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public employment at Berlin, and there 
enjoys the efteem of the fir ftatefmen 
and literati, of which his profound un- 
derftanding and upright character render 
him fo well deferving, has in his “ Be- 
ftimmung des Menfcher’’—The Deftina- 
tion of Man—(Berlin, Vofs), given us, in 
a language throughout dignified, beauti- 
ful, and comprehenfible, a view of the re- 
fults of his own fyftem, which captivates 
and warms the reader by a number of 
excellent heart-exalting thoughts, con- 
ecived with animation, and exprefled with 
glowing eloquence. , 
The fame is the fubject of ScHeEL- 
LinG’s ‘© Syftem des tranfcendentalen 
Ideah{ms (Tubing. Cotta); a work, 
which, though it gives ample teflimony 
to the author’s talents and learning, will, 
we fear, deter moft readers by itsdrynefs, 
ebfcurity, and fubtilty. 
Among the productions wittten in the 
fpirit of the Kantian fchool, the follow- 
Ing are worthy of notice, on account of 
their fuperior merit: [ACHMANN’s‘*Prii- 
fung der Kantifchen Religionsphilofophie, 
mit einer Einleitung von Kavi’ —Exami- 
fation of Kant’s Philofophy of Religion, 
with an Introduétion by Kant (Svo. K6- 
nigib. Nicolov.); PoRSCHKE’s “ Briefe 
uber die Metaphyfik der Natur”—Letters 
on the Metaphyfics of Nature (8vo. Ké- 
nigtb. Nicolov.}; and T1irrTRUNK’s 
“ Religion der Miindigen’’—Religion of 
Adults (Berlin, Acad. Bockf.). To works 
which have a relation to the Kantian phi- 
lofophy, we may likewife add “ Hry- 
DENRErCH * Uber die Realitat des Vol- 
kerrechts, mit befonderer Hinficht auf 
Kant’s Behauptung tber dafielbe”—On 
the Reality of the Law of Nations, witha 
particular Reference to Kant’s Deétrine 
on that Subjeé (I. 8vo. Leipz. Martini). 
In Scumipt’s * Phyfiologie philofo- 
phifch bearbeiter’”’—Phyficlogy treated 
philofophically ; of which the third and 
laft part have been puththed (Jena, Bookf. 
to Un.), the author has given us a fpeci- 
men of the manner im whieh the princi- 
ples of the new philofophy fhcould be ap- 
plied to other fubjeéts, and in particular 
to medicine. 
An importance part of the hiftory of 
moral philofophy has been publifhed by 
MEINERS, with his ufual erudition, in 
his “ Allgemeine kririfche Gefchichte 
der altern und neuern Etbik’’—General 
critical Hiftory of ancivne and modern 
Echics (vol. 3. G6tting. Dieter). In the 
fecond volume, he will enter into an exa- 
mination of Kant’s fyfiem of ¢thics, the 
Retrofpeé? of German Literature.—Hiftary. 
refult of which will probably be a difap- 
probation of that philofopher’s prin- 
ciples. 
HISTORY. 
We obferve witb pleafure the progrefs 
of thts branch of literature among the 
Germans: inftead of dry compilations, 
valuable indeed in other refpeéts, and 
colleéted with great labour and diligence, 
but interefting only to the learned, their 
hiftorians begin to write in a ftyle and. 
manner more ‘tafteful and inftruétive to 
every clafs of the public. Among works 
of this defcription, we reckon in particular 
WoLtmann’s “ Gefchichte von Grofs- 
britannien’’—Hiftory of Great Britain— 
of which the fecond volume has appeared 
(Berlin, Unger}, The author has not 
only confuited the moft efteemed Englith 
hiftorians, but has had recourfe to the 
original fources; from both he has made 
a judicious feleéticn : and his narrative 
is written in an appropriate, though fome- 
times too fententious a ftyle. 
The fame writer is publifhing “ Hif- 
torifche Darftellungen’’--Hiftorical Views; 
of which only the frft volume has yet ap- 
peared (oftavo, Altona, Hammerich), 
containing the firft part of the Hiftory of 
the Reformation in Germany, down to 
the death of Luther, which, we are con- 
fident, will be read with pleafure im this 
country. 
Another acceptable hiftorical prefent 
is DEnInaAS “ Gefchichte des Sardini- 
{chen Staates bis zam Jahr 1796, aus der 
Ttalianifchen Handfchrift wberfetzt von 
Prof.”’ Stras. D.s. Hiftory of the 
Sardinian State down to the year 1796, 
tranflated from the Italian MS. bv Prof. 
S. (vol. 1.1. 8vo. Berlin, Lagarde). 
MeEIssner, the efteemed authorof the 
Life of ‘* Epaminondas,’’ and of ‘Sketches 
of the Lives of Bianco Capello and Alci- 
biades,’’ has enriched the biographical de- 
partment of German literature with a 
“Life of JuliusCaefar,” of which the fecond 
vol. has appeared (1. 8vo. Berl. Froiich.) 
In his ‘* Sparta: ein Verfuch zur 
Aufklarung der Gefchichte und Verfaf- 
fung diefes Staates’—Sparta: an Effay 
towards elucidating the Hiftory and Con- 
ftitution of that State (vol. 1. |. Svo. 
Berlin, Froalich) ; MANso has given us 
the refult of former refearches relative 
to Sparta, with many new obfervations 
and much genuine hiftorical critici{m. 
To Bauer we are indebted for the 
firft ufeful ** Handbuch der Gefchichte 
der Ebraifchen Nation von ihrer Entfte- 
hung bis zur Zerfiérung ihrer Staaten "— 
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