606 Retrofpect of German Literature—Michaelmas-fair, 1801. 
the Oder, has publifhed a fecond fafc- 
exlus of his “ Hiftoria Amphibiorum,”’ 
(Jena, Frommann,) in which he has given 
us, in claffical Latin, the natural hiftory 
ot the lizard, the crocodile, and of the 
ferpent kind the boa, amphifbana, czci- 
lia, and_fome others, with that happy 
union of ancient and modern {cience, in 
which he excels every other cotemporary 
naturalift, If we appreciate a work not 
according to its bulk, but according to 
the intrinfic value of its contents, this 
may be reckoned one of the moft impor- 
tant that appeared laft Michaelmas Fair. 
Joannipes, a learned Greek, who 
_ttudied at Halle, has publifhed a ‘* Spe- 
cimen Phyfiologie Mammarum Mulie- 
brium,*’ with notes by his preceptor and 
triend Reil, which authorifes us to en- 
ertain the moft ianguine expectations 
from his future progrefs in the fcience. 
Jorpens, of Hof, has publifhed ‘the 
fecond volume of his ‘* Entomology and 
Helminthology of the Human Body,” 
completing a {plendid work, which, for 
the profoundnels of the text, and the 
beauty of the plates, may boldly chal- 
lenge a comparifon with the beft works in 
that branch of fcience. This laft volume 
has feven coloured plates. 
From G. FiscHer, profeffor and li- 
brarian to the Central School at Mentz, 
and a pupil and friend of the celebrated 
Cuvier, we have received fragments on 
comparative anatomy and the phyfiology 
of animals and plants, ‘ Naturhiftorifche 
Fragmente, mit befonderer Ruckficht auf 
Anatomie und Phyfiology der Thiere und 
Gewachie, (4to Varrentrapp), which are 
well worthy the attention of every na- 
turalift. , 
To the venerable Dr. Briickmann, phy- 
fician to the Duke of Brunfwick, we are 
indebted for a Differtation, which will be 
equally acceptable to the mineralogift and 
the antiquarian, containing obfervations 
and an analyfis on onyx and fardonyx, 
and other ancient precious ftones, ufed by 
the ancients for feals, &c. of which Dr. 
Briickmann has a very rich colleétion. 
Towards geognofy in general there are 
important contributions in Von Bucu’s 
««Geognoftiiche Beobachtungen auf Reifen 
durch Deutfchland und Italien gefammelt.” 
Geognoftical Obfervations collected during 
a Journey through Germany and Italy, 
with a coloured map. 
J. Becxmannt ‘© Lexicon Botanicum, 
exhibens Etymologiam, Orthographiam et 
Profediam omnium Nominum Botanico- 
rum’* (Gotting. 8vo.) does great honour 
ic the author, to whom: we are already 
indebted for a number of curious and 
ufeful publications. Such an auxiliary 
book was indeed much wanted for thofe 
amateurs who had not paffed through the 
claffical {chools in their progrefs to the 
Temple of Botany. 
Of Dr. Rossic’s ‘* Rofes,” drawa 
and coloured from Nature, the firft Nam- 
ber has made its appearance, and has 
been received with the approbation it 
merited. . 
Every botanift will hear with pleafure, 
that continuations have appeared of two 
works of the celebrated THUNBERG—= 
‘¢ Tcones Plantarium Japonicarum, quas 
in Infulis Japonicis collegit anno 1775-6, 
Upfaliz, fafcic ii.’ and ‘* Prodromus 
Plantarum Capenfium, Pars ii. Upfaliz,”” 
both in folio. 
The ‘ Veterinarifche und okonomifcke 
Mittheilungen von Rumpelts Reife durch | 
Deutfchland, England, Frankreich, Hol- 
land, und die Schweitz,”’ (Drefden, Wal- 
ther, 8vo.) ought not to be overlooked by 
thofe who with to be informed of the pre- 
fent ftate of the veterinary art in Europe. 
RuraL ECONOMY AND TECHNOLOGY. 
Among the publications on rural eco- 
nomy, Baron von RICHTHOFEN’S ‘‘ Ent- 
wurf einer Ackerbau Theorie’ is dif- 
tinguifhed by his giving us views of the 
fubject peculiarly his own, and by the 
novelty of his theory. . 
StieGLitz has publifhed the fecond 
volume of his ‘* Archeology of Archi- 
tecture,’’ which completes this important 
contribution towards the hiftory of ar- 
chiteéture. 
Wiepexine’s ‘* Allgemeine auf 
Gefchichte und Erfahrung gegrundete 
Theoretifch-praktifche Waflerbaukunft,”” 
—A general theoretical-practical Hydro- 
techny, founded on Hiftory and Expe- 
rience—the 3d volume, with 17 copper- 
plates, ingto.is publifhed. It was not how- 
ever inferted in theLeipzigCatalogue, being 
fold by the author himfelf. Having in 
the two former volumes treated of the 
forming of canals, of embankments, and 
other works on the fea-fhore, he com- 
pletes in this the inftru€tions relative to 
harbours. Mr. Wiebeking, who has 
travelled into many countries and {pent 
half of his life in collecting materials, 
every where confirms his practical rules 
by examples. Thus, for initance, in the 
sth feétion, we find diftinét defcriptions 
of all known light-houfes, and in the 6th, 
of the moft important harbours, illufirated, 
where it was neceflary, with copper- 
plates. ; oy 
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