sixteen already published 
in Russia. aa 
Journal, Historique, Statistique et Géo= 
graphique. — Historical, Statistical and G'eo- 
graphical Journal, printed at the University 
Press in Moscow.—This is a Journal pub- 
lished by the Government, therefore its 
information must be received with a great 
deal of suspicion. Nie” 
DENMARK. j7it99 
Kongelig Dansk Hof-og Stats’ Kalender 
—The Royal State and Court-Almanack.— 
In 1809, this almanack contained ‘biit-two 
hundred pages, or four hundred columns : 
itis now composed of three hundred’ and 
ten. pages. It is a kind of court guide, 
and army or general register, and” not- 
withstanding’ the increase’ of ‘its bulls; thé 
same plan was adhered to in 1809; «sifee 
which ‘Denmark has lost’ Norway, that” is 
to say, more than a ‘third of its popula- 
tion. pas AD o- 
ail? G3 
<3 
AMERICA. EAAISE RE? 
United States. —The admirable.essay by 
M. J. C. L. Sismondi (which formed, the 
basis of the first. article in our Jate Sup- 
plement), has been faithfully and spiritedly 
translated, by M. P. S.. DUuronckat,,,jat 
Philadelphia, .in the. form of.an-Syo;;pam- 
phlety- 6.05. ian cna eas aie Seageeeaton 
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