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number of ftrangers who, from its happy 
fituation, and the beauty of the furround- 
ing country, are induced to fojourn there. 
Tie building of the large cathedral 
church is carried on with great activity. 
The wealthy and patriotic fenator Bron- 
ner is erecting. as noble a monument to 
himfelf by building a new public-library, 
as is ‘to Stadel his rich mufeum. of draw- 
ings, engravings, and pictures. ~ Other 
collections of works of nature -and art 
have ereatly increafed: thus, for inftance, 
Gerning’s Cabinct of Infeéts has received 
coniiderable additions from . Sicily and 
Lapland ; and Gerniag, the fon, ainew 
colle&tion of Greek coins from Naples. 
Salzzwedel’s and TWifgen’s Colle&tion of 
Minerals (that of the latter gentleman in 
particular containing a great. number of 
rare petrefactions) ; Silberg’s new wares 
houfe for works of art; and the fix pieces 
of Gobelin tapefiry, which were prefented 
to the late Pope Pius VI. by Louis XVI. 
and afterwards purchafed by M, Helm, of 
Braunfels, are likewife ornaments of the 
“city. Preftel, the painter, is publifhing a 
feries of the Ruins of Germany; ‘and 
Schitz has finifhed fome beautiful Views 
in Holflein, Thuringia, and the neigh. 
bourhood of Frankfort. Aug. Hermann, 
bookfeller, and dealer in works of art, 
who publifhes a Journal for Youth, has 
in his warehoufe many things very attrac- 
tive tothe fathionable world ; and the re- 
moval hither of the enterprifing book(eller, 
Wilmann, trom Bremen, with his nume- 
rous publications, will give new life to 
the book-trade, which is already carried 
on with fpirit and aétivity by 7. Cor. 
Hermann, the publifher_of the German 
Tranflations from ancient claflical authors ; 
Varrentrapp and Kenner, the publifhers of 
Sommering’s Works; Efslizger, dealer in 
French books: Zager, publifher of maps; 
and by Bronner, Guilhaumann, Streng, A. 
Korner and Behrens. Thus, it appears, 
that, notwithitanding the, preponderance of 
other branches of trade, the cultivation of 
the mind is not neglected. The great 
anatomilt Sommerinvg purfues with ardour 
his anatomical labours ; Dr. Behrens, jun. 
a difciple of Profeffor Loder of Jena, 
reads le&tures on anatomy and furgery.. 
Dr. Heufer, \e&ures on the principles of, 
commerce. The philanthropic Hufnagel, 
fenior clergyman of the city, has under- 
taken to publifh a inagazine, to take part 
in which he has invited the molt efteemed 
_ divines of the three principal religious par- 
ties of Germany. Mofche, teacher in the 
pubiic grammar fchool, is writing illuf- 
frations and notes to Cornelius Nepos. 
Miller, Hoffman, and Goldfmidt, are em- 
ployed upon medical works: the Jlait- 
mentioned of thefe gentlemen publifhed a 
Hiftory of Vaccine Inoculation; The li- 
terary warfare relative to the cow-pox, 
which Lhrmannu carried. on againt Som- 
mering and Lebr, has at laft ended in a 
ceflation of arms. Hufgen, a collector of 
works of art, has written a ** Guide 
through the City.” Dr. Beyerbach is pre- 
paring a coyicus Hiftory of the City of 
Frankfort ; and F. %. Cernivg will thort- 
ly publifh a compendium on the fame 
fubject. Of the: latter writer’s Secular 
Poem, of which only i150 copies were at ° 
firt printed, a new corrected edition, as 
likewife his Travels through Auftria and 
Italy, in three volumes, made their ap- 
pearance at the Leipzig Eafter-fair. Dr, 
Klebe has publifhed his ‘Travelson >the 
Rhine. M. wor Meyer, author. of -To- - 
bias, has pretented te the reading public 
another novel, entitled Laura. Willemer, 
the banker, has publithed a well-executed 
free Tranflation of Charron; and pre- 
pared a free imitation of the pleafant 
little French comedy, I! faut uz Etat, 
for the Frankfort Theatre, on the manage- 
ment of which he has likewile puSlifhed a 
few fheets, The Welterau Flora, by Dr. 
Meyer, of Offenbach, Gariner, the bo- . 
tanift, of Hanau, and Dr. Scherbius, of 
Frankfort, is continued with fuccefs. Dr, 
von Leexhardi has announced a Reich- 
flddtifche Archiv, <* Archive for Imperial 
Cities” M. won Schwarxkopf, the Han- 
overian refident, has publithed a fhort 
Hiftory of the Frankfort Newfpapers ; 
whence it appears, that this city too, at 
a very early period, produced thofe poli- 
tical necefaries of life. Mr.S. is writing 
a fimilar treatife on the Newfpapers of 
Saxony, which will be publifhed by EI- 
linger, of Gotha. The Sournal des 
Dames, by Le Maire, the editor of the 
Fournal de Francfort, is continued here 
with great conveniency, from the nearnefs 
of the city to France, the great ftaple- 
place, whence new fafhions are imported. 
A Birgerblati, or «© Paper for Citizens,’ 
‘containing well-chofen extraéts, and ori- 
ginal pieces, by the editor, Dr. Volkhard, ~ 
makes its appearance twice aweck. Ano- 
ther weekly paper, Die Unfichtbaren (The 
Inviibles), is likewife publifhed here ; and 
a’ Sonntags-blatt, ox.“ Sunday-paper,”? 
furnifhes entertaining, principally thea- 
trical, news. The theatre had fallen into 
a kind of anarchy ; but order is now re- | 
ftored, and the whole put upon a moft © 
refpectable footing, by eftablifhing a fund 
for penfioning fuperannuated ators, and 
ow ee the 
