1092 Retrofpect of German Literature... Aris and Manufaétures. 
eure a fecond and i improv ed edition of be 
piekant ufeful work, which, on account of 
its great utility, deferves to receive a care- 
ful eater and feveral neceflary additions, 
which wil! render it a very meritorious 
performance. 
~ «© Patchenbuch fur Guttbefitzer, &e. 
&cc. von G. BrRicer, 1798, pp. 281.” 
Pocket-book for gentlemen, of Janded 
eftates, farmers, &e. &c. particularly 
fuch as refide in Silefia—This pocket- 
book, among‘ a variety of valuable infor- 
mation, contains an intereflinge account 
of the fiate of agriculturein Silefia, where, 
as the author obferves, farming has been 
improved to. a much larger extent within 
¢ laft twenty, than within the preceding 
eighty years. The obfervations which he 
made on a journey through South Pruffia 
in the {pring of the year 1797, are un- 
doubtedly the moft interefting part of this 
fmal! volume. ~ 
é¢ C2konomiiche Hefte fur den Stadt— 
und Landwirth, von M. J. Ch. Horr- 
MANN. ro Band. 1798, 8vo."> Ccono- 
mical numbers for citizens and hufkand- 
men.—This, already voluminous, work 
contains a variety of ceconomical infor- 
mation of different merits, and, we be- 
lieve, a judicious feleétion of the beft ar- 
ties would be highly acceptable to the 
econumifts of this country. 
«¢ Alloemeiner, vollftandiger AGREE 
kat eehiines. &c. Sc. umogearbeitet von 
G. ‘Perecin. Phal. pp.-327,; 8vo.”* 
A complete and general agricultural Ca- 
techifm.—This catechifm, as she author 
calls it, contains a great deal of ufeful ad- 
vice for beginners in rural ceconomy. One 
of its pr: incipal merits confifts in lucid per- 
fRicuity, and in great fimplicity of Jan- 
guage, which renders it eafy to be under- 
fiood by hufbandmen of the loweft capa- 
cities. A fecond volume is to follow. 
«< Die Branntweinbrennerkunft, &c. 
&c, Ch. I. pp. 167. Ch. Ti. pp. 302.” 
The art of diftilling brandy, of a fuperior 
quality, in the moft advantageous and 
cheapett manuer, and of making liquors, 
&c. &c. Thefe voiumes are a very good 
compilation from a belt ceconomical 
works publified i in Germany, and contain 
a great var iety of ufeful information rela- 
ee te the diftilling of brandy and the 
snaking of vinegar, 
« Der praGtifel ie Bienvater, &c. a 
won RreEM und WERNER, 1798, pp. 2 
2v0. The practical Grecia: of See “is 
all countries, or general inftruction for 
people in town and country in the art of 
breeding bees, &c. &c. The two editors 
of this work are celebrated in Germany 
ior their {etentifie {kill in the management 
&c. &c. 1798. pp. 344. 8vo.” 
of bees, and acknowledged to be eminent 
as popular writers. ‘The contents of this 
vohime perfcétly agree with the sl, 
being chiefly pradical, and we cannot 
but.confefs that we know of no work in 
this branch-of economy, fuperior, or €ven 
equal, to that of Mr. WERNER and 
RiEM, their obfervations-and iniftru€tions 
being entirely founded upon a practice of 
many years. 
“¢ Oekonomifh-technifches Handbuch, 
Oeco- 
nomico technical Manual, &c. &. A 
mere compilation; compofed without ei- 
ther tafte or judgment, by a clergyman. 
ARTS AND MANUFACTURES. 
«Der Torfo &c. &c. von C. Bach’ 
und E. F. Benkowitz, pp. 3923; 4to; 
1798.”? The To: fo; a Pericdical Work, 
devoted to Ancicne and Modern Art; 
with plates. We are almoft inclined to 
think that the editors of this work pub- 
lifhed it for no other purpofe than to 
prove that they are utterly ignorant of 
the moft effential rules of the plaftic arts 5 
as the ftrange medley which this volume 
contains, betrays not the leaft trace of 
either Science or Tate. 
«© Veber die Geanneaiuardes von 
Pror. GURLITT; 1798. pp. 50." On 
the Knowledge of Gems. Prof. G. 
treats in this little traét with great erudi- 
tion of the following fubjeéts: Which 
precious ftones were chiefly ufed by the 
ancient engravers ? How did they work? 
A brief hiftory of the art of engraving oa 
ftones. Enumeration of fome of the 
principal antique gems ftill exifting. 
Enumeration of the beft and completelt 
collections of them. Various modes of 
making impreflions from them. Thofe 
whe are lovers of antigues will feel them- 
felves highly indebted to Prof. Gurlit for 
this little treatife, which in a {mall com- 
pals contains more interefting informa- 
tion than many a thick folio treating on 
the fame fubje&. 
‘¢ Allgemeine Einleitunge in das Stu- 
dium der alien Kunftdenkmahler 5 &e. 
&c. 1798. pp. 1123 $vo.™ General 
Introd aioe into the Study of the An- 
cient Monuments of Art. Tranflated 
from the’ French of A. L. MILLin, 
Superintendant of the Mufeum of An- 
tiques, in the National Library at Paris, 
&c. &c. with additions by the tranflator. 
The original of this valuable work of 
the venerable Mz/liz was _publithed rt 
at Paris in the year 1796, and is deemed 
a clafiical produStion. The additions of 
the tranflator are but few ; however their 
importance renders them a real improve- 
ment of the criginal. : ty 
