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sore fuccefsful in this’ branch of cecono- 
mical-chemiftry than any of his predecef- 
fors, having made the important difcovery 
that the common beet root /(Be‘a vulga- 
vs, Linn.), which is ufed very much in 
Germany as food for cattle, yields, by an 
ealy procef$, an excellent fugar, which in 
every refpeét is equal to that which we 
obtain from the Weft-Indies, and can be 
fold at a much lower price. Prof. Kiap- 
ROTH, another eminent chemift, has 
joined Mr. Achard in thefe experiments, 
aad both have prefented a memorial con- 
cerning this difcovery to the king of Pruf- 
fia, which, together with the whole pro- 
ceis, is contained in the prefent interefting 
pamphlet. One hundred weight of beet 
root produces, according to repeated expe- 
riments, eight .pounds of refined fugar, 
which can be {old at-about nine-pence per 
pound, However, not every method of 
growing the beet root renders it fit for 
being advantageoufly ufed for that pur- 
pofe ; and Mr. Achard, who was occupied 
more than fifteen years with various expe- 
Yiments on the cultivation of it, has re- 
ferved the refult of his labours for bimfelf, 
and obrained a patenr from the king, in 
confequence of which he has eftablifhed an 
extenfive plantation of this uleful plant. 
One German fquare mile will produce 
1,675,670 lb. of refined fugar. Time will 
tbhow how far this invention is praéticable 
on a large feale.- If it thould fucceed, it 
will warrant, at leaf, in fome cegrce, the 
bomvaitic tutie of the prefent incerefting 
- pamphlet. . 
ARTS AND MANUFACTURES. 
Propyiaen,. bc. &e. Heranjgegeben, von 
GOETHE 1798. Propylaca (out-courts). 
A periodical woik. Ne.f. +The young 
man,’ favs the celebrated editor, in his 
fimple and modeft, chough animated, in- 
traduction, “ who feels himielf artra€ted 
by nature and the arts, imagines himfelf 
able to penetrate in a fhort time, by unre- 
miited exertions, to the inmoft fanétuary ; 
he -perceives, however, aiter long: peram- 
buiations, that he Gill is in the out-courts.” 
Tais obfervation has occafioned the title 
ef this work, in which Mr. G. promifes 
to furnith remarks upon, and inquiries in- 
to nature, as far as it 1s an objeét for ar- 
tifts, as well as on the plaftic and elocutiye 
arts, and to pay in the progrefs of it a pe- 
culiar regard to the theory and criticifm 
of poetry. The firft difquifition of the 
firft number treats on the celebrated group 
of Laocoon, the defcription of which 1s ex- 
tremely animated,-and drawn with great 
diigenee and acutenefs. We can fafely 
recommend this elaborate and claffical dil- 
/ 
Retrofpet of German Literature....Arts and Manufactures. 
quifition to the perufal of the thinking 
artift, and promife that he will meet in it 
with obfervations and ideas, concerning the 
charaéter of that ftatue, as judicious as 
they are novel. IE. Ow the Objcéts of the 
Plaftic Arts. This treatife contains very 
valuable rules for the artift with regard to 
allegory, and a variety of ufeful obferva- 
tions. III. Ox the Truth and Probability 
of Works of Art. An interefting and well- 
written dialogue. III. Oz Eirurian Mo- 
numents. Intwo letters. The firft letter 
defcribes and criticifes a variety of Etrurian 
monuments, which are preferved at Flo- 
rence, and the fecond treats on feveral ar- 
chitegtonic remains of Etrurian antiquity. 
IV. Raphael's Works, efpecially in the Va- 
tican. This elegant and pleafing treatife, 
the continuation of which we have to ex= 
peét in the courfe of the work, is particu- 
larly devored to the contemplation of the 
mafterpieces with which Raphael adorned 
the halls and apartments of the Vatican. 
Tf the jearned editor and his affiftants con- 
tinue this periodical work with the dili- 
gence, judgment, and penetration with 
which they have fet out, we may expeét 
that the artift will be led deeper into the 
fanétvary of the fine arts, than the- modeft 
title promifes. 
Gefchicbie der Zrichnenden Kuenfie, &e. 
&c. von J. D. Fiorito. Erjer B. 1796. 
pp. 466; 8vo. Hiftory of the Art: of De- 
fign, from the Period of their Revival to 
the prefent Time. Our author feems to 
be inciined to divide the whole hiftory of 
modern art into feveral parts, and to treat 
on every one of them in particular; for 
this reafon he difcuffes in the prefent vo- 
lume only what relates exclufively to paint- 
ing. If we confider the prefent work in 
this point of view, namely, as a part of a 
whole, we cannot but be fatisfied with it, 
Mr. F. is intimately acquainted with the 
literature of arts, has every where ufed the 
beft fovrces with fcrutinizing care; cen- 
fured and correéted errors, judged with 
{cientific precifion, and gives a concife and 
lucid account of his fubjcét. 
Neue Garten-und Landthafts Gebende, 
von W.G. BECKER. No.1. 1798. Folio, 
ANew garden and rural Buildings. With 
plates. 
Deutliche Anweifung fuer den Zeichenf- 
chueler. Mit. 4. Kupfern. Von F. W. 
Facius. 2% Fd. 1. Heft. 4to. 1798. 
Plain Inftru€tions for the Student of 
Drawing. Wath four plates. Vol. 2d. 
1{t No. The firft plate contains fketches of 
animals, the fecond of plants. Oppofite to 
each {ketch is a drawing which exhibits the 
fame~ objects completely finifhed. The 
engraving 
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