1803.] 
eermination in feeds, 500 francs; for the 
amelioration of wool, 800 francs; the 
culture of the Swedith turnip, 600 frances; 
the manufacture of nets, 1000 francs ; of 
white lead, 2000 francs; of Pruffian blue, 
600 francs; and for the economical’ ma- 
nufaGiure of enamelled vafes, 1000 francs. 
Were we to judge from the bulk of the 
Catalogue of the date Leipfic Fair, we 
fhould not imagine that German litera- 
ture was at all on the decline. But, on 
examining the contents, we muft confefs, 
that, though they fhew the nation to be 
highly advanced in chemical, phyfical, 
and mathematical knowledge, as well as 
in fome other branches of fcience; yet, 
as to produétions-of good tafte, little ap- 
pears in the whole Catalogue, that feems 
to promife any thing farther than a fhort- 
lived exiftence. 
The celebrated Voss, a profound con- 
noiffeur with regard to whatever relates 
to antiquity, and a writer endowed with 
true poetic genius, as his original works 
and his inimitable verfions of Homer and 
Virgil fuficiently atteft, has juft publithed 
A Profody cf his Native Tongue, the fruit 
of iong andJaberious application. No man, 
indeed, can be better qualified for afcer- 
taining the rules that relate to the mecha- 
nifm of poetry than he; and it is much to 
be hoped that thefe rules, which, in fact, 
refult naturally from the very genius of the 
language, wil! be adopted by the German 
bards in future. This book compofes the 
ninth volume of the works of this admired 
author. 
MatTraisson, aman of refined tafte 
and high acknowledged merit as a de- 
{criptive and elegiac pvet, has jul compiled 
and publifhed a -« Colle&tion of German 
Lyrics,” arranged in chronological order ; 
and it would perhaps be an unavailing 
tafk to make Erato appear to better ad- 
vantage in any language whether ancient 
or modern, than fhe appears in the prefent 
collection. 
EverdarD of Halle, a philofophical 
writer, well-known by his ‘* Apology 
for Socrates,” has lately enriched the lite- 
rary world with a fecond volume of his 
*¢’TPheory of the Belles Lettres.” 
A new volume (the eighth) of Tum- 
MEL’s Sentimental Tour through the 
South of France, has likewife juft made 
its appearauce. The former volumes have 
acquired the author a very {plendid name 
in the German. world ; and, were they 
well tranflated, the Englifh reader would 
probably be convinced; that the admira- 
ble Sterne was lefs an wiique than he is 
generally feppofed to be. 
Literary and Philofophical Intelligence. 
517 
Korzesur’s fertile genius has lately 
produced two dramas, the one entitled 
*¢ Grotius,’” and the other ‘* The Hiffites 
before Naumberg.”” The former, indeed, 
has not been often acted, but the Jatter 
has repeatedly charmed the public, and 
ftill continues to bring full houfes. His 
journal, ** The Plain Dealer,’ which at 
firtt raifed fuch high expedtations, and 
which fet out fplendidly enough, conti- 
nued for a few numbers to be worthy of 
the title it bears. It foon, however, grew 
charged with matter, more interefting to 
himfelf and to his literary enemies, than 
to the generality of his readers. 
The genius of Goru® is again awake! 
His “* Eugenia; or, the Natural Daugh- 
ter,” which is now aéting at Weimar, 
is a firft-rate claffical produétion ; of the 
moft happy ftage-effect, and in which 
every fcene befpeaks the hand of a matter. 
The fcene lies in England ; the ftory is of 
the prefent day, and is on that account 
the mere interefing. ‘The fubjeét will 
form three difingt plays, of which Euge- 
nia is the firft. : 
The Chevalier de Rasonorr, a Ruf- 
fian counfellor of fate, has been appointed 
“by the Emperor Ambaffador Extraordinary 
to the court of Japan; to which country 
he was ordered to proceed in the month 
of June. He is to be conveyed to the 
place of his deftination by Captain Kru- 
fenfern, who, after landing the ambafia- 
dor, will purfue his voyage of difcovery. 
Death has of late made confiderable 
havoc in the literary world of Germany, 
and deprived it. of many of thole great 
characters who had -given celebrity to 
their country, and affigned it an honour- 
able rank among the moft enlightened na- 
ions of Europe. Among thofe whofe 
lofs is of a very recent date, the name of 
GaRveE makes a confpicuous figure. This 
philofopher was equally remarkable for 
the beautiful propriety of his reflections, 
the charms of his eloquence, and the 
amenity of his deportment. Of all his 
counirymen, the harmony of his’ periods 
bears the neareft affinity to the Greeks, 
and, on that account, as well as for his 
manner of treating his moral fubjeéts, he 
has juftly been confidered the Addifon of 
Germany.—Another philofopher, whofe 
writings have done great honour to his- 
country, and whofe lofs will not be eafily, 
if ever, repaired, paid the debt of na- 
ture foon after Garve. This was the ce- 
lebrated EnGeEL, who had the happy art 
of treating the moft abftracted fubjeéts in 
‘the cleareit manner, and whofe ** Philo- 
fopher for the World” is a ftriking proof 
of 
