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ed with the fine estabhshment in Paris, called the Geoiama, 

 regrets that there is not in Berlin one of the same kind. This 

 would enable him to exhibit to the audience on a chart of 

 vast dimensions the different voyages of discovery, and give 

 a sort of instruction of the terrestrial globe, considered at 

 one view both in its locality and in its details. Comparative 

 geography is, like comparative anatomy, a new science, em- 

 inently calculated to advance the geographical sciences. — 

 Rev.Encyc. Oct, 1827. 



14. Homage rendered by power to genius.— K short time 

 since the town of Weimar, presented to the literati of Eu- 

 rope a scene extremely touching. The patriarch of German 

 literature, the illustrious Goethe, received the homage of a 

 monarch, a true friend of the arts and sciences, who is him- 

 self one of the most enlightened men of Germany, and who 

 omits no occasion of manifesting the noble enthusiasm which 

 animates him on behalf of generous principles. The king 

 of Bavaria having learned that the anniversary of the birth 

 of Goethe was about to be celebrated, went to Weimar, 

 unexpectedly to the poet, pressed him in his arms, and hung 

 around his neck the grand cordon of the order of Bavaria 

 with which he was invested. 



On his return to Munich, the young prince expressed, in 

 an ode, the hvely impressions which he felt on leaving Wei- 

 mar, and in which he bestows a solemn homage to poetry ; 

 to the Grand Duke of Weimar, Charles Augustus ; and to 

 Goethe, his illustrious friend. 



This ode, in the true spirit of the German language, con- 

 tains much depth and grace of imagination, and great pre- 

 cision of style. — Ihid. 



15. Marseilles, (France.) — The Society of christian mor- 

 als, established at Marseilles, about fifteen months since, 

 has, even in this short space of time, by its untiring charity, 

 rendered important services to suffering humanity. A stran- 

 ger to all party spirit, indifferent to all national rivalships, en- 

 quiring into no man's religious opinions, it advances silently 

 to the practice of well-doing, intent only upon the means of 

 obtaining some amelioration, moral or physical in the lot of 

 humanity. This society aspires only after a single object — 

 the happiness of men ; and its generous intentions, which 

 embrace at once, the warrior and the man of letters, the la- 



