Retrospect of French Literature—Miscellaneous. 
ing anecdotes, while the amenity of his 
character rendered his conversation pe- 
culiarly delightful. 
“ Zoographie de lu Livonie, de ks 
Courlunde, &¢2? The Zoography of 
Livonia, Courland, and Esthonia; or an 
exact Description(of the ditlerent Annnals 
of these three provinces of Itussia. 1st 
livraison, with 5 coloured plates. 
This is a translation from the German 
of E. G. Drumpleman, and G. C. Friebe, 
by A. Mare; and what is not a little re- 
markable, the French edition is printed 
and published at Riga, in Russia. 
“ Annales de Physique, par Gilbert ; 
(Annalen der Physik)” Annals of 
Natural History. Halle, 8vo. 1808-9. 
This is a new publication. We shall 
notice the contents of a few of the first 
numbers : | 
1. Theory of the declination and in- 
clination of the Needle in the Mariner’s 
Compass, by Mollewide. 
2, Researches relative to the Com- 
position of Aleobol and Salphurated 
Ether, by M. De Saussure. 
3. Notes on the Aervlites that have 
fallen at Stanneren, in Moravia, and at 
Weston, in America. 
4. Supplement to the Notice con- 
cerning the MeteoricStones, by Culadui. 
5. Observations on the Influence of 
the Aurora Borealis on the Needle, by 
Humboldt. 
6. Notice relative to the Experiments 
of Davy, by Nasse. 
7. Observations on an Ignited Globe, 
and the Invisible Woman, by Schmidt. 
8. Account of an Aerostatic Machine, 
invented by M. Degen, of Vienna, by 
Stelzhammer. 
9. On the Flux and Reflux of the 
Tides, by Gilbert. 3 
10. Observations on the Voltaic Pile, 
by Hildebrand. : 
-" 44. Gn certain Meteoric Appear- 
ances, by Weiss. 
12. Conjectures on the Gas con- 
tained in the Air-bladder of Fishes,- by 
Erman. 
13. Remarks on the Phosphorescence 
of Plants, and the Reddish ‘Tincture ob- 
served in the Via Lactea. 
14. On the Resistance experienced 
by the Wings of Birds, while flying. 
15. Account of a New Balance, by 
M. Trulles. 
“ Catalogue de 501 Eéoiles, Sc.” A 
Catalogue of Five Hundred and One 
Stars, accompanied with Tables, exli- 
biting their Aberrations and Mutations, 
103 
By. Anthony Cagroli. 580 pages 4to. 
Modena. 
Cagroli, already known. by his Trea- 
tise on Trigonometry, has now published 
a second and augmented edition of this 
work, which nearly agrees with that of 
Piazzi, printed in 1803. The whole 
consists of four sectious: 
1. Consists of the Names and Sizes of 
the Stars in this Catalovwe, with thei 
right Ascension and Declination duly 
calculated. : 
2. The Boreal Stars, properly classed, 
with Calculations in Liogrs and Minutes. 
3. A Table of the Aberrations and 
Mutations of each, with an Exception 
in respect to those of which the Deciimu- 
tion surpasses 80 Degrees. . 
4. A General Table of the Aberra- 
tions, according to Delambre, and the 
Mutations, after Larabert. The last of 
these are extracted from che well-knowa 
work, entitled “ Connoissance des Leimps, 
de Année 1788.” The Author as 
added a summary of the annual pro- 
cessions, from his ‘own observations ; 
as also, researches relative to tne pre 
per movement of the fixed stars, ac 
cording to a comparative estimate wit: 
the calculations of Maskelyne and is 
land, as well as the table of Mayer aad 
Triesneker. 
© Tablecu Historique et Politique de 
VIslande, &c.” A Political and ister 
ea! Description of Icelaud during the 
Eighteenth Century, by Magnus Ste> 
phenson, 8vo. 460 pages. Copenhagen, 
1808. 
This description includes the natural 
history, the rural and domestic .eco- 
nomy, the literature, and the politics of 
Iceland.. During the, period specitied, 
in the title-page, that is to say, im the 
course of one single century, tris island 
has experienced a period 0; no less than 
24 years replete with public calamities, 
These proceeded, 1. irom winters of an 
extraordinary rigour; 
2. The failure of the fishery ; 
3, Inundations ; 
4, Losses experienced at sea ; 
5. Losses occasioned by volcanis’ 
eruptions ; 
G6. Earthquakes; and, 
7. Epidemic maladies. ‘ 
We have extracted the following mis+ 
cellaneous remarks: In 1772, an obser 
vatory was established at Lambhuers, 
aid an astronomer pensioned by the 
king. Several schools for teaching La- 
tin, wevedornierly established at Llolura 
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