670° 
ehimnies with the fontinale incombus- 
éilule. 
“ Hréderich der Zweite, &c. Frederick 
I. Roi dé Prusse.” Frederi¢ I]. King 
of Pad or Notices respecting his Pri- 
vate Life. by Schening, 63 pages, 8. 
‘Berlin, 1308. 
These observatioris are the production _ 
of the late M. Scheening, iormerly first 
valet de chamnbre to the celebrated king, 
mentioned in the title-page. ‘They are 
intended to rectify several erroneous as- 
sertions respec cting his majesty, which 
7uave appeared in different biographical 
works. The author begins by giving a 
description of the person of ‘Frederic ; 
he then mentions the manner in which 
he spent his time, which was ‘strictly re- 
gulated for every day in the year, The 
whole is terminated by a few charac- 
teristic anecdotes, many of which are 
deserving ef record. 
unk ederic IL. we are told was nota great 
eater, a fact in direct opposition to the 
assertions of all who knew him. It is 
allowed, however, that Mak was, unfortu- 
nate in the, choice of lis meats, which 
frequently subjected Inm i ie oe and 
indigestion, He did not love Burgundy, 
and was still less rond of old hock, to 
which he attributed the gout that he 
inherited from his father. The anecdotes 
relative to Ins familiarity with his coach- 
man, are absolutely controverted. This 
fellow was insoleat to ali the world, and 
the king dismissed him from his service 
ten or a dozen years before his death, 
Tt was only at the reiterated request of 
the count de Schwerin, his master of the 
horse, that his majesty at length con- 
sented tq allow him a very moderate 
pension. 
Tt bas been asserted, that the king 
was accustomed to turn his coats. This 
is denied, but it is at the same time 
allowed, that it was usual with him to 
have them mended. He was fond of 
snuil boxes, and it has been said, that 
he expended to the amount of tour or 
five millions of crowns on them. ‘This 
is deemed a gross exaggeration, but- 
enough is here ‘conceded to prove, that 
he sque ndered immense sums on this 
species of toys The most common of 
these 1s here valued at 2000 crowns, and 
the most valuable at 10,000: after his 
death, 130 were found in his possession, 
and if cach of these were to be estimated 
even at 10,000 crowns, the whole would 
only amount to 1,300, 060, This, how- 
ever, serves to prove nearly ali that lias 
been asserted on this subject, 
' 
Retrospect of Fréach Literature—Miscelianeous. 
The author has added some remarks 
on the king’s mode of thinking on reli- 
gion, a repetition of which we have 
some reason to believe, would not be 
extremely edifying. He also quotes 
many instances of his contempt of Ger- 
man ‘literature, and huis predilection for 
nobility. 
Charles James Fox, &c. “ Sir Charles 
James Fox, Secretary of State, &c. ow 
Memoires, sur sa ‘vie politique, literairé 
et privée, traduits d'apres la quatrieme 
edition de Voriginal Anglais, 1 vol. 8v0. 
Leipsic, 1 rxd. “4808.” ” ‘The above title- 
page, in which the “late Right Hon. 
Charles James Fox is knighted, has been. 
copied literally. 
“ Description de la Ville de Dresden, 
&c.” A Description of the City of Dres- 
den, with an account of its most beau- 
tiful edlitices. . 
The text is in the German and French 
languages, and the plates of this elegant 
work, “which are 18 in number, hare 
been designed by M. M. 1 iaranee and 
Thormeyer, and engraved by Veith, 
Schuman, &c. The first is a general 
view of the city; 
The 2d plate contains the Japonese 
palace; 
The 3d, the Japonese garden ; 
The Ath, A view of the Abbey of 
Neustadt, and of the bridge across the 
Elbe; 
The 5th, 6th, and 7th, are different 
views of the same bridge ; 
The 8th is a plate of the Catholie 
church, taken from the palace of Bruhl. 
The 9th, a view of Zwinger, taken 
from the: Abbey of Ostra; : 
The 10th, aview of the picture gallery; 
The 1ith, a view of the church of 
Our Landy; 
The 12th, view of the Church of the 
Cross ; 
The 15th, a view of the gate of Pirna, 
And from the 14th to 18th, we have 
views of the Palace of Pillniz; of the 
Fort of Kenigstein; of the valley of 
Plauen; of Tharand; and of Moriz- 
bourg. : 
DRAMA, 
“ Hector, Tragedie en cing actes, sui- 
vie de plusieurs fragmens imités de 
U’Iliade, &c.” Hector, Tragedy in 
five acts, accompanied by several Jrag- 
ments mnitated. trom the Jhad, and one 
scene appertaining to lielen, suppressed 
by tle author; by J. Ch. J. Luce de 
Lancival; represetited for the first time, 
on the Theatre Francaise, February 1, 
1809. 
M. Lice 
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