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been ftarted on this fubje& by various 
eminent lawyers in Germany; and we 
meet particularly with two eflays, which, 
on account of the philofophic and per- 
{picuous mode of reafoning difplayed in 
them, deferve to be attentively read by 
every political obferver. The firg is 
“ A Philfophico-juridical Inquiry into the 
Nature of the Crime called Figh-Treafon,” 
by eOri Px Jac, FEUERBACH, 8vo, 
PPp- 86. 1708. And the other treatife on 
the fame fubjeé& is inferted m-the «© [g- 
E4xine (Archiv) Jor Criminal Law,” 
edited by Dr. J. F, KLEIN, and G, A. 
KLEINSCHRoD, 4ulic Cotnfellor and 
Proteflor of Law at Wiurzberg, who is 
likewife the author of this valuable 
treatife. Both writers apree, that to be- 
tray the country is high-treafon ; «© byt 
the mere refifiance of fubjes, although it 
faculd be accompanizd with acts of ~wio- 
lence, cannot be called high-treafon.” (IF 
this be not acknowledged as a fufficient 
{pecimen of the liberty «f the prefs in 
Germany, we hefitate to mpke any fur- 
ther comparifon with our own). In the 
branch of Criminal] Jurifprudence we find 
the Germans mare buiily employed than 
in any other: to confirm this aflertion, 
we fhall make the reader acquainted with 
the three tcllowing works, each of which 
has its peculiar merit, « Principia juris 
criminalis Germanic communis,” auctore 
G. J. F. Meister, Conf. reg. aul, 
Jur. Doé&. and Prof, « Editio tirtia 
multum enendata,” Pp- 436. 8vo. 1798: 
together with the Criminal Code of 
Charies V. (in German) pp. 136. 8vo. 
** Efjays relative to Crimial Laay and 
Criminal Proceedings,” by G. A. Kxiein- 
SCHROD, &c. vol. j. Pp- 344. 8vo.; and 
*° Contrisutions Yowairds improving the 
Criminal Law,” by F.E.C. Me REAU, 
PP. 292. 8vo. with a table. In other 
departments of Jurifprudence the Ger- 
Mans are not lets affiduoufly employed, 
which will be evident trom the lift of the 
following excellent works we have pur- 
pofely feleéted; viz. “© Oxjlince of Fu- 
rifprudence, cr what js properly called the 
Law of Nature,” by H. STEPHAN, 
PP: 144. 8vo.  <* Outhines of the Law of 
Society,” Part If. by the fame author. 
Pp. 88. Bvo. “ Remarks.on Kant’s me- 
taphyfcal Elements of Furifpridence,” 
Pp- 125. 8vo. by the fame autiior. <« The 
Law of Nature developed from the Idea 
of Right,” by J.C. HoFFBAUER, Doc- 
tor and Prof. of Phil. of Halle; fecond 
edition, enlarged and improved, pp. 379. 
Svo. 1798. «6 Inquiries into the mof? im- 
portant Subje@s relanve to ibe Law of 
Retrdppelt of German Literature... Medicine: 
(Sur. 
Nature,’ by the fame author, pp. 348. 
8vo. “ The General Law of States,” 
Por together with occafional remarks 
on Kant’s metaphyfical Elements of ju- 
rifprudence, particularly his private Law, 
tending to iljuftrate and invettigate thefe 
fubje&s, by the fame author, pp. 318. 
Svo. The pure Law of Nature,” by 
T. Scumauz, Dr. and Prof. of Law at 
Koeingfbers ; fecond edition enlarged, 
PP- 114. 8vo. ** The yetural Law of 
States,” pp. 132. Byvo. by the fame au- 
thor. «© The satura} Law of Familtes,”* 
Pp. 30. 8vo. by the fame author. « The 
Natural Ecclefinftical Law,” pp- 56: 8vo, 
by the fame author. Mr. SCHMALZ is 
one of the principal and lateft labourers 
in this ufeful branch of f{cience: the plain 
and perfpicuous mode ef writing which 
charaéterifes all his produétions; the 
manifold new views he affords to the 
ftudent of law, and the original remarks 
interiperfed throughout his writings, 
have defervedly eftablithed his charaéter 
as one of the claffical law-writers of Ger- 
many. ‘* The Principles of the Prufian 
Law of Towns and Citizens,” by R. F, 
TERLINDEN, pp. 239. 8vo. is a well- 
arranged compilation of whatever relates 
to the interefts of the town and the citi- 
zen in the Pruffian dominions.  <«« On 
the Influence of the Stoic Se of Philofophers 
on the Furifprudence of Rome: a philofo- 
phico-juridical treatife, by J. A. Orr- 
LOFF, pp. 120. 8vo. In this valuable 
diflertation the author difplays much 
learning and critical fagacity: in the re- 
{ult of his inquiry we cannot, however, 
agree with him, that the influence of the 
Stoics on the legiflation of Rome has 
been fo confiderable as was - formerly, 
though erroneoufly believed. . 
MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 
Among the popular works, which On 
account of their fuperior manner of treat. 
ing medical fubjeéts, have been lately 
tranflated into-the Englith language, we 
meet with a fecond edition, much enlarged, 
Of Sr Ce HUFELAND’S Art of. 
prelonging Human Life 3° Part I. pp. 336, 
Part IT: pp: 448, and xxx. 8vo. with a 
beautiful plate, x 798. The moft important. 
improvements made in this new edition are 
contained in the fecond or practical part 
of the work. To the means of Morten- 
ing life, in the &Gion entitled, © Intem- 
perance in Eating and Drinking,’ Mr, 
HuFrELAND has judicieufly added the ufe 
of /pirituous /iquars, which are a liquid fire 
tothe body, and in fo dreadful a man- 
ner blunt the phyfical and moral fenie of 
man, that at length they reduce him to the 
level 
