Retrofped? of German Literature.—P hilofophy. 
inferted, by way of remarks, particu- 
larly an account of the Cataratt of 
Niagara, fome inffuctive obfervations 
relative to Canada and the diftriét of 
Maine, &c. | 
“* Nouvel./Atlas de la France, divifée 
par Departemens,Arrondiffemens Com- 
munaux & Cantons; contenant: l’an- 
cienne Sub-divifion, d’apres, &c.”’— 
A new Atlas of France, divided into 
Departments, as well as Communal 
and Cantonal Circles ; containing the 
Ancient Sub-divifion, according to 
the Law of the;28th -Pluviofe, of the 
Year 8, and the new, in conformity to 
the Law of the 8th Pluviofe, 9th Year, 
which ) enatts the ‘reduction of the 
number of Cantons, or Juftices of the 
Peace. By P.G. CHANLAIRE,, one of 
the Authors of the National Atles. 2 
vol. 4to. containing 103 illuminated 
Maps. 
This map is executed with a confi- 
derable degree of correctnefs, and muft 
be allowed to be uncommonly cheap, 
when the number of copper-plates, and 
the expenfe of colouring, is taken into 
confideration. But its chief merit con- 
‘Aifts in the hydrography, as all the ca- 
mals are traced with great precifion, 
OOF 
while the junction of one’ river with 
another is marked in fuch a manner 
as cannot fail to engage the attention. 
The cities, towns, villages, ham- 
lets, and great roads, are not forgotten, 
and the editor has rectified a number of 
effential errors, which had crept into 
fome geographical works of confidera« 
ble eftimation. 
“‘ La Brouillerie.’’—The Quarrel.—» 
£6 Le Raccommodement."—The Re« 
conciliation. 
Both of thefe prints are defigned and 
engraved by the fame artifts, and dea 
traét nothing from their eftablithed re- 
putation. Guerin, who furnithed the 
drawings, had before diftinguithed him- 
felf by bis piéture of Marcus Sextus; 
and Darcis, who employed his graver 
upon this occafion, acquired great re- 
putation by his portrait of Marius, 
while concealed in the marfhes of Min- 
turne. He is included among ‘the 
{mall number of Frenchmen, who ap- 
pear deftined to raife-the art itfelf from 
that ftate of decadence in which it has 
Janguifhed fince the death of Audran, 
Edelinck, Balechou, Dewill, and the 
two Drevets. 
RETROSPECT OF GERMAN LITERATURE, 
BASTER AND MICHAELMAB FAIR, 
1802. 
INCE Eatfter-fair of 1801, the num- 
ber of German bookfellers has rifen 
from 299 to 327, and the enormous 
mafs of printed paper has been aug- 
mented in proportion. No le{s than 
3400 works are announced in the cata- 
Jogue for Eafter-fair of 1803. Of thefe, 
many indeed were only tranflations, 
new editions, and continuations, be- 
fides a crowd of {mal]J, unimportant, 
and ufelefs, publications. On the other 
hand, there was a confiderable number 
of interefting and ufeful works; we 
fhall chiefly confine our retrofpect to a 
notice of the latter, without however 
entirely excluding thofe of inferior 
note,efpecially when they may ferve to 
charatterife the general ftate of Ger- 
man literature, or particular parts of it. 
Although the greater number of the 
articles that make their appearance at 
the Leipzig Michaelmas-fair may be 
confidered as merely the gleanings of 
the preceding Eafter-fair, for which 
they could not be got ready; or are 
only fore-runners of the following 
Eafter-fair, frequently bearing on their 
title-pages the number of the enfuing 
year, that they may the longer have 
the recommendation of novelty, of 
which fome of them but too much ftand 
in need;—although many bookfellers 
do not frequent, or fend any works to 
this fair, yet we find in the catalogue 
1166 publications announced by 207 
publifhers. Among thefe, befides the 
ufual continuations and the great nume- 
ber of almanacks and pocket-books 
that come forth about this time, we 
find fome of important new works, of 
which we fhall take notice when fpeak- 
ing of the clafs of literature to which 
they belong. —We begin with 
PHILOSOPHY; 
becaufe, in exhibiting a view of feveral 
of the branches of the German litera- 
ture, we fhall be obliged to pre-fuppofe 
a knowledge of the philofophical de-. 
partment. The reform propofed by 
Kant, or the transformation of Dog-_ 
matifm into Criticifm, had given {fo 
powerful a charm of novelty to: the. 
ftudy 
