Retrofpeet of German Literature. Hifiary: 
&reat Britain, from the Time of Henry 
VII. to the death of Queen Anne. 
Among the fmall and large biftorical 
works publithed feparately, we again 
have to notice, as particularly worthy of 
attention, feveral by authors of eminence, 
en the hiltory of Germany in general, or 
ef fingle provinces. Whilft the large 
works of HeBeruin and Sm1IDT were 
continued by SEnKENBERG and MILBIL- 
LER; MaNnnerT, of Altdor!, a gentle- 
man whofe iabours have greatly contri- 
buted to the elucidation of ancient geo- 
graphy, gave us a valuable ‘* Compen- 
dium of the Hiftory of the German Em- 
pire;’’ BREYER, of Jena, a young man of 
eminent talents, a ** Sketch of the Age 
ef the Germani,”’ being a fpecimen of his 
Univerfal Hiftory ; and ARNDT, of whom 
we have before fpoken as the author of Tra- 
vels, and of a work on the Slavery of the 
Peafants in Swedifh Pomerania, drew, in 
his ** Germanien und Europa,’’ a grand 
eutline of the hiftory of the maral and poli- 
tical culture of Europe, and particularly 
of Germany, as alfo a view of its prefent 
ftate a d probable progrels. 
The indefatigable Baron von ARETIN, 
librarian to the EleGtor of Bavaria, pub- 
lithed, from manufcripts in the Eletoral 
Library, at Munich, ‘* Die altefte Sage 
tiber Karls des Grofflen Geburt und Ju 
gend”—Oldest Legends relative to the 
Birth and Youth of Charlemagne; “* Auf- 
priche der Minnegerichte’°—Judgments 
pronounced by the Minftrel-Courts ; and 
‘* Fine Gelchichte der Juden in, Bavya- 
ria’ ——Hiftory of the Jews in Bavaria. 
Prisrer’s ‘* Allgemeine Gefchichte von 
Schwaben’’—General Hiftory of Swabia ; 
RuMPL:R’s * Gefchichte von Salzourg’s 
—Hiliory of Salzburg; and other Pro- 
vincial Hiltories, were received with ap- 
probation. 
L. MeEisTeR, a native of Switzerland, 
advantageoufly known as the author of a 
great number of hiltorical publications, 
sontinued his ‘* Helvetifche Gefcnichte,’’ 
&c.—or, Hiltory of Helvetia during the 
laft Two Thouland Years ; and added a 
fhort ** Helvetifche Revolutions Ge- 
{chichte’’---Hiitory ot the lave Swils Re- 
volutjon, ZsCHOKKE, partly as an eye- 
witnefs, wrote a ** Hittori{che Denkwir- 
digkeiten der Helvetifchen Staatsumwal- 
zung ;""—or, a Hiftory of the Memorabilia 
of the Helvetic Revolution: his fyle is 
nervous, but fometimes rather too flerid. 
Continuations of HeINRICH’s ‘* Hif- 
tory of France’? and Wo.uTrMaAnn’s 
** Hittory of Great Britain’? made their 
appearance. 
Ruus, of Greifswald, publifhed the 
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beginning of his ‘€ Gefchichte von Schwee 
den’’—Hifltory of Sweden, which is exes 
cuted in a mafterty manner. Von Hae 
LEmM’s ** Leben Peter des Groffen”—-Life 
of Peter the Great; and ‘* Lebenfhe- 
fchreibung des General iiiinnich’”—Me- 
moirs of Field Marfhal Munnich, are ex- 
cellent contributions towards the hiftory 
of Ruffia.—JeKer and fome others pub, 
lifhed works on the Hiftory of the late 
Kirgdom of Poland. 
To the biographies which we have al- 
ready mentioned as forming contributions 
towards the hiftory of empires, we havg 
now to add notices of fome other bio- 
graphical works. At Halle there ap- 
peared one, called ¢* The B:ographer ; or, 
a Colle&tian of the Lives of remarkable 
Perfons during the laft Three Centurijes, 
which is compiled by writers of abilities 
adequate to the tafk. The Rev. Mr, 
Baur publifhed the firft volume of his 
‘© Interefting Accounts of the Lives of the 
moft eminent Perfons of the Eighteenth 
Century ;”' and likewife, as a further ad. 
dition to Lavocat’s Biographical Dic- 
tionary, which had been before continued 
by him, an * Hiftorifches Worterbuch 
aller merkwirdiger Perfonen in dem letzen 
Jahrzehend des 18ten Jahrhunderts”—» 
A General Hittorical Dictionary of the 
Lives of all remarkable Perfons of the 
laft Decennium of the Eighteenth Century, 
Several others treated of the events of 
modern times in conneéted general hific- 
ries. Befides the continuation of Eicx- 
HoRN’s ‘* Gefchichte der 3 letzten Jahr- 
hunderte’’—or, Hiftory of the lait Three 
Centuries, there appeared in French, a 
very animated ¢* Tableau des Reycintions 
du Syfiéme Politique de. l’Eurepe depuis 
Ja Fin du 1 Siecle,” by ANCILLON, Pro- 
feflor of “Hiftory in the Royal Military 
Academy, at Berlin, in which he endea- 
vours to'fhew how the flates of Europe 
followed the maxim, that frength and ac- 
tions are commenfuraie, and that every 
thing is to be feared from him who is jg 
a condition to undertake every thing. 
A. valuable contribution towards the 
hiftory of the middle ages was given by 
SPALDING, in his ‘* Gelchichte des K, 
Jerufalem;"—or, Hiftory of the Kingdom 
of J-rufalem; the principal object of 
which is to give a faithful picture of the 
manners and ({pirit of thofe times. 
The hiftory of all ages and gguntrics 
was likewife collected into one mafs in 
what are called Univerial Histories, by 
Brever, GaLLeETri, ot Gotha, &c, 
Mr. SCHLICHTEGROLL, whom we have 
before hai occafon to mention as the 
editor of the Germun Necrolozy, and wha 
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