Retrofpc of German 
and third principal feétions of the ele- 
mentary doétrine of religion, viz. the 
doétrines of free-will and of the immor- 
tality of the foul, &c. the hiftory of the 
church before and under Jefus and his 
apofiles, an account of the facraments, 
and, finally, an addrefs to the reader, in 
which the author explains fome paffages 
of his Syftem of Morality, which feemed 
liable to be mifunderftood. 
Another profeffor of the fame univer- 
fity (of Gottingen), Mr. Ammon, has 
publithed a “ Neues Lehrbuch der Reli- 
gidfen Moral und der Chriftlichen be- 
fonders’”—-A new elementary Book of 
Religious, and in particular of Chriftian 
Morality (1. 8vo. Gottingen, Thomas) ; 
which has, for the moft part, the fame 
{cope as the preceding work, ard is pof- 
feffed of no fmall merit. The fame au- 
thor, who is preacher to the univerfity of 
Gottingen, has publifhed a fecond collec- 
tion of his fermons: “* Predigten zur Be- 
forderung eines reinen morali{chen Chrif- 
tenthums’’—Sermons for promoting pure 
moral Chriftianity (vol. ii. 1. 8vo. Er- 
lang. Palm); which are commendable 
and praifeworthy on account of their 
moral tendency, and of the judicious fe- 
lection of fubjeéts the bett adapted to 
the circumftances of the prefent times, 
and moft conducive to the forming to vir- 
tue the hearts of his hearers. 
Mr. ScxupERo hasfavoured the pub- 
lic with the firft volume of his « Predig- 
ten furr Freunde der reinen Sittenlehre’’ 
—Sermons for the Friends of pure Mora- 
lity (I. 8vo. Jena, Gabler) ; in which he 
has endeavoured, with much, though not 
always with equal, fuccefs to exhibit ina 
clear and intelligible manner the funda- 
mentat doctrines of Kant’s moral philo- 
fophy. 
A claffical work, unique in its kind, 
has now likewife been brought to a con- 
clufion, viz. PLANK’s “* Ge{chichte der 
Entftehung und Veranderung unfers Pro- 
teftantifchen Lehrbegriffs’—Hiftory of 
the Origin and Changes of our Proteftant 
Syftem of Theology (Leipfic, Crufius, 
vol. vi.) 
Pautus, in his “ Philologifch-kriti- 
{cher und hiftorifcher Kommentar iiber 
das Neue Teftament’’—Philologico-cria 
tical and hiftorical Commentary on the 
New Teftament (Lubec, Bohn, vol. i. I. 
$vo.), has made a judicious feleétion from 
the works of preceding commentators, 
and, befide placing under one point of 
view every thing of importance that has 
been written towards s¢lucidating the 
Literature.— Medicine. 61§ 
New Teftament, has added many new 
and acute remarks of his own. The 
Gofpels are placed together fynoptically ; 
and this firft volume goes as far as Matth. 
xi. 19. Marc. v. 43. Luke xi. 1—4, 
The abbot HENKE continues to pub- 
lith his valuable “ Magazin fiir Religi- 
gions- philofophie, Exegefe, und Kirchen- 
gefchichte’’—/Magazine for the Philofo- 
phy of Religion, Exegefis, and Eccle- 
fiaftical Hiftory ; and likewife his * Eu- 
febia” (Helmftadt, Fleckeifen) ; of the 
former the tezth, and of the latter the 
third, number has appeared. Befide thefe 
works, he has begun to publith « Reli- 
gions-Annzlen’”— Annals of Re igion 
(I. 8vo, Brunfwick, Viewee); which muk 
be \confidered as a continuation of his 
“ Annalen der Kirchengefchichte’’—An- 
nals of Ecclefiattical Hiftory——wwhich had 
before appeared at Wicmar. 
The {cience of 
MEDICINE, 
although not in new acquifitions, has 
at leaft gained confiderably in point of me- 
thod and fy ftemarical arrangement, by ya. 
rious manuals forthe ufe of public lectures; 
fuch as ARNEMANN’s “ Handbuch der 
prak:ifchen Heilkunde”’--Manual of prac- 
tical Medicine (|. 8vo. Gottingen, Vane 
denh. and Rupr.); G6rtiinG’s “ Hand- 
buch der Pharmazie”—Manual of Phar- 
macy (1. 8vo. Jena); and Srark’s 
“ Handbuch zur KenntnifS und Heilung 
innerer Krankheiten.”’—Manual towards 
the Knowledge and Cure of internal Dif- 
orders (part ii. |. 8vo. Jena, Gopferdt). 
Among the produétions of this clafs 
we may likewife reckon a * Syftem der 
practifchen Heilkunde”’—Syftem of prac- 
tical Medicine (I. 8vo. Jena, From- 
mann), by HUFELAND, the celebrated 
author of the Art to prolong human Life ; 
and a “ Handbuch der Toxicologie nach 
Grundfatzen der Brownifchen Arzney- 
lehre und der. neuern Chemie”—Manual 
of Toxicology, according to the Princi- 
ples of the Brunonian Syftem of Medi- 
cine and of modern Chemiftry (I. 8vo. 
Vienna, Schaumb.) by JosePpH Frank, 
a fon of the celebrated phyfician of the 
fame name, formerly profeffor at Pavia, 
but now chief fuperintendent over the 
hofpitals and other inftitutes for the be- 
nefit of the fick at Vienna. 
At Vienna, where the Brunonian fyf- 
tem is ftudied with eagernefs, and at- 
tacked and defended with great animo- 
firy, ULricn has ftept forth as peace- 
maker between the contending parties 
aKa with 
