1825] 
reign of Constantine, describing the itine- 
rary of Jerusalem, of Antonine, of the 
Theodosian table, and of the Notitia Impe- 
rii. He shews the site of Vienna to have 
been originally a Roman town, called Vin- 
dobona, and Castra-Fabiana, or Faviana, 
to have been no more than this same town, 
Marcus Aurelius died at Vindobona. Gal- 
lianus ceded it to the Marcomans, in order 
to obtain Pipa Salonica (daughter of the 
king). Aurelian retook it.—The author 
gives a narrative of the fall of the Western 
Empire, and of the power of Odocear in 
Rome and Italy,—of the empire of Theo- 
doric, and the establishment of the duchy 
of Austria. Charlemagne is represented as 
the restorer of Vienna, and founder of St, 
Peter. The history of Frederick II., the 
duchy of Austria and Vienna, constitute a 
principal part of the 2d vol. The 3d vol. 
is occupied by Rudolph, surnamed der 
Stifler, by Ottocar, Prince of. Bohemia, and 
conducts the reader to Frederick ITI. 
PRUSSIA. 
Berlin.—The bookseller Voss is about to 
publish a complete edition of the works of 
Lessing, on'the plan of those of Wieland, 
Schiller and Klopstock. It contains 34 
volumes, and will be published, at the 
Easter fair, in 1825. 
SWITZERLAND. 
Canton de Vaud.—A young vine-dresser, 
here, named Samuel Testuz de Villette, 
haying been maimed, three years ago, by a 
gun bursting in his hand, it was found 
necessary to cut off the arm at the first 
joint. The ingenious industry of a Gene- 
vese mechanic, M. Taillefer, has fixed to 
the stump of the arm a cylinder of iron, 
terminating in a strong vice, by the aid of 
several instfuments affixed to which, S. 
Testuz is enabled to dig, to cut the vine, to 
use, at once, both knife and fork at table, 
and perform almost every function of the 
industrious father of a family.—The inven- 
tor, M. Taillefer, had before constructed a 
mechanical leg, by means of which, the 
wearer is enabled to walk, run and mount, 
or descend, without assistance. He is now 
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constructing a hand, which is to perform 
almost all the movements of that member. 
NORWAY. 
Christiana.—Three new journals. haye 
started, this year: the first, entitled The 
Spectator, is under the influence of govern- 
ment; the two others are The Patriot and 
The Patrol. 
DENMARK. 
Copenhagen. — A new weekly journal, 
written in French, is announced for speedy 
publication. It will comprise the most 
interesting news of the three kingdoms of 
Seandivania, in politics, statistics, public 
economy, literature, and the fine arts. 
There are said to be many young diplo- 
matists among the contributors. 
Three learned Icelanders have associated 
themselves with M. Rafu (who has just 
edited a tract, called the ‘‘ Chronicle of the 
Warriors of Jomsbourg,”) in the task of 
publishing, and thus rescuing from the 
fear of decay, a great number of Sagas, or 
chronicles, written in the Icelandic lan- 
guage. The publication of these manu- 
scripts will throw a powerful light on the 
ancient history of the North, and will be in 
three different languages—in the original 
Icelandic, in Danish, and in Latin. 
RUSSIA. 
Poetishe Erzxeugnisse der Russen.. The 
Poetical Productions of the Russians. Vol. 2. 
Riga.—This second volume contains, as 
the former, free translations, into the Ger- 
man, of fables, epigrams, and some dramatic 
poetry, from the originals in the Russian 
language. Also biographies of various 
Russian poets, as those of M. Lomonossot, 
secretary of state, and director of the 
learned institutions in Russia, who may be 
considered as the originator of Russian 
literature, and its best prose writer. Sou- 
maross, who first established a theatre in 
Russia. Derjavens, the author of some 
Jyric, didactic and dramatic poetry. Pouch- 
kin, who wrote some good romantic poetry. 
Dinitziff, minister of state, now living at 
Moscow, whose various poetical produc- 
tions are about to be published in three 
volumes, 
THEATRICAL REVIEW; AND MUSIC. 
DRURY LANE. 
XCEPT the distirbances at this 
‘MYA house, from the opposition to Mr. 
Kean, there is little to record, and not 
much to criticize. Novelty has not abound- 
ed, nor even yariety. In the course of 
two-and twenty nights, Der Freischiitz has 
been performed no less than ten times. 
We were eyen presented with it once 
(Feb. 2), when we had been attracted by the 
promise of Mr. Sapio in The I'all of Algiers. 
The disappointment, however, was not 
very great; for, with the exception of a 
single song, there is not a piece of music 
in the whole of this feeble opera, calculated 
to elicit with advantage the vocal powers 
either of that fine singer, or any other of 
the vocal performers; and there is, at 
least, one compensation for the frequent re- 
petition of the German goblinism. Familia- 
rity with the character of Caspar ; and some 
finely-conceived situations, by which Mr. 
Soane has improved upon the original, 
seem almost to have taught Mr. Horn to 
be an actor. ‘To that scene, in particular, 
in which the impotent struggles of re- 
morse are frustrated by the repeated visi- 
tations of the fiend, Mr. H. did such a 
ple 
