622 Retrofpett of German Litéerature.—Natural Hiftory and- Economics. 
The amiable LAFONTAINE likewife 
continues to increafe the already very con- 
fiderable feries of kis novels. Laft Hatter 
fair, he favoured the public with Karl 
Engelinann’s Fagebuch”--Charles Engel- 
amann’s’ Diary—( Berlin, Sander), which 
exhibits an enchanting piéture of inte- 
refting {cenes from domeftic life; and 
‘Theodore (Betl. Sander).’” Both thefe 
productions contain ‘additional proofs of 
the author’s inexhauftible fund of inven- 
tion ;.and evincé the lively intereft he 
takes in promoting the weal:of mankind, 
and in.diffufing morality, though his mo- 
‘rality, it muft be owned, be not always 
the bet. 
KoseGarTen: has likewi’e prefented 
to the public a novel well worthy of per- 
ufal, entitled. << Ida von Pleffen (2 vol: 
Drefden, Gerlach); and ANTONY 
WaLt ya! pleafing romance,‘ called, 
‘* Adetheid und Armar (2 vol. Alten- 
burg, Richter).” aii , 
-j-HuBeER’s * Erzahlungen”—=Tales— 
iftcolleétion, Brunfwick,: Vieweg) ; the 
*< Pfduenfedern’’—Peacockss’-feathers— 
(Hamburg, Perthes), by SoLtTau, au- 
shor of the excellent tranflations of Hu- 
dibras and Don Quixote; MERKEL’s 
“ Hrzahlungen”—Tales( Berlin, San- 
ger); and Beck £R’s “ Erhohlungen” 
Recreations (vol. i..andoii.)5 are agree- 
able {pecimens of ‘the kind of ‘compofi- 
tions, called confes by the French; exe- 
cuted in a manner that refleéts honour 
en German tafie and literature. 
The following continuations of works 
already advantageoufly known'to our rea- 
ders from our laft Retro{peét:** Linpe- 
MANN’s “ Kleine Erzahlungen und Ge- 
malde avs dem hauflichén®™ Leben”— 
Short Tales and Sketches drawn from 
Scenes of Dometftic Life ((r2mo. Frank - 
fort, Guilhauaman); RocHLYrz’s “Ka- 
raktere intereflanter Menichen’’—-Cha- 
raéters of interefting Perfons (vol. 1i. 
Ziillichau, Daromann); and ‘Tikok’s 
« Dichtungen”—(vol. 11. Jena, From- 
mann). at 
We fhall conclude our retrofpeét of 
the belles-lettres, with the agreeable in- 
telligence, that the poet G6THE has him- 
felf colleéted his neweft poems difperfed 
jn various publications. This colie&tion 
now forms the 7th volume of his lateft 
Works (Berlivu, Unger). 
NATURAL HisToRY AND 
Economics. 
The Induftrie-Comtoir, at Weimar, 
which has fo well deferved of the Ger- 
man public by ufhering inte the world 
fo many works of general utility, acquires 
frefh claim to gratitude for their merit in 
extending the knowledge of natural hif- 
tory, by undertaking the publication of 
Katscn’s “ Bettrage und Entwurfe zur 
pragmatifchen Naturgefchichte der 3 Na- 
turreiche’’—Contributions and Sketches 
towards a pragmatical Natural Hiftery of 
the three Kingdoms of Nature; of which 
the. firft: part has appeared, exhibiting, of 
the mineral kingdom, the various kinds 
of:earth and fitenes in neat plates, accu- 
rately drawn and coloured, and accompa- 
nied by fuitable explanations (in 4to). 
The learned® philologit and natural 
hiftorilan SCHNEIDER has again merit- 
ed well of this'branch of feience, by his 
edition of BLonir ‘ Syftema Ichthyo- 
logize.: Poft obirum, auétoris recenfuit et 
auxit J..G. Schneider, cum 108 tebults 
wnets (3vo. ma}. Berl. Sander). 
‘LAu acceptable contribution towards the 
fcience ‘of mineralogy are KARSTEN’S 
“ Mineralogifche “Pabellen”—Minera= 
togical Tables—(fol. Berlin. Rottmann). 
In botany, a veteran in this walk of 
literature, P.S. PALLAS, has favoured us 
with his * Species Aftragalorum defcrip- 
tz, et iconibus color. illuftrate; cum 
Append. (fafcic. i. & ii. fol. maj. Lipf? 
Martini). : 
The following continuations of long- 
efteemed works have appeared: The 
tenth volume of HrRBst’s “ Naturge- 
{chichte der bekannten in-und auslandi= 
{chen Infecten, als eine Fortfetzung der 
Buffonfchen Naturgefchichte der Schmet- 
terlinge”—Natural Hiftory of all known 
Infeéts, being intended for a Continua- 
tion. of Buffon’s Natural Hiftory of Pa- 
pilios—(Berlin, Pauli); and the fourth 
number of the fame author’s ‘ Naturge- 
fchichté der ungeflugelten Infekten’”— 
Natural Hiftory of apterous Infeéts— 
(i. 4to. Berlin, Lange. ) 
In the economical departmemt, ANTON 
has given us a continuation of his *‘ Ge- 
{chichie der Teutfchen Landwirthf{chaft” 
—Hiftory of Rural Economy in Germa- 
ny=-in afecond volume (G6rlitz, Anton, 
1. 8vo.)3.\and GEISSLER has communi, 
cated “* Allgemeine Beitrage zur* Be- 
forderung des Ackerbaues, der Kunfte, 
Manufaéturen und Gewerbe’”—General 
Contributions towards the Improvement 
of Agriculture, Arts, Manufactures, Xe. 
(vol. i: with three plates, 3vo. Zittau, 
Schops). 
EDUCATION. 
In a country, where there are 40 uni- 
verfities, and about 1200 large {chools and ~ 
inftitutions for education, and where fo 
much 
