Retrofpest of German Literature. —Hifiory. 
of which the fecond volume has lately ap- 
peared, continues to delerve the applavfe 
with which the firft volume of this ufeful 
work was received. ‘The jedicions felec- 
tion of the more important events, and 
the excellent method which the aurhor ob- 
ferves, in adapting his account to the ca- 
pa icity of his juvenile readers, diftinguifi 
it very favourably, among ail. ee at- 
empts of the fame naiure, lately made, to 
rerider the fludy of hiftury both inttruc- 
tve and interefting to the juvenile mind, 
Among the different works on the 
Proffia an monarchy, lately publithed, we 
dikinguith the firft volume of « I. F, 
Re:TMELIER’s Hiftory of the Pruffian 
Dominions, before and after their Cols 
{olidation into a Monarchy ;”” which af- 
f rds great reafon to hope, that we fhall, 
in time, be gratified with a critical sue 
fat: Sratony account of the rapid progrefs 
which that intere(ting country has made 
ia culture and politi cal importance. 
C. D. Voss, already honourably known, 
as an able ie harival inquirer, has pub- 
lithed, ** A Sketch of the Hiftory of the 
modern States of Europe,” for the ufe of 
academical leStures, which contains a 
fummary furvey ot the principal moments 
of the hiftory of the middle ages. and. of 
the three laft centuries. Only the ac- 
count of the. two prior centuries, is: ar- 
ranged in ethnographical order, whilft 
the leading events of the eighteenth cen- 
tury are: related in their chronological 
fucceffion. The execution of this uleful 
book refle&s great honour on the au- 
thor’s critical tafte. 
Profeflor ‘* SoRGEL’s Freymithige 
Darftellung der Gefchichte des Tages ;”” 
i.e. Ingenuous Reprefentation of the Hit 
tory of the Day, continues to deferve the 
applause of the unbiafled public, by the 
unreferved franknefS with which the 
editor relates the moft remarkable poli- 
ticil occurrences of the day; the more 
eipecially, fince he has begun to add 
fhort ftatiftical differtations, which are as 
inftructive as they mutt prove interefting 
to he readers of this periodical work. 
The Spirit of the mof rema:kable 
Tio and Conclufions of Peace, of 
the Eighteenth Century,” from the pen 
of C.D. Voss, will be perufed with 
pleafure by fuch literati as devote their 
jucubrations to the ftudy of hiftory in 
general, and eith-r are not at leifure, or 
have not an opportunity to examine larger 
diplomatical works; but the lively ftyle, 
in which the author writes, will render 
this work equally. interefting to lovers of 
hiitory in general, 
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Whilft the German hiftorians laudably 
vie with each nen to provide palarable 
food for the fcientific lover of hiftory, 
they do nct overlook the wants of the me- 
chanic and countryman ; and it is with 
real plkealure we notice here, ‘* A Com- 
pendicus Hiftory of the moft remarkable 
Events of the Eighteenth Century, for 
Mechanics and Peatants,”” w sich has lately 
mace its appearance at Leipzig, in three 
volumes. 
This ufeful work manifeftly bears the 
ftamp of laborious refearch, and of the 
pureit philanthrophy. ‘Th: author, whofe 
name we could net learn, has ona {crue 
puloully telected oniy juch occurrences as 
are peculiarly fit to afford inftrudctive 
amu‘ement to the individual clafles of 
readeis, for whom his work is intended: 
but we mut do him the juftice to obferve, 
that it will alfo be read with intereft and 
benefit by readers of a more cultivated 
mind. 
The 33d Volume of ¢ Samar: s 
Claffical Hiftory of the Chriftian Church,’” 
affords additionak proofs of the hberal 
manner of thinking, the profound erudi- 
tion, and the indefatigable diligence of 
its venerable author, and evinces, oat he 
juttly deferves the fame h- has acquired. 
Amongft the leffer publications, in the 
department of ecclefiaftical hiftory, that 
have lately appeared, we have to notice, 
a treatife, by J. F. Gaas, profeffor of 
philofophy, in the univerfity of Tubingen, 
** On the Parties again!t whom the Chrif- 
tians had to conend, in the three firk 
Centuries, and in the beginning of the 
Fourth ;” in which the author difplays 
great erudition. This difquiition evi- 
dently proves, how nu) it is, that 
we fhould be very circum{pect in ftudy- 
ing and inguting into the ancient hiftory 
o} ~herely, and g:eaily tends to promote 
liberality in our judgment of fuch 
writers as have al tempted, thovgh not al- 
ways fuccelsiully, this part of ecclefia{- 
tical hiftory. The author's hints and ob- 
fervations may allo ferve.to lead the dili- 
gent inquirer to make new difcoveries, by 
means of cautious and judicious conclu- 
fions from thofe traces which the author 
brings to thenotice of his readers. 
The fourth and laft volume of the ** Hitt 
tory of the Female Sex,’ by Profeffor 
Meiners, ranks high among the few 
hiftorical werks of fterling merit, that 
have lately made their appearance in Ger- 
many. 
This highly interefiing and inftructive 
work, has been received with unbounded 
applaufe on the continent, and we do not 
doubt 
