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of all the Prufian States ; or a deferip- 
tion of all the provinces, diiirigts, tewns, 
bauiwicks, market-towns, villages, ef- 
tates, rivers, lakes, mountains, &c. in 
the Proffian dominions ;” by L. Kruc. 
Five volumes, oétavo, of this extenfive 
publication have hitherto appeared, which 
go no farther in the alphabetical order 
than the word Koenig, fo that we may 
yeckon upon five or fix other volumes. 
in the prefent ftate of. things; when the 
boundaries-as well as the ftability of 
whole fates are liable to the fame changes 
as the property of private individuals, it 
is almoft to be regretted, that works of 
this unftable nature fhould at all appear ; 
as it is highly probable that the accounts 
we read in the prejent year will not appl y 
to the next. Yet it muft be confefled 
that Mr. Kruc is entitled to great praife 
for this laberious and well-executed un- 
dertaking.— The very imperfect and in- 
accurate deferiptions we poflefs of the 
newly acquired dominions of the king of 
Praffia, or the fhare he has ufurped from 
the dilmembered republic of Poland, have 
induced a Mr. Fr. HERSBERG to publith 
“* A Geographical and Siatiftical Sketch of 
South and New Pruffia, together with the 
$art of Cracow, now uzited to Silefia, and 
the cities of Danzig and Thora.” Ac- 
cording to this author, the -refent pol- 
feffions of the king of Prvffia, (bei:des 
thofe in Germany) or the united kingdoms 
of Pruffia, amount to no lefs than 3026 
German f{quare miles, or about 15000 
Englith meafure. 
HISTORY. 
Although the Germans do not excel 
either the French or the Englifh hiftcrical 
writers, yet they are induftrious and ac- 
curate compilers; they poflefs feveral 
works of confiderable merit in this branch 
of {cience, at the head of which flands the 
© Bibhotieca bifterica, “imjruda aB. G. 
STRUVIO, aufia ab C. CG. BuDERO; 
nune vero a J. G. MEUSELIO ita digefia, 
amplificata et emenduta, ut pene novum 
opus Vidert poffit 3°” vol. viii. part 11.51796. 
pp. 274. vol. ix. part i..1797. pp. 393. 
vol. ix. part ii. 1798. pp. 440, 8vo. In 
thefe three parts of the work we find the 
accounts of French hifloriaus fill conti- 
nued, though the author began them with 
the fecond part of the fixth volume, and as 
far as can be forefeen, they probably will 
cccupy fome part of the tenth volume, 
‘The reign of Lewis XIV. alone fills the 
fecond part of vol, viii. Such diffufenets 
in 2 claflical work is really deplorable, as 
many of our contemporaries will not have 
the latisfattion to {ee the hiftory of thejr 
‘ 
Retrofpeé? of German Literature... Hiftory. 
» [Sup. 
own country here treated of, during a 
period pregnant with the moft important 
events. One of the moft entertaining and 
characteriftic works, relative to the mo- 
dern hiftory ot France, is the following ; 
“* Frogments jrom Parts ig the fourth year 
of the French Republic; by Dr. F. J. L. 
MEYER, &c. Second edition, 1798. 
2 vols. 8vo.” Thefe fragments embrace a 
great variety of objects, but principally 
the prevailing fpirit and the fituation of 
the inhabitants of Paris, their amufe- 
ments and civic feftivals, the character of 
the higher and lower ftate-officers, the 
courfe of public affairs, the inftitutions 
for public inftru€tion, the diffufion of 
{cience, the perfecting of the mechanical 
and‘liberal arts, the inventions of the ar- 
tifts, the works of the learned, &c. It 
may be eanly expected in a werk of this 
kind, that the author has paid particular 
attention to the prefent flate of icience, 
This {ubjeét indeed forms the faireft part 
in the piéture of Paris, and affords an 
inferefting and agreeable profpect to every 
one who is not prejudiced againit a// the 
conlequences of the French revolution, 
whici but too frequently excites the moft 
painful fenfations in the philanthropic and 
unbiafled obferver. <«* Never,” fays the 
author, “‘ has the {fpirit of invention becn 
more kindled, the exertions of indivi- 
duals to improve upon former, and to in- 
quire into the later difcoveries which pro- 
niife national advantages, been difplayed 
in a more energetic manner, than has been 
dene jiince the revolution, in Paris—the 
general aflemblage of the moft ingenious 
men in that extenfive republic.” «* The 
Annals of German Univerfities,” edited by 
R, W. Justiand F. §, MurFInna, de- 
ferve to be mentioned as an uleiul and 
inftrutive publication to thofe, who are. 
defirous cf obtaining more accurate in- 
formation refpecting the external ftate of 
literature in Germany, than can be ac- 
quired from any other topographical or 
ftatiftical feurces. In the analyfis of 
the diplomatic art the Germans have, 
particularly fince the epoch made in this 
branch of political fcience by the « Sta- 
tiftical Accounts of Schloezer,” produced 
fome valuable elementary treatifés. In 
every refpect we muft give the preference - 
to J. C. Garrerer’s “ Outhnes of the 
Diplomatig Art 3? with 12 plates, pp. 374, 
(befides the preface and table of contents) 
8vo. Gottingen, 1798. Th’s work af- 
fords a complete view of the theory of that 
intricate art, and it is to be hoped, the 
aged and learned author will foon fulfil 
his promife, by furnithing the diplomatic 
corps with the radical part to his es 
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