684 
Romans, from the Expulfion of the 
Kings to the Ele&tion of the firft Ple- 
beian Confuls.) Both thefe publica- 
gions, the authors of which have drawn 
their information from original fources, 
are well eaiculated to give the reader 
a correé&t. knowledge of the ancient 
democracies, which they exhibit in a 
true, though not always ina very fplen- 
did, pointof view. i j 
The diligent HUBELER has finifhed his 
«© Compendium of Univerfal Hifory,” 
the fifth volume-of which made its ap- 
arance at the Eafter-fair. : 
Profeflor ErcHHORN, of Gottingen, 
gave as aconcife “*Hiftory of the Three 
aft Centuries 3’ and the Rev. Mr. 
Bauer, a “ Popular View of the Hil 
fory of the Eighteenth Century.” 
Of the wars of the latter century, 
befides that of the French Revolutton, 
the Seven Year’s War employed the pens 
of feveral writers. Much important 
jnformation may be found in the ‘* Cha- 
rakteriitik der wichtigfen Ereignifle 
des Siebenjabrigen Krieges, &c.” 
(Characterifiies of the Principal Events 
ef the Seven Year’s War}. The author 
narrates ‘the caufes and events, as an 
eye-witnefs, and frequently reprefents 
Frederic the Great as lefs great than_he 
has generally been defcribed. 
O; the hiftorical works relative to 
the war of the French Revolution, the 
following is moft worthy of notice :— 
«KK ritiiche Geichichte der Operationen, 
&c.”’ (Critical Hiftory of the Opera- 
. tions of the Englith for the Defence of 
Holland, in the Years 1794-5), by M. 
Von PoRBECK. 
PossELT began a Dictionary of the 
French Revolution, in which he gives 
biographical memoirs, enriched with 
many new anecdotes of the moft emi- 
nent men who aéted a con{picuous part 
during that period. 
Several interefting contributions to- 
wards the Hiftory cf Germany made 
their appearance :—MILBILER, to 
whom the public are indebted for a con- 
tinvation of the late Mr. ScumiptT’s 
clafical Hiftory of the Germans, fur- 
nifhed a ‘* Kurzgefafste Gefchichte 
der Deutfchen Nation, &c.” (Compen- 
cious Hiftory of the German Nation), 
in which he particularly treats of the 
fate of literature, and the arts, and of 
their influence on the national charac- 
ter. 
_ SARTORIUs, of Gottingen, pub- 
lified the firft volume of a ‘* Ge- 
{chichte des Hanfeatifchen Bundes und 
Handels, (Hiftory ef the Hanfeatic 
° 
Retrofpea? of German Literature—Phillogy, Se. 
League) a work ‘equally recommends 
able for kyle, compofition, and diligent 
refearch. VoiGcret’s ‘* Gefchichte 
des Deutfchen Reichs unter Otto dem 
Groffen, (Hiftory of the German Em- 
pire under Otho the Great), is drawn 
with exemplary accuracy from original 
documents. An ‘anonymous author, 
publifhed a “* Geichichte des Privatle- 
bens der Deut{chen Firften,” contain- 
ing fome curious information relative 
to the private life of the German 
princes. 
A tranflation of the celebrated 
SuumMs ‘ Hiitory of Denmark” was 
pubithhed by Gr TER, whofe intimate 
acquaintance with northern antiquities 
well qualified him for fuch a tafk. 
Profeffor ScHLa@zer, of Géttingen, 
contributed towards facilitating the 
ftudy of Rufhan Hiftory, by pub- 
lifhing an edition of *‘Neftor’s Annals,” 
in the original Sclavonian,together with 
a German Verlion, explanatory notes, 
&c. By what means Profeflor Schlézer 
was enabled to purfue with fo much 
fuccefs the ftudy of Ruffian hiftory 
and. antiquities, he has himfelf told 
us in. the firft volume of his ‘* Oeffen- 
tlichen und Privatleben,” (Public and 
Private Life), during his refidence in 
Ruffia, from the years 1761 t0 1765:—a 
work highly interefting to philologifts 
and hiftorical inquirers, efpecially thofe 
who wifh to obtain a more accurate 
knowledge of Ruffia during that pe- 
riod. We here meet with many new 
anecdotes of the late Emprefs Catharine 
iI. Equaily interefting with refpeét 
to the hiftory of later years are the 
«¢ Denkwurdigkeiten {eines Lebens,” 
or (Memoirs of Werckarpb, the 
celebrated phyfician.  Thefe me- 
moirs were not intended to be laid, 
before the public till after the de- 
ceafe of the writer, and are diftin- 
-guifhed by a ftill greater degree of free- 
dom and unrefervedne(s than the Auto- 
biography formerly. publifhed by him, 
and which did not reach down to fo 
late a period. | 
SCHLICHTEGROLLE continued to give 
in his Necrology, memoirs of eminent 
perfons lately deceafed. 
PHILOLOGY AND CLASSICS. 
In the preceding fection we men- 
tioned fome -hiftorical works, which 
may ferve alfo to elucidate ancient claf- 
fical authors. We here fubjoin fome 
others more intimately connected with 
them. J: 
HeyNe, of Gottingen, gives in oF 
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