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15. Leipsic Fair. — The catalogue of the late Easter Fair 

 (1823) at Leipsic, contains the titles of 2957 new works, 

 which have appeared since the September fair 1822 ! Of 

 this vast progeny of continental intellect, 190 are Roman- 

 ces, 484 on theological subjects, 136 on jurisprudence, 

 155 on medicine, 398 on education, 184 on belles lettres, 

 150 on history, 137 on natural sciences, 378 poetry and 

 literature, 215 on politics, 159 periodical works, 30 on 

 philosephy, 32 on the military art, 95 are in the French 

 language, 62 in Danish, 58 in Polonese, &;c. Of the 

 works in foreign languages, many hare been sent by the 

 publishers in France, Poland &c. Of these 2957 works, 

 exhibited at the last fair, 214 were written by princes, 

 counts and other nobles, and 24 of the authors were females. 



Of the 354 booksellers who sent their works to this fair, 

 8 have titles of nobility. In Germany there is nothing in 

 the business of a bookseller which is derogatory to rank. 



Rev. Ency, 



16. Switzerland. — The Society for the encouragement 

 of tdgriculture. Industry and the arts, established at St. 

 Gall, has celebrated its third anniversary. The reports of 

 the past year, read by the president Doctor Steinmuller, 

 has just been printed. It occupies 75 pages in 8vo. and com- 

 prehends a great variety of objects which attest the useful 

 activity of the society, whose labours extend to all the 

 branches of rural economy. Th"^ society appears to have 

 had particularly in view during the last year, the per- 

 fecting of all the arts which relate to the care and man- 

 agement of stock and cattle. The president Steinmuller, 

 is known by his description of the Swiss Alps and their 

 agriculture, as well as by some works upon education. He 

 has described in his introductory discourse, the immense ad- 

 vantages which the cause of science and civilization, may 

 derive from the labours of societies, established upon lib- 

 eral and philanthropic principles, and the great utility 

 which such societies have already been of, to Switzerland. 



Rev. Ency. 



17. The Canton of Argow, is perhaps, of all the Swiss 

 Cantons that which enjoys the greatest share of liberty, in- 

 dustry, ease and general extension of knowledge. This 

 canton has now 312 primary schools, (exclusive of those 



