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appendix contains three Latin letters of 
Dr. Geddes’s literary correspondence, 
the two first from MM. Paulus and 
Arr. 1V. The Life of General de Zie'en, Colonel of the Royal Prussian Regiment of 
Hussar Life Guards, Knight of the Order of the 
Blumenthal, first Lady of the Bed-chamber to her Royal H ghness the Dowager Princess © 
Translated from the German by the Rev. B. Beresronn, P. D. | 
Henry of Prussia, 
2 vols. Svo. pp. 680. 
THE subject of the present biogra- 
phical memoir, was one of the greatest 
generals of one of the wisest monarchs 
and ablest warriors that the world ever 
saw, l’'rederick the Great. ‘To profes- 
sional men these pages will be found pe- 
culiarly interesting, as the frequent nar- 
rative of important military operations, 
occasionally illustrated by plans, is clear 
aud instructive. To the young unfriend- 
ed soldier, they teach a lesson of confi- 
dence ; they encourage him to repose on 
his own courage and good conduct; and 
bid him hope, that into whatever situa- 
tion he is thrown, and whatever present 
obstacles are opposed to-his promotion, 
valour will ultimately be rewarded. 
John Joachim de Zieten was born on 
the 18th ct May, 1699, at Wustrau, a 
village belonging to his family, within,a 
few miles of Berlin. His father was a 
man of small fortune ; and in his house 
the sen was totally unprovided with the 
means of instruction and culture. In 
very early life, Joachim displayed that 
military enthusiasm which became the 
Jeading character of his life. At the age 
of fourteen, without patron, friend, or 
fortune, low of stature, feeble of voice, 
puny and unhealthy of appearance, he 
left his paternal roof, and entered into 
the service of Frederick William I. His 
father obtained for him the post of 
standard-bearer in the regiment of Ge- 
neral de Schwendy, with whom he had 
some slight acquaintance. Young Zie- 
ten introduced himself to the general, 
and on this ground solicited his patron- 
age. He was received with an air of 
such insufferable. pride, superciliousness, 
and supericrity, that he rushed from the 
room, and took no pains to concexl his 
indignation. Young Zieten took an ear- 
ly opportunity, by his courage, to efface 
the unfavourable impression which. his 
diminutive person and undignified ap- 
pearance inspired. ‘The first person he 
chastised was a veteran serjeant, who had 
behaved improperly to him; he wound- 
ed him desperately in the face, and es- 
gaped unhurt himself. Soon after this, 
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he crippled one of his comrades. After 
a continuance in the-service of some 
years, he was appointed ensign (July 20, 
1720) ; but the regiment was afterwards 
given to the Count de Schwerin, a native — 
of the dutchy of Mecklenburg, who ad-— 
mitted into it several of his own country- — 
men, to the prejudice of the senior offi- 
cers, and of Zieten in particular, whom 
he disliked on account of his low stature, 
and the shrillness of his voice, which, he 
said, was not formed to give the word of 
command. Zieten finding himself re- 
peatedly superseded to make way for | 
others, demanded his dismission, and ~ 
immediately obtained it. This retire- | 
ment was of great value to him: it was | 
here that he laid the foundation of those 
moral virtues, which distinguished him | 
in future life as a son, a father, and a q 
husband. His chagrin and mortification © 
were extreme ; but 
Sweet are the uses of adversity, 
Which, like the toad, ugly and venemous, 7 
Wears stiil a precions jewel in its head. 7 
In his retirement, he congratulated 7 
himself on escaping from that vortex of © 
debauchery, into which he would proba- ~ 
bly have been drawn by his fellow offi- | 
cers, who at this time were particularly 
intemperate in their sensual pursuits: he 
was thus better prepared to resist the” 
allurements of vice in maturer years. | 
He reflected also, that he must rely on | 
his own resources only, on lis own ge- 
nius and resolution alone, for his future | 
success. Zieten’s father died in the year | 
1710: the young man now retired to his | 
paternal estate; extricated his affairs” 
from the complicated law-suits in which 
his father had left them involved, and 
made provision for his mother and sis- 
ters. His military ardor, however, abat- 
ed not; and at the end of two years, 
Frederick William Is who had frequent- 
ly seen him in regimentals at parade, en- 
quired concerning him, and-made him 
the offer, which was very eagerly ace 
cepted, of a new commission, indemnify. 
ing him in point of rank for the time h 
