THE WORKS OF RIDINGER TO BE REPUBLISHED. 
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-collection of chronicles and other original and 
unpublished documents, relating to the reigns 
of William the Conqueror and his sons, a 
book extremely valuable and interesting to 
Englishmen. It forms an octavo volume, 
and contains large portions of the Norman 
Metrical Chronicles of Geolfry Gaimar, of 
an anonymous continuator of the Brut, of 
Peter de Langtoft, of Benoit de Sainte-More, 
and an Extract from a metrical Life of King 
Edward the Confessor. The second volume 
will contain the Latin lives of Hereward, of 
Earl Waltheof and his wife Judith, and of 
Harold, with an early Latin poem on the 
battle of Hastings, and the Diet de Guillaume 
d' Angleterre, by Chretien de Troyes. At 
the end of this curious collection will be added 
complete Indexes and Glossaries. 
The Commission Histoi’ique is also pro- 
ceeding vigorously in its labours. Copies 
of its publications are shortly expected, and 
shall be duly noticed by us. M. Guizot, 
who is preparing a report to the king on the 
subject, has appointed Thomas Wright, B. A- 
of Trinity College, Cambridge, English cor- 
respondent of the Commission. 
M. Raynouard, one of the first scholars 
of Europe, and well known for his work on 
the Poems and Language of the Troubadours, 
published in the years 1816 — 1821, with the 
title of“ Choix des Poesies originales de 
Troubadours,” has been ever since engaged 
on a work which he calls “Nouveau Choix 
des Poesies originales des Troubadours.” 
Like the preceding, it will consist of six 
volumes, 8vo., of which the 3rd to the 5th 
inclusive will be occupied by a Dictionary of 
the Romane Language of the Troubadours, 
compared with the other languages of Latin 
Europe. The second volume, being the com- 
mencement of the Dictionary, is just pub- 
lished, and furnishes striking evidence of the 
extent and depth of the author’s learning. 
GERMANY. 
The Book Catalogue of the Leipzig Mi- 
chaelmas fair announces 3164 works, partly 
new, partly new editions, maps, &c. In the 
Easter Catalogue there were 3767, making 
together 6931. Among them are books and 
pamphlets on scientific and miscellaneous 
subjects : in the German language, 2800 ; in 
ancient languages, 208; in foreign living 
languages, 176 ; novels, 164 ; plays, 32 ; 
maps and charts, terrestrial and astronomi- 
cal, 84; 178 translations from foreign lan- 
guages, (of which 58 are novels) ; and 1 99 
periodicals. 
Neff, of Stuttgart, has announced a Ger- 
man translation of the eight Treatises written 
for the premiums bequeathed for the purpose 
by the late Earl of Bridgewater. Dr. Hauff, 
editor of the Morgenblatt, is named as one of 
the translators. 
The house of Hallberger, of Stuttgart, 
has produced two volumes of a work which 
is professed, we know not with what truth. 
to be written by Prince Piickler Muskau, 
under the title of “ Vorletzter Weltgangvon 
Semilasso. Traum und Wachen. Aus den 
Papieren Verstorbenen.” These two volumes 
which were published in September and to be 
followed in a few weeks by a third, compre- 
hend the Author’s Travels in Europe, and 
the succeeding ones will contain his observa- 
tions on Africa. 
Creuzbauer, of Karlsruhe and Leipzig, has 
commenced a picturesque work, entitled 
“ Die Klassischen Stellen der Schweiz und- 
deren Haupt-Orte in Originalansichten dar- 
gestellt.” It will be completed in 24 monthly 
parts, royal 8vo., each containing 3 engra- 
vings on steel, by H. Winkles, from drawings 
by G. A. Miiiler, and a descriptive text by 
the veteran Heinrich Zschokke. 
In 1824, Heinrich Meyer published the first 
portion of the History of Fine Arts among the 
Ancients, which related only to Greece. The 
continuation of that excellent work, which 
was ready for the press at the time of his 
death, in October, 1832, is announced for 
publication, under the superintendence of M. 
Riemer, librarian to the grand Duke of Wei- 
mar, by the title of “ Heinrich Meyer’s Ges- 
chichte der bildenden Kunst bei den Griechen 
und Rbmern.” It is the result of many 
years’ reseai’ches and observations, which 
suggested themselves whilst he was engaged 
in editing Winkelmann’s Works jointly with 
Fernow and Schulze. Meyer was not eminent 
merely as an artist and a scholar : he was a 
genuine philanthropist. In his last will, after 
deducting a few legacies, he left the whole 
remainder of his property, amounting to 
about 33,000 dollars to the poor of Weimar. 
The interest of that sum is now applied to 
the relief of the poor of Weimar at their own 
homes, by supplying them in illness with 
medicines, and with medical and every other 
kind of attendance which they stand in need 
of. The Grand-Duchess takes upon herself 
the chief direction of this useful charity. 
The works of J. E. Ridinger, whose unri- 
valled etchings of animals have always enjoyed 
the highest reputation, not only in Germany, 
but in foreign countries, have become so 
extremely scarce and dear, that we are glad 
to see an advertisement of the Bibliographische 
Institut, in Hildburghausen, announcing 
that it is in possession of the original plates, 
which are in excellent condition, and will 
publish them in monthly parts, each contain- 
ing from four to eight plates, in imperial 
folio, at the very moderate price of about 3s. 
fid. per number. 
M. Hahn, at Hanover, has published the 
first part of a highly important geological 
work,” Die Versteinerungen des Norddeut- 
schen Oolithen Gebirges,” i. e. The Petrifac- 
tions of the Oolite Mountains of the North 
of Germany, by Fred. Ad. Roemer. The 
