

Retrofpedt of German Literature—Geography, Travels, 50 
indufiry of the Electorate. The exact- 
nefs and order with which this work 
is compofed will compenfate for the dry- 
nefs and prolixity which may be obferved 
in feveral parts of it. 
“¢ Aegy pin in Hiftorifcher, Geographi- 
{cher, Phyfikalifcher, Wiffenfchaftlicher, 
Artiftifcher, Naturgefchichtlicher, Mer- 
kantilifcher, Religidfer, Sittlicher und 
Politifeher Hinficht.” Defeription of E- 
egypt with refpeét to Hiftory, Geography, 
Natural Philofophy, Sciences, Arts, Na- 
tural Hiftory, Commerce, Religion, Man- 
ners, and Politics. Gera, 1799, p- 433: 
Amongft a Yee of publications on the 
fame fubjet, which, like mufhrooms af- 
ter a heavy fhower, have been multiplied 
by the recent political events on the bor- 
ders of the Nile, this is a very ufeful com- 
pilation, made with exactnefs and difcern- 
ment. 
“¢ Reife in das Riefengebirge und in die 
umliegenden Gegenden Bohmens und 
Schlefiens’ im Jahre’ 1796.” 
the Giants’ Mountains and’ the furround- 
- mg Countries of Bohemia and. Silefia. 
Gotha, Perthes, 1799, p. 296, 8vo. A 
work fo full of interefting accounts, and 
fo well written, that it wil! afford the 
reader both infruction and entertainment. 
The manufactory of cloth at Retchen- 
bere im Bohemia, a town of 3125 houfes, 
and | 10,000 inhabitants, employed in 1796, 
2516 perfons, who produced in one year 
35534 pieces of cloth for 2,353,930 flo- 
rins. There were likewife 578 linen- 
weavers, who worked 20,536 three-fcores 
ef linen for 328,748 florins; 26,936 do- 
zens of pairs of ftockings were wove in the 
fame year by 489 perfons. ‘ 
_ «*Reife von Amterdam tiber Madrid,” 
&ce. von Cur. Auc. FISCHER. Ber- 
lin, Unger, 1799, 528 p»8vo. A Journey 
from Amfterdain, by Madrid and Cadiz, 
to By during the years 1797 and 1798. 
Bourgoing’ s Travels through Spain, 
w cn in the new edition are caft almoft 
In a quite new form, are juftly efteemed 
the beft work upon that kingdom, con- 
cerning which the moft fingular preju- 
dices and fictions full prevail. This ex- 
cellent politician fpeaks of it according 
to what he had feen and obferved himfelf ; 
and itwould have been well, if he had not 
injured his reputation by publifhing Cha- 
teut’s Obfervations on a Journey through 
Portugal, Bourgoing. in his remarks on 
Spain, us d particularly in his view the 
making foreigners acquainted with modern 
Spanifh literature; and, indeed, all the 
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knowledge we have of the neweft produe- 
Travels to. 
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tions, fince the paar: of the learned 
“ Diez’s Additions to Velafquez *,”’ is ow~ 
ing to him. A large fupply, however; of 
obfervations and views ft:ll remained, 
which had either entirely. efcaped the at~ 
tention of that diligent and ingenious tra~ 
veller, or, on account of his political re- 
lations, Pola not bé ‘made and repre- 
fented by him in fuch a manner as ftriét 
impartiality may require Mr. Fi- 
{cher, has been enabled, by the con-— 
currence of feveral happy circum{tances, 
to travel through the whole kingdom of 
Spain, in all directions, from Bilboa to ai 
celona; and has gratified the curiofit oy or 
the public, previoutly vaifed by fome ite- 
refting /pecrmens, by publifhing theSketches 
of Manners and Literature which he had 
drawn on this, occafion. - Though in 
his preface he very modeftly calls thefe 
fKetches only ‘¢ Additions to Bourgoing,”” 
the reader will find his expeciations fur- 
pafied in the moft agreeable manner; and 
will not hefitate to affien to this work, on - 
account of its intrinfic value and the charms 
of the ftyle, one of the moft honorable 
places among the lateft original Travels. 
‘Mr. Fifcher ie the talent of feizing the 
pecuharities of each place immediately 
upon his firft entering it, and of repre- 
fenting them in fuch true colors, derived 
from focal citcumftances, as tranfport us 
to thofe regions in the moft illufive man- 
ner. He amhed principally, as he declares 
himfelf, at reprefenting living — nature, 
theugh he fhows likewife much fkill ia 
putting a frame on his picture by painting 
localities. He has perfeétly fucceeded in 
his defign. It is the moft animated pic- 
ture of’ men and manners which we are 
poffefled of, with all the frefhnefs of the 
neveft impreffion, as on every occafion the 
influence 1s mentioned, which the French 
fyftem of the Prince of Peace has had 
on the difpoftiion of the nation. Often- 
times, too, the author only propofes the 
premifes, and leaves 1tto the reader to drave 
the conclufion. The manners and love- 


* Mr. Diez was under-librarian of the 
Univerfity-library at Gettingen, the richef& 
and moft ufeful library in all Germany. 
From thence he was removed to Mentz, a 
high falary being appointed to him by the 
EleGtor of Mentz, in order to regulate the 
newly-eftablifhed library there for the Uni- 
verfity, But he died very foon, and was 
fucceeded in that place by the celebrated 
traveller George Forfter. Mr. Diez, while 
fill at Geettingen, publithed a tranflation ot 
“ Velafquez’s Hiftory of Spanith Poetry,” 
with avery learned commentary. f 
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