674 Retrofped? of German Literature—Belles Letives, Novels, ec. 
Jate Mr. Jiinger of Vienna will fearcely 
eompenfate the want of new ideas, and 
the deficiencies of the whole, though this 
novel may be entertaining on a Arft perufal. 
*¢ Amathonto, ein Perfilches Mahe 
chen,” von ANTON WALL, Altenburg, 
r799, 3 vol ‘Fhe real name of this 
author is -Heine, and he has already 
‘diftinguifhed himfelf in this walk of lite- 
rature. The lat novel furpaffes all 
hts former works in eafinefs and the con- 
rumual flow of a fatirical vein. it has 
heen 2 great favorite with polite readers 
fnce its appearance. 
*: Neue moralifche Enzahlangen, von 
Aveust LAFONTAINE, (New Moral 
Tales. }—i. vol. 1799, pp- 112, Svo. iv. 
¥ol. 2500, pp. 162, 5vo. Berlin.’ The tales 
contained im thefe vols. are s ** The con- 
feeucnces of inconfideratencfs, a ftory of 
she age of ee ‘* Crime and pu- 
nifament;”’ * Pride; ” 64 Diogenes’s Tun.” 
‘Fhey all tend to promote pratiica) pru- 
dence, and captivate, by ,thetr purport as 
well as by the graceful manner of re- 
lating, the heart nod mind of every feeling 
Etarier: Diogenes is here reprefented i in 
the mildcr light ta which he is exhibited 
by Epiéetus in Arrian’s Differtations, as 
am amiable practical philofopher, whocom- 
bats vice and malice with the fame zeal 
with which he proteéts and avenges vir- 
exe and mnocenee. 
*¢ Karl Engeimanrs Tagebuch, ven 
0G. LAFONTAINE.” “Fhe Journal of 
Charles B — Sander. 1800, pp. 
338, Ss “0. This is the fixth volume of rhe 
author's family-ftories, which have gained 
fo umiverfal and fo well-deferved an ap- 
plate. ‘The frory here prefented, with 
velpect vw beauty of Ryle, wue delineation 
ot characters, richnefs of 3 imagination and 
delicacy of fentiment, is inferior to none, 
avd is fuperior to many, of the former 
peaductions of the fame author, by a more 
matural and confftent developing of inei- 
eents (ehance beme alinoft entirely ex- 
clided), by the sulpiay of an exqunite 
“nowledgeof mankind, and by the purity, 
potnefs, and plain expofiti on of moral 
motions. 
“ Clarchens Geftandniiic, Seitenfttiek zu 
Roschens Gehetmmiiien ; ven demfelben 
Verfaffer.””’. Clara’s Confeifions,, a coun- 
terpart to Rofma’s Secrets i by the fame 
author, Mr. Scnrniine of Freyberg, 
x vol. pp. 292.2 vol. pp. 248. 3 vol. } pp. 
+36. nvo. Frevberg, Cra iz.. This novel 
would deferve a plece among the beft 
predictions of the kind, on account of 
the variety of characters and fituations, 
c 
s 
a trve delineation o eee fentiments 
and paffions, erd a judicious contatenation 
of various incidents, if the reader did 
not now and then find occafion to Jament 
the author’s want of tafte in the diétion, 
and {hocking indehcacy m the exhibiting 
of fcenes over whieh a decent verl ought 
to be thrown. 
*« Novantiken, Eine Sammlung kleiner 
Romane, Erzahlungen und Anekdotens, 
vom Verfsiler des Siegfried von Linden~ 
berg.” Novantigues; or, a Cobleétiun of 
hetle Novels, Pates,and Anetdotes, by the 
author of Siegf. v. Lind. Mr. Miityer | 
of kizehoe, r vol. Biunfw. Vieweg, 1799 
pp. 68c, vo. Under thisnew-coined and 
rather “angular title, Mr. Miter of Itzehoe 
in Hoifatia, gives us a colle€tion of tales, 
taken for the greateft part from foreign 
novels, written in the preceding, and in 
the firft half of the prefent, century, and 
now undefervedly forgotten. The - au- 
thor’s knowledve of the world and of 
man, his apreeable manner of relating, 
his lively repref fentation of charaéters, and 
his laudable endeavours t: inculcate every- 
where ufeful maxims, render this work, 
like the others of the fame author, highly 
commendable; though, when compared 
with a fimilar work of the late Mr. Mu- 
feus at Weimar, called ‘+ Straufs-federn,” 
Oftrich-feathers, of which thefe Nowaz- 
féques are yntended to be a contmuation, 
they will be found inferior in point of 
humor, comic force, richnefs of fancy 
and tafte; and the author’s returping too 
eften to certain common-place fubjeéts 
may render the perufal of fome of the rales 
a little tedious. This volume contains: 
‘* Coufin Nicholas, or the Happy Mif- 
take,’ an ingenioustale; ** The Breeches 
of the Bifhop of Tarbes,” uninterefting 
and mean; Albertine vom Walding,* 
very intl eaeate and interefling. 
‘¢ Klarchen Wildfchir,; oder die Folgen 
der Erziehung, Nach einem } Niederaue 
difchen Originale der Fraw E. BECKER, 
verw. Woxrr und der Demoifelle A, 
DECKEN, frey verdeutfcht von Jou, 
GoTtTw. Maz LER, Verf. des Siegt. Ve 
Lindenb.”’ Clara Wildfchut, or the Effeéts 
of Education, freely tranflated into Ger- 
man from the Dutch Original of Mrs, 
Becker and Decken, Beriin, Vofs. 1 vol. 
Pp- 542, 8vo..1800. This novel contains 
the moft faithful piéture of real life and 
manners, that has appeared fora long time, 
and exhibits true models of charaéterif- 
tical painting. Though ieveral meidents 
and fcenes will perhaps appear low and 
common to perfons of high ftation_and 
refined manners, and its epiftelary form 
say fometimes produce prolixity avd te- 
dioulnelsy 
