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difquifitions on feveral parts of hiftory. 
Prof. LuEDER in his economical princi- 
ples profeiles himfelf a follower of Adam 
Smith, Stewart and Bufch. The whole 
3s interfperfed with many valuable hints 
taken from the mof recent events, and 
accommodated very fkilfully to the illuf- 
tration of faéts in the Greek and Roman 
hiftory- Such. is for inftance the able 
parallel drawn between the éraipzim, at 
Athens in the period of the 30 Tyrants, 
and the facobin clubs in modern France, 
p-, 240. The partiality he fhows againft 
the Greek and Roman republics may be 
accounted for by the point of view in 
which he confiders their hiftory, as thofe 
‘yepublics did not much diftinguifh them- 
felves for political economy. 
‘‘ Louife, Rheingrafin zu Pfalz, geborne 
Freyherrin von Degenfeld. Eine wahre 
Gefchichte. Von dem Verfaffer des 
Eebens Friedrich S,-von Schomberg, 3 vo- 
lumes, 1799, 8vo. WLe'pzig, Gofchen.” 
Lovifa Countefs of Palatinate, born Ba= 
ronefs of Degenfeld. A true Hiftory.—/A 
lively delineation of characters, plainnefs 
and elegance of compofitiony exaét hif- 
torical fidelity, and a feries of events, 
which, through the diverfity of our man- 
mers froin thofe of former times, may feem 
romantic, render this biography highly 
jutereftine even to thofe who only read 
for their amufement. | 
“Jou. CHRIST. GATTERER’S prak- 
tfche Diplomatick. Gott. 1799, lar. 8vo, 
pp. 259. Apofthumous work of a man 
who has highly deferved of hiftory and 
‘all its fubfidiary fcrences. This work, 
valuable in itfelf, is the more fo as. thé 
author has firft opened the road, on which 
fubfequent diplomatifts may proceed and 
fil up'the deficiencies that may fill be 
found, particularly in the catalogue of 
gocuments annexed to it. 
The Seventh Volume of Panzer’s An- 
nales Typographici ab Artis invent Ori- 
gine ad Annum MD, Niiremb. 1799, 4to. 
pp. 376,ftill exhibits {trong proofs of the 
indefatigable diligence of the author, by 
which he has in fo high a degree fup- 
plied, corrected and arranged the former 
works of Maittaire, Denis and others. 
és Meustv's Leitfaden zur Gefchichte 
der Gelehrfamkeit. Zwevte Abtheilung, 
1799.  Dritte Abth., 1800, pp. 840.” 
Manual of the Hiflory of Learning. This» 
' hiftory not only ofthe gradual. aggrandize- 
complete and well-arranged work ts now 
brought to a conclufion. 
ef the Pruffian Univerfity of Exlangen, 
ranks very high among the German 
iiterati for his extenfive knowledge of 
‘the bibliography, fatifties and literature 
7 
Prof. Mruseb, 
Retrofpect of German Literature—Geography, Travels, ('ce 
of every age and country.. The Biblice 
theca Hiftorica, 14 volumes of which are 
already publifhed, and which is ftill to 
be continued, is the moft ufeful repertory 
for hiftory to be met with in any country. 
He has crowned his literary merits by 
thefe fketches of antient and modern 
literature, a truly elaffical work, for the 
arrangement of its matter, and thofe 
ftriking’ and comprehenfive views which 
only could be given by an author of in~ 
finite reading and poifei{eG of true criti- 
ellm.)°~ 
GEOGRAPHY, TRAVELS, &c. 
‘© Verfuch einer fyftematiichen Erd- 
befchreibung der entfernteften Weltheile, 
Afrika, Afien, Amerika und Siid-Indien; 
von D. Pau. Jac- BRuns.” Effay of 
a Syftematic Geagraphy of the remoteft 
Parts of the World, Africa, Afiz, Ame- 
rica and South India. Sechfter Theil. 
Niirnb. 4799, pp- 392, 8vo. This volume, 
containing the defcription of - Barbary, 
Madeira, and the Canary Iflands, finifhes 
a work which, notwithftanding fome 
{light omiffions, is, by well-arranged ex- 
tracts from the beft voyages through that 
part of the world, particularly ufeful and 
convenient. It may ferve\ as a proper 
continuation of the well-known Biifching’s 
Geography, and completes a work nor 
to be equalled on this fubje€t in any 
country. 
« Pp. S.-PatLtas Bemerkungen auf 
einer Reife in die fiidlichen Statthalter- 
fchaften des Ruififchen’ Reichs, in den 
Jahren 1793 und 1794.” Obfervations 
made on a Journey to the Southern Go- 
vernments of the Ruffian Empire. Erfter 
Band, Leipz. 1799- pp. 516, with 25 plates 
and 14 colored: vignettes, A valuable 
fupplement to the former works of the 
fame author. This firft volume compre- 
hends the journey from Mofcow to Perc-_ 
kop. 
‘‘ Gefchichte und Befchrerbung der 
Kreis- und Handels-ftadt Leipzig nebit der 
umliegenden Gegend, von J. G. LEOn- 
HARDI, ord, Profeff. der Oekonomie: in 
Leipzig-” Hiftory and Defcription of 
Leipzig and its Environs. Leipz.1799, 
pp> 730, lar. 8vo. The authorhas done in 
this: work every thing that might be ex- 
pected from the celebrated geographer of 
the Pruffian and Saxon States, His 
principal defign was to give an exact 
ment of the-~city, but likewife of the 
fucceffive improvements of commerce and 
trade, of the fciences, the- conftirution, 
and the Influence which this has had on 
commerce in general as well as on the 
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