Retrofpeé? of German Literature—Phyfics, Chemiftry, Sc. 
fchreibung,”’ Magazine for all branches 
of Mineralogy,Geognofy, and Minera- 
logical Geography) ; a firft volume of 
the ** Annalen der Societat fur die 
gefammte Mineralogie zu Jena, (Tranf- 
ations of the Mineralogical Society of 
Jena), edited by their prefident, Pro- 
feffor Lenz; and a ‘* Minerographie 
derDeutichen Staaten,” (Minerography 
of the German States), by ScHuMA- 
CHER, of Copenhagen. JORDAN, of 
Gottingen, and VoicT, of Iimenan, 
likewife publifhed the mineralogical 
obfervations they made 1n their travels 
through Germany. EMMERLING and 
Revss continued their eftimable Ele- 
mentary Works, in which they follow 
the fyftem of Werner, now fo well 
koown and approved throughout Eu- 
rope. SCHMIEDER gave us a Geognofy, 
in which he illuftrates the fubject by 
the principles of chemiftry ; and STEF- 
FENS, in his ‘** Beytrage zur innern 
Naturge{chichte der Erde, (Contribu- 
tions towards a Natural Hiftory of the 
anterior of the Earth), endeavours to 
apply his friend Scheiling’s Philofophy 
of Nature to what had before been 
treated wholly in an empirical manner. 
‘Among the botanical works the moft 
acceptable for the public at large, was 
the ‘* Anleitung zur Kenntnifs der 
“Gewachfe, in Briefen,” (Introduétion 
to the Knowledge of Plants, in Letters), 
by Profeffor SPRENGEL, fuperinten- 
dant of the Botanical Garden of the 
Univerfity of Halle, and author of many 
Jearned medical works. In thefe Let- 
ters, the Profeffor treats in an eafy, fa- 
miliar,; and attractive manner, firft of 
the ftructure of plants, and the func- 
tions and ufes of their various parts ; 
and then of the fcientific language of 
the Linnzan fyftem. The above-men- 
tioned Profeflor BaTscH, whofe death 
is lamented as a fevere lofs to the Uni- 
verlity of Jena, prefented the learned 
Botanift with a ‘* Tabula Affinitatum 
Regni Vegetabilis.””. Hevwic furnithed 
*s Obfervat. Botan. fafc. I.” Horr- 
MANN, conjointly’ with other Lite- 
ratiof Gottingen, ‘* Phyfiographifche 
Blatter,” (Phyfiographical Papers) ; 
Roru, ‘** Neue Beytrage zur Botanik,” 
(New Contributions to the Science of 
Botany) ; works, of the goodnefs of. 
which the names of the authors will 
alone be confidered as a fufficient tef- 
timony. Others publifhed Floras of 
feparate provinces and diftricts of Ger- 
many: SCHRADER, a fuccefsful rival 
@#f Hoffman, in Gottingen, a general 
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‘Flora Germanica;’? SUTER,a ‘‘Flora 
Helvetica: and others only monogra- 
phies. In order to accommodate that 
clafs of readers who are not able to pur- 
chafe voluminous and expenfive pub- 
lications, the Botanical Journals of 
Romer and of SCHRADER were conti- 
nued without interruption. 
A very good fupply was likewife 
provided for the ftudents of Zoology. 
Befides WiepEMann’s ‘¢ Archiv fur 
Zoologie und Zootomie,” there ap- 
peared “¢ Beytrage zur Anatomie und 
Phyfiologie der Thiere,”” (Contribu- 
tions to the Anatomy and Phyfology 
of Animals), by Dr. ALBERS of Bre- 
men; and *‘ Anatomifch-phyfiologifche 
Abhandlungen, (Anatomico-phyfiolo- 
gical Tradts), by RuDOLPHI, of Greits- 
walde, which contain many things that 
are new and interefting. THILESIUS, 
of Leipzig, furnifhed two excellent ar- 
ticles: an. ** Ausfihrliche Befchrei- 
bung der beiden fogenannten Siachel- 
fchweinmenfchen aus der bekannten 
Englifchen familie Lambert,” (De- 
{cription of Two Englithmen of the 
name of Lambert, commonly called the 
Porcupine-men), and ‘‘ Bemerkungen 
uber die fogenannten See-maufe, nebit 
Anatomifch-phyfiologifchen Bemer- 
kungen iiber die Fortpflanzungsweifle ~ 
der Rochen und Hay fifche,”” (Remarks 
on the Sea-moufe; together with Ana- 
tomico-phyfiological Remarks relative 
to the propagation of the Ray-fifh and 
Sharks); and BEcHSTEIN, author of 
many efteemed works onZoology,and of 
Tranflations (with notes and additions) 
of Lacepéde’s Amphibia, and Le Vail- 
lant’s African Birds, an * Ornithologi- 
{ches Tafchenbuch von und fiir Deut{ch- 
Jand,”’(Ornithological Pocket-book for 
Germany).NauMANN and others began 
or continued Works on the Natural 
Hiftory of the Birds of feparate diltri¢ts 
of Germany. ° 
There were many new additions to 
the lift of writers on Entomology. 
SCHELLENBERG, of Wintherthur, pub- 
lifhed the firft number of ‘* Entomolo- 
gifcheBeytrage,”’ in which chiefly infects 
before unknown are depicted. ZEDER, 
who in the year 1800, had furnithed 
copious and important additions to 
Goze’s Nacural Hiftory of the Intef- 
tines, prefented to the public at the 
Eater Fair a ‘‘ Naturge{chichte derEin- 
geweidewilrmer,”” (Natural Hiltéry of 
the Worms found in the Inteftines), a 
work abounding with new difcoveries 5 
and Suizer, of Strafburg, defcribed in 
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