execution, we 
dares--Briefe, &c. &c. von J. G.CLEMI- 
nNius. 31795. pp-2143 8vo. A Colleétion 
ef origmal Faglifh commercial Letters, 
with German notes. ‘The well-written 
Englith preface to thefe letters, proves 
that dhe editor of this colleétion poffefles 
a pretry correct knowledge of the fpirit of 
our language. He acknowledges in it that 
hhe has copied, during his leifure hours, a 
great number of original Englith letters, 
written, In the courie of bufinefs, by re- 
fpe&table mercantile houfes, extraéted the 
rsofi important phrafes, and thus acquired 
a facility of compofing letters of bufinefs 
‘Rimfelf. The 127 letters, contained in 
this volume, feem to be peculiarly adapted 
to render the Englith a correfpondence eal 
to German Bie The notes, which are 
fubjoined to the text, may alfo ferve En- 
glifamen as an infiruétion in compofing 
German commercial letters. If Mr. ©. 
fhould ftill be mclined to carry his refola- 
tion of pubhifhing a fecond volume int 
would recommend to him 
to be more carefulin avoiding fome gram- 
Faatical errors, which we have difcovered 
3a the prefent volume. 
Der pradiifcbe Kaufman, &e. &c. von F. 
H. W.JHRINZ, 1798. pp. 126. wu. 220; 
ato. The practical Merchant ; or, Inftruc- 
tion inall Branchesof Commerce, efpecial- 
dy im Italian Book-keeping, &c. &c. to 
which are added, Obfervations on the bef 
Plethod of popeelportiins with Prudence 
end Circum{peciion, of obtaming proper 
information of the Wants of Corretpon- 
Gents, and of giving a favourable Turn 
to Speculations. This work, whefe au- 
thor 1s a merchant, is well calculated for 
eas as an uleful guide to young men, 
who are to ftruéted i in commerce. We 
muh, however, confefs that the inftruc- 
tion ‘tn ‘book. ~keeping is very defective. 
fis for the reft, we have obierved, with 
peabis, that the author’s ftyle is plain 
and foicuous. 
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@RG per 
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Neue praliifebe Materialien xu Kantzel- 
mortregen, &c. &c. von J. CHR. GRIEL- 
3NG. Erfien Bandes erfles Heft, 1798. pp- 
1875 8x0. Ne Ww eas Materia!s for 
a 
Soe! and elt v4 Moths | 
No. I. Ali thefe materials have 
been oe long fince, and abiy applied 
by many German preachers. We muft, 
howev er, obferve, that moiiof the themes 
are well execured, and that the materials, 
contained in this number, may ‘be very 
ufeful te orators who wiih to give variety 
to their fermons, and to reprefent the 
fame tuths in eee points of view. 
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Predigten ueber die Sonn-und Feflazse 
Evangelien, &c. &c. von M.K.G. Baveg. 
Tb. 1s 1798 pp. 28. # 5703 Svo. Ser- 
mons on the Gofpels of the whole Year. - 
Thele fermons diftinguifh themfelves fa- 
vourably by being founded on principles 
of pure morality, and written in an ele- 
gant, though popular, ftyle. 
Poftille von C. F. Sintents. Exfler, Th. 
1798. pp. 363 S8vo.  Poftil. The vo- 
lume of fermons which the venerable au- 
thor has publithed under this title, and 
which breathes the genuine fpirit of 
Chriftianity, has afforded us more than 
common pleafure. Mr. §. fhows himfelf, 
almoft in every page, as an ecaind 
thinker, who fuccefsfully attacks all forts 
of prejudices which are injurious to me- 
raliry, as an eloquent orator, and a prac- 
tical obferver of man, who poffeffes the 
great art of acting moft powerfully upon 
the moft hidden receffes ef the heart, and 
to expound the doctrines of religion in @ 
generally ufeful manner. 
Neue Aujfvabl aniger Predigten, von J. 
JEH, 1 798. pp. 320; 8vo. A new Selec- 
tiun of Serm Thefe fermons are good 
in many refpects. The fubjeéts are not 
common, and very practical. . The lan- 
guage is correct, and frequently highly 
animated < we muft, however, alfo ob- 
ferve, that the author fometimes is very 
dry, and exprefics bis ideas, in many 
places, in vague and ambiguous terms. 
Sonntag fini erbaltungen jfuer gebildete 
Reig: ns freunde, bzC. ae yon D.1HIESS, 
nope pp- 2043 8vo Sunday Devotions 
for weil- informed Fiiends of Religion, 
This book deferves the netice of refleéting 
readers. The author diiplays a philcfo~ 
phical fpirit, and much acutenefs. 
Katechefen ueber Sittlich-religioefe Wabr- 
beiten, &c. &c. Catechifations on moral- 
religious Truths. The ftyle of the author 
is animated ; but his notions are frequent- 
ly too vague, and his reflexions too pro- 
lix. 
Ueber den Glauben an Ofenbabrung, &e. 
&c. 1799. Pp- 326; 8vo. On the Be- 
lief in Revelation ; in the Form of a fa- 
miliar Correfpondence. The author Ip- 
1060S. 
. -veftigates this matter in the form of a fa- 
ee epifiolary corref{pondence between 
Reinfels and Falmer, the latter of whom 
propounds the common objections againft 
revelation, and the belief in it, ina man- 
ner which renders the viétory'of his anta- 
gonift very eafy. 
Pauli Apoftoli Epifola ad Pbilippenfes 
Lracce, ex recenfone Griefeacbiana, nova 
verfione Latina et Aunnoiatione perpetua 
illufirata, &@ M.-J. J..am Ende, 1798. 
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