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darknefs which fill prevails m that ex- 
zenfive and beautiful country. 
“ FONORATIO Novorny a S&S. ee 
etlia Clerici-regularis e Scholis Pus, Scia- 
graphia, feu compendiaria Hungariz ve- 
teris €f recentioris Notitia Hit ea Po- 
pe m qua Status Regni Phyficus, Hi- 
foricus, Politicus, Ecclefiafticus, Lite- 
varius, Commerciorum, Rei Militaris, nec 
non Adminiftrationis A®rarii ex probatis 
Patrig, alifaue Au€@orum Monumenti 
fuccinéte privata Opera exponitur, ac 
Hyuditorem Judicio fubfternitur.”’ ~Vien- 
Eee, weg 8 s+ Pk pp. e235 Pit. spp. 
4045 S¥o. The author, a native of Mo- 
ravia, lived nine years | in Hungary, as tu- 
tor to the children cf a nobleman. He 
promifes, in his modeft preface, to reme- 
cy the defects, and to fill up the chafms 
of his work, in a {upplement, or in a fe- 
cond edition. He has proved that he 
has. carefully fludied a great number of 
printed documents ; however, it appears 
that he poffeffes but an indifferent know - 
ledge of the moft-important man ulcript 
data of the Hungarian Sratiftic. 
number of Rowan. -catholics in Hungary 
3s ftated. by him to amount to more than 
ghree millions. The account which he 
gives of the ulitary hiftery of Runagary 
confitts only of fragments. The infor- 
mation which he gives of the mines at 
Chemmiz and Freyburz intitle him to the 
thanks of the : merallurcift. 
«¢ Neues Milicarifelies Journal,” &e 
— £299 : ; 8vo. New Military Journal; 
Mihrary ees of our Fimes. A 
mew periodical work, which diftingutfhes 
itfelf in a very honourable manner from 
the reft of its numerous brethren, as well 
by the importance of its tendency as by 
the imtrinfic value of the major part of its 
contents, and the fyfiematic form of in- 
guiry which characterifes it. 
thors propote ; firft, ‘to fhow in what 
menner the refent war againff the 
‘French Republic has been carried on hi- 
therto; and, confequently, to give ra- 
ther 2 hif ory of the modern mili: ary art 
than of the events of cur times: and, fe- 
condly, to draw a faithful picture of the 
point of view in which their cotempe- 
Friries have regarded the principal occur- 
rences of the prefent war, engaging them-. 
felves, at the fame tim e, to correct all 
par.ial reprefentations of facts. They in- 
tended to render that part, in which they 
treat on the Itiftory of the military art, 
fail more inftrudtive, by drawing a faith- 
tul piéture of its flaté in fovedes times, 
of which they give a very favourable 
fpecimen in their obferyations on the 
The 
work \ 
‘Phevan = 
~ Retrofpec? of German Literature..cHiflory. - 4 
memorable ee of Guftavus Adolphus; 
the ceiebrated king of Sweden. Having 
carefully ei the numbers which 
already have been pubiifhed, we can re 
co minend this Journal to rhe ote of 
the Britith army, as a’ work which wif 
ford them more than common interef, 
nd furnifh them witha ane c "Pee 
of high ly ufefal information. By recom- 
mending it to the perni afal of military men, 
we do, however, not mean to infer that 
ic has no common intereft; we rather feel 
ourfeives compelled by juttice to confefs 
that it affords a confiderable mais of mat- 
ter of general infiruciion and intereft. 
The obfervaticns of the authors. on the 
campaign in the year 1794, In which the 
Duke of York and the Britith troops a&- 
ect a SS part, will be found par- 
ticularly interefting. 
“* Klenie Weltze(chichte,” &¢. &¢. von 
Gaterrr Tho lilt.) (ppe ee. aes. 
An Epitome of Univerfal Hiftory, equal- 
ly adapted for Infiru€tion and Amufe- 
ment. Having already fiated our le 
on of the merits of this work in our re 
trofpect, pubifbed in January 1799, we 
beg feave to refer tothe fame. Phe pre- 
fent thied vclime begins the fourth book 
with the hiftory_of Aiezander the Great, 
and conetiics with that of Auguflus, 
which, however, 1s lefe unfintihed. We 
only choofe to obferve, that Mr. Galetti 
has made a good felection, and chofen 
eminent guides. His ftyle continues. te 
be eafy and pieafing, and his remarks on 
pases perfons and events are ftated 
ith fairnefs and juftice. We have rea- 
fon to es that this continuation of his 
ill prove very acceptable to” the 
lovers of hiftery. 
‘“ Der Hiftoriker,” &c. &e: 1798. Fhe 
Hiftorian ; OF} a Fare endions Colleétion 
of the mofi remarkable Hifterical Sub- 
jects. This work, which is to be con- 
tinucd- annually, is written im a plain: 
and lucid ftyle, and contains 2 great va- 
riety of interefliing and inftruétive matter, . 
tuter{perfed wi ith many y judicious obler- 
yations of general utili ty. 
“© Gallerie “Merkwiirdiger Frauenzim- 
mer,” ce, &é. 2 thelle's? Seve... auton 
lery of remarkable Ladies, as well of an- 
cient as of pes Times. The tendency 
of this ufeful and interefting work ren- 
ders it deferving of patronage, it bein 
the author’s principal objet to fuperfede 
the rage for novel-reading, by furnifhing 
thofe who look for literary amufement 
with a fore. of palatable and fubftantial 
food. We only have to regret that he 
frequently is too brief in his accounts of 
eminent 
