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insects | prevail, The sulphur may be 
tied up in a piece of muslin or linen, and 
with this, the leaves and young shoots 
should be dusted or it may be thrown on 
by means of a puff, or a dredging box. 
This application is found not only to be 
effectual in destroying the whole tribe of 
worms and other insects which prey upon 
vegetables; but it is likewise ascertain- 
ed to be congenial to the trees and plants 
on, which itis sprinkled. Peach.trees in 
particular, are remarkably improved by 
it. 
Mr. Asprn, author of the Geo-Chro- 
nology of Europe, | has, in the press, a new 
work entitled The Geo-Chronology of. 
Antiqu'y, or a Compendium of Ancient 
History and Geography, illustrated with 
a coucise View of the Natural History, 
Population, Customs, Govermnent, Re- 
ligion, Arts and Sciences, Commerce 
and Manufactures of the Kingdoms and 
States of the old World; Biographical 
Sketches of the most eminent Charac~ 
ters that have successively shone m the 
historic: page; and a comprehensive 
Chronology of remarkable Events from 
the Foundation of the Egyptian and As- 
syrian Monarchies, to the Fall of the se- 
veral Powers under the dominion of 
Rome, and thence to the destruction of 
Western Empire by the Visigeths, A.D. 
410. ‘The same author is also preparing 
a set of Lessons, on Mr. Lancaster’s 
plan, for general use in public schools, 
on a more luminous and extensive scale 
than any heretofore published. We un- 
derstand that a set of these lessons, at 
the small price of seven shillings, will 
serve for aschool of 2000 or 3000 child- 
ren many years; and must be very de- 
sirable to charitable institutions, as 
they will render the usual expence and 
waste of books altogether unnecessary. 
SWEDEN. 
M. Avrivittus has lately published 
at Upsal, the first part of Notices on the 
Greek and Latin manuscripts in the Li- 
brary of the academy at that city. The 
Greek manuscripts are sixteen in number, 
nine of which are copies of the New 
Testament, and of the Alexandrine 
Translation of the Old Testament, 
Among the others are a Commentary on 
the Acts of the Nicene Council, by Ge- 
jJasinus of Cyzicum in two books; a work 
ot Mebetius, on the Nature of Man, ne-' 
yer published; thirteen books on the 
Art of War, by Mauricius; ‘Alian on 
the Nature of Animals, &c. "Among the 
Latin manuscripts M. Auriviliys no- 
tices only two, the ten first books of 
Literary and Philosophwal Intelligence. 
‘sors at: Halle have been invited. 
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Livy, anda Horace complete. The ma- 
nuscript of Livy appears to be of the 
tenth and eleventh century. Many ca- 
talogues of detached parts of the books 
and 1 nanuscripts composing the library at 
Upsal have been published. In 1672 a 
folio catalocue of the books and manu- 
scripts presented to the academy by the 
Grand Chancellor Legardie, was printed 
at Stockholm. In 1706 a catalogue in 
quarto was printed at Upsal of the Arabic, 
Persian, and Turkish books and manu- 
scripts, presented to the academy the 
preceding year by M. Spawenfield ; and 
in 1785, a catalogue in octavo of ninety- 
three! ifebraic, Chaldatc, and Arabic 
manuscripts sent to the library by M. J. 
J. Bivernstael, was published at Stock- 
heim. 
DENMARK. 
According to a list published at Co- 
penhagen, the number of marriages, 
deaths, and births, m that capital, during 
the last year, are follow; marriages 
888, births 1716, deaths 4307. 
PRUSSIA. 
An extensive work of considerable 
importance to the antiquities and philo- 
sophy of language, has been published at 
Berlin, by the Abbé Charles Denina, 
It extends to three octavo volumes, and 
includes not only a disguisition on the 
elementary sounds and other principles 
of universal grammar, but a copious ex- 
planation of the differences and corre- 
spondences existing in the modern Euro- 
pean oe with a theory to account 
for them and ascertaim the stocks from 
which such fanguates are derived. 
GERMANY. 
The Bronze Eagle at Augsburg which 
is consid as a master piece of art, 
though made two hundred years ago, 
has been removed from that city and ear- 
ried to Munich, preparatory to its being 
sent to Paris. It weighs seventeen cwt, 
The loss of the University of Halle is 
expected to be compensated by the esta- 
blishment of the University at Franckfort 
on the Oder, to which the former Profes- 
M. 
as 
ered 
Weisse wiil be the new director. 
Since the French have been in posses- 
sion of Swedish Pomerania, the follow- 
ing statistical account of that province 
has been published. The population, in- 
cluding the Island of Rugen, 1s calculated 
at 120,000 persons. ‘The soil produces 
great quantities of corn, fruits, and flax, 
and the country possesses fine forests of 
oak timber. its yearly exports amount 
to §00,000 Swedish gowns. The reve- 
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