1798.4 
every fituation. M. BorTiGEr gives it 
the preference over the voluminous work 
of Sir George Staunton, in refpect to ac- _ 
curacy and fidelity in giving the Chinefe 
names. The pretace informs us, that it 
was not originally intended for pubiica- 
tion; but a furreptitious copy having 
been offered toa German bookfeller, pro- 
feflor Borticer prevailed upon the 
author to confent to its being printed, to 
prevent any {purious and garbled edition. 
We find from the. Magazin Encyclope- 
dique, that a tranflation of this interefting 
work is in the prefs at Paris. It may 
not be improper to add, that Mr. HurTr- 
NER is the gentleman to whom the Ger- 
man literary world is indebted for an ele- 
gant tranflation of Sir GEORGE STAUN- 
TON’S narrative. 
‘The “ Fournal of Swedijh Literature 
for O&ober 1797,” contains the following 
lift of different articles appertaining to 
the Natural Hiftory of Africa, which 
have been brought to Europe by Afzelius, 
profeflor of Botany at the Univerfity of 
Upfal. ~ 
1. Upwards of 2000 dried plants, of which 
not above one half have hitherto been de- 
fcribed, and not one fixth part illuftrated by 
plates. 
2. About 1600 infects, fome of which 
have been defcribed, but none hitherto drawn 
or engraved. 
3. A variety of fruits and feeds, in five 
chefts, and_14 pots. 
4. The fkins of above 100 animals of the 
mammiferous {pecies, birds and amphibious ani- 
mals. Thefe, as wetl as feveral others, 
which he was not able to briag home, have 
been defcribed. 
5. Acolle&tion of mammiferous animals, 
fithes, amphibious creatures, apteria, &c. 
é&c. preferved in fpirits of wine, in 20 pots. 
6. Two chefts full of fhell infects. 
7. A variety of curious articles in two large 
chetts. 
AFrze ius has.made the following in- 
terefling difcoveries in Africa. 
r. A fpecies of Quinquina (Bark), which 
equals in its medical virtues the Peruvian 
Bark, and in fome refpects is even fuperior © 
fo it. 
2. Anew fpecies of Coffee, which grows 
wild, and in tafte refembles the coftee of 
‘Mocha. 
3. A blue colour of great beauty and per- 
manency. 
4. An odoriferous Spice, which bears a great 
affinity to the Nardus of the ancients. 
5. A new fpecies of Elaftic gum. 
A very magnificent library is forming 
in the National Palace of the Executive 
DireStosy ; the fuperintendance and war- 
Foreign Literary Intelligence. 
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denthip of which have been conferred upon 
PALISSOT. 
The central Jury of public Inftruction © 
for the department of Vauclufe, have pro- 
pofed the following fubjeét for the prize 
of eloquence, to be determined in the No~ 
vember fitting. 
Which are the moft effectual methods for pre- 
venting the perpetration of crimes in fa- 
ciety ? 
And for the poetical prize, 
The reftoration of Liberty to Rome. 
CouLONNE, a member of the National 
Inftitute, has fubmitted to the commif- 
faries of the Ancient Academy of Sciences 
a plan for rendering the Seine navigable 
to Paris, by removing the rock which 
obftruéts the navigation of that river at 
uill-Boeuf. The perfons appointed to 
inveftigate the praéticability of this mea- 
fure, have decided in its favour, and 
ftrongly recommend a fpeedy experiment. 
The celebrated VoutTa, profeffor of 
phyfics in the univerfity of Pavia, has: 
been employed for foine time paft in a 
work on the influence of metals, or on 
Galvanifm. He concludes from his nu- 
merous experiments, that the pheaomena, 
obferved by Galvani, are folely imputa- 
ble to eleétricity. 
JEAN-FREDERICK ENGELSCHALL, 
profeffor of philofophy, at Marpurg, 
lately pronounced there the elogium of an 
artift, who did honour to Germany, 
Jean Henri TiscuBern, aulic coun- 
fellor and painter, to the Landgrave of 
Heffe Caffel. Tifchbein is here charac~ 
terized, asa man, and asan arti, An- 
nexed to this difcourfe, is another, by 
profeffor, J. C. G. Cafparfon, in which 
Tifchbein is more particularly prefented 
as an antiquarian. ‘ 
Profeffor Jean Luzac, has juft pub- 
lithed at Leyden, anarrative of the perfe- 
cution, which his admirable difcourfe, — 
de Socrate ckve drew down upon him, from 
the curators of that univerfity. This 
narrative includes all the authentic pieces 
which have appeared relative to that affair. 
‘The Ottoman ambaffador, lately ar- 
rived at Berlin, has cauled to be engraved 
by the artift Uncer, defervedly cele- 
brated in the annals of typography, an 
Arabian alphabet defigned to ferve as a 
model, for a foundery of characters and — 
a printing-prefs, to be fet up in Conftan- 
tinople: the ambaffador himfelf fuper- 
intends this work. He was not fatisfied 
with any of the Arabian charaéters hither- 
to employed in Europe that have been 
fhewn him, not even thofe of the zmpri- 
merie nationale of France. 
M, WiILDENOW») 
