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Vol. V.] Retrofpee of German Literature.— Polite Literature, &e. 32% 
Errors and Exigencies of the prefent 
Age,” in one volume, oftavo, by an ano- 
nymous author, are not only written in 
correét and beautiful language, but the | 
fentiments do honor to the author. 
« Sermons,” by G. W.C. STARKE, Con- 
fit of feven of the beft in the German 
language, vot inferior to thofe of the ce- 
lebrated ZOLLIKOFER, whofe name 
ftands as high among his countrymen, as 
that of Bxiarre in this country. Of V. 
C. VEILLODTER’s “ Sermons on the 
Epiftles of the Sundays and Holydays or 
the whole Year” we cannot fpeak with 
a fimilar degree of praife. ‘ The Mu- 
feum for Preachers,’ by 1.R.G. BEYER, 
contains ufeful fketches of fermons, effays 
on important fubjects of theology, ac- 
counts. of the ecclefiaftical conititution in 
the proteftant and catholic parts of Ger- 
many, reviews of new books on divi- 
nity, &c. 
POLITE LITERATURE: 
Under this head, we meet witha very 
large catalogue of publications of various 
merit, from which we have feleéted the 
following :—F.MarTHisson's “ Poems” 
deferve the attention of every lover of 
rural poetry, as the author poffeffes pe- 
culiar powers of defcription, and 1s not 
only a happy painter of rural fcenes, but 
equally fuccefsful in delineating their 
effets upon the mind. ‘That the Ger- 
mans are fufceptible of the beauties con- 
tained in this little volume, is fufficiently 
obvious, from the circumftance that four 
double editions * have been printed Of it. 
fince r794, that is, of two different fizes. 
Mr. M. may_be juftly compared to the 
“Britifh Tomson, whofe, ‘¢ Seafons” 
will be read as long as there fhall be ad- 
mirers of the fimplicity of nature.— 
Prof. Nasser, of Kiel, has juft publifhed 
the firft volume of his ‘‘ Leétures on the 
Hiftory of German Poetry 3" a work re- 
plete with judicious criticifn, and much 
interefting matter: the fecond volume of 
thefe leétures, the ingenious author pro- 
pofes to publifh in September next.— 
“© Aliz, Countefs of Touloufe, a Tra- 
gedy, in five Aéts 5; with a Preface 
on the prefent chivalric Romances,” 
is better calculated to exhibit the re- 
fined tafte and juft fentiments of the 
author, than to convince Us, that he has 

* Editions of Books in Germany do not ge- 
nerally exceed thofe of books in England. Of 
works of moderate fale, a fair edition is about 
1000; works of ftandard fale extend, in each 
edition, from 3, to 5,000; the eftablifhed pe- 
riodical works run from 3, to 6, and 8,000. 
Montruiy Mac. No. XXXII, 
city. 
beftowed due attention upon hiftorical 
criticifm relative to heroic romances. 
“ Outlines of the Theory of the Art of 
Acting, with an Analyfis of the comic 
and tragic Parts of Shak{peare’s Falftaf 
and Hamlet,” abound with excellent re« 
marks, and both charaéters are comment= 
ed upon with uncommon critical faga- 
This pamphlet is confidered as an 
Introduétion to an elementary work, on 
this fubjeét, of greater extent: its author 
is underftood to be the Chamberlain Von 
EINSIEDEL, of Weimar.—In the de- 
partment of 
NOVELS AND ROMANCES 
we are obliged to be concife ; for, as our 
limits will not admit of any more than thé 
bare titles of the books, we have been at 
fome pains of feleéting themoft popular 
which have /azely appeared: and, witha 
view of affording the reader fome oppor- 
tunity of afcertaining their relative vae 
lue, we fhall place thofe of fuperior ex- 
cellence at the head of the lift; though, 
in ve[peét to the whole of ibis retrofped, 
the publications are to be confidered as 
being above mediocrity; viz. ‘¢ Family 
Stories,” by A. LAFONTAINE, vol. 1. 
pp- 509, vol. il. pp. 495, vol. ill. pp. 4945 
8vo. 1798; each volume embellifhed with 
a plate and vignette. “ The Calendar 
of Romances,”’ for the year 1798, with 
fix plates, edited by K. REINHARD. 
¢s Pocket-book, devoted to the Friends 
of Mirth and Satire,’ edited by I. D. 
FALK, pp. 323, pocket-fize, for the year 
1798. ‘* Man, and the Heroes;’’ two 
fatirical poems, by the fame author, 1798, 
pp- 172, pocket-fize. ‘ Julia Griinthal ;” 
with title-plates, and vignettes. “ The 
youngeft Produétions of his Mufe,’’ by 
A. V. KoTzEBvgE, vol. vi. pp. 290, 8vo. 
“The Hobgoblins, or fhort Narratives 
from the Empire of Truth,” by §.C . 
WAGNER, part 1. 24, and 400, pp. 8vo. 
“The Quarry,” a ftory, by the author 
of Jacobina, pp. 334, ° 8vo. Are all 
works of fingular merit. 
EDUCATION 
is now conduéted in Germany upon a 
more rational plan than it was in the 
times of Lerpnrtz, WoLr, Gorr- 
SCHED, and~ even GELLERT. Since 
“Pedagogical Leétures,” by Prof. 
KANT, were firft delivered in the uni- 
verfity of Kénigfberg, as a regular feme/- 
trial courfe, many excellent fyftematic 
treatifes have, from time to time, ap-_ 
peared, by various authors ; the venerable 
founder of the Critical Sy/lem, however, 
has not yet publifhed his own original 
ideas upon this important fubject, One 
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