628 ~ Sketch of the Principal Works feld at the lat Leipfie Fair. 
LENRODT, who. bas likewife written a 
continuation to Schiller’s ** Robbers,” 
gives uslikewile in ** Charies Moor,” a 
romance, “ a picture of exalted human 
nature, being a counter-part to Rinaldo 
Rinaldini.”” Atthe fide of the men of 
terror, the Clozuus, or Fack-puddings range 
themfeives ; fuch as CRAMER’ ‘* Fat 
Jack;”..<* The Journey to,the Wed- 
ding,’ and the * Lives and, Sayings of 
celebrated Court Jetters.” The Maga- 
zine of Literature in Leipfic, and other 
fimilar inftitutes, provide plenty of -anti- 
veftal productions, fuch as “ Celettina’s 
Garters ;” ‘Scenes of Exaltation,’’ to 
which we may ailign a place next to the 
Clowns. Now follow, with tearful eyes, 
the “ Family-{cenes,” and the. whole 
tribe of moral lamentations, of which 
this fair furnithed a fuperabundant fup- 
ply. There axe ‘¢ Boys and Youtas as 
they fhovld te;” “ Men, as they pres” 
<¢ Mirrors. for, Princes,” &c. &c. The 
above are {pecimens of the romances and 
novels as ‘hep ave: but how infignificant 
is the number of thofe of the fecond clafs, 
or as they /pould be. With pleafure we 
here obferve,,** Murad,’ by ANTONY 
WaALL; and * Zoflura, or the good Ne- 
grefs,” which was, tillnow, withheld from, 
the reading world by an uniucky, run 
upon the baokfeller who had undertaken 
to publifh them, having been fealed up 
among the reft of his effeéts. We are 
happy to be able to announce to the ad- 
mirers of LAFONTAINE the publication 
of his “* Life of a poor Country, Curate, 
written by himfelf,”’ in two parts—an ex- 
cellert. counter-piece to the Vicar. of 
Wraketield. Inthe lif of dramas, we al- 
ready notice an “ Antonio Caduti,’* im 
iambics, probably a forerunner of a whole 
ho& of fimilar works, which the example 
of two eminent dramatic writers, Schil- 
ler and Kotzebue, threateus to produce. 
In thefe autumnal fiubble-helds. of 
German literature, the attentive gleaner 
may likewife pick up among the many 
empty ftraws of the fathionable Kantian 
philofophy fome found and full ears. 
Every thing indeed muft fubmit to be 
ftretched cn the critical rack of the alone- 
faving philofophy ; and confequently mas 
ny moft ridiculous bluncers are unavoid- . 
able. From the “ Kritik des Amicifien 
Ordens,” to the “ Ideal eines Katechif- 
mus zur kritifchen Bearbeitung eines 
Karechifmus,” by a Roman-catholic cler- 
gyman, Wwe obferve many fragmenta 
ideuncularum, to. borrow an expreffion 
from a title-page, which may be rec- 
koned among the enigmas of the Mie 
chaelmas-catalogue now before us. The 
Jena “ Doétrine of Science,” continues 
to thrive and. pufh forth freth fhoors in 
its narive foil. The Ex-benedicitive SCHAD 
has thence given us his ‘¢ Sketcd. of. the 
Doétrine of Science; and SCHLEGEL 
opens his le€tures with a differta‘ion on 
* Tranfcendenral Ideaifm.” From the 
pen of KanT himfelf, the Catalggue an- 
nounces a *¢ Manual:of Logic,” and his 
indefatigable advocate Rarze defends 
the Kantian doétrine of free-will again& 
the lateft objeétions. Remarkable is the 
tendency of the Catholic part of Germany 
towards the critical philofophy= At Salz- 
burg, Harr. has publifhed an “ Intro- 
duétion to a general Science of Educa- 
‘tion,” according to the principles of the 
Do@rine of Science; and HOFER, “a 
Differtation on the Kantian Hermeneu- 
tic, according to Meyer’s Interpres.” 
Fichte has found,.in, HEYNIG a very 
formidable antagonift indeed, if his wea- 
pons be as keen as the title of his book. 
Bat what we may pronounce the moft 
valuable new produétion in this depart~ 
ment of literature, though not mentioned 
in the Catalogue, is FICHTE’s * Gefchlof- 
fener Haadels-ftaat.’’ The {cope of this 
work, equally important’for the wants of 
the prefent times, andfor the improve- 
ment of the, fcience, is to exhibit the 
principles on which commerce ought to 
be founded, in a ftate conftituted accord- 
ing to juftice and reafon ; and to poit out 
the means, by which the exifting ftates may 
place commerce on a footing conformable 
to thefe principles. If we take a view 
onthe one fide of the limitations of trade, 
and on the other; of the immenfe heaps 
of paper-money, and weigh well the 
cautes of the long duration of the moit 
deftruétive of all wars, it will be ebvious 
that-this work, pubsifhed at this period at 
Berlin, may have fome conneétion with 
the political {chemes of the cabinets off 
fome of the northern powers. 
The titles of no lefs than 60 almanacks, 
and. pocket-books appeaf in the Cata- 
logue. There are almanacks for every 
fcience, and for amateurs of every kind. 
And yet whole families. of thefe Lillipus 
tien produétions of hterature, as, for in- 
ftance, the whole fupply which is pub- 
lithed at Berlin, by Unger, for the Pruf- 
fian dominions. Though this rage for 
almanacks may be confidered asa difeate: 
of the public mind, and is, im fome re- 
{fpecis, prejudicial to the caufe of folid 
learning : yet, on the other hand, it mutt 
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