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and earnestly solicits them to shut their 
hearts against that moral perfidy with 
which a destructive anarchy is constantly 
accompanied: ‘¢ it pretends to virtue, but 
practises crime; it promises all sorts of 
good, and only scatters evil; in short, 
with the Jagguage of an angel it unites 
the feelings of a tiger,” &c. 
“ Mon Voyage en Prusse, ou Mé- 
moires Secrets sur Frédéric-le-Grand et la 
Cour de Berlin... Par L. M. p. L***."— 
My Traveis in Prussia; or, the Secret 
Memoirs of Frederick the Great and the 
Court of Berlin. By L. M. v. L***, 
The following paragraph by the author, 
serves as a pretace: 
‘“<T was only twenty years of age when 
I wrote these notes; [ thought.1 had lost 
them fur ever, but, by accident, they were 
-dsscovered. After having taken the trou- 
ble to read them over, M. de Frechel was 
polite enough to deem them of some va- 
lue. Without either retouching, or even 
reperusing them, they are now given to 
the public.” This volume, instead of 
giving any account of Prussia, abounds 
entirely with anecdotes relative to the 
great Frederick, whom the author en- 
deavours, as much as possible, to debase. 
Nicolai, Bitaubé, and most of the mem- 
bers of the Academy of Berlin, are also 
treated with but little respect. 
| BIOGRAPHY. 
“ Galerie Historique des illustres Ger- 
mains, depuis Arminius jusqu’a nos jours, 
avec leurs Portraits,” &c.—An Historical 
Gallery of illustrious Germans, from the 
days of Armmius to our own Times, with 
their engraved Portraits, and a Represen- 
tation of the principal Events of their 
Lives. Paris, 1806-1807. 
This work, which is published in parts, 
or livraisons, is the production of the Cue- 
VALIER DE Kuein, Privy Counsellor to 
the King of Bavaria, perpetual Secretary 
of the German Academy of Manheim, a 
Correspondent of the National Institute 
of France, and a Member of several 
learned Societies. The frontispiece re~ 
presents, History in the shape of a fe- 
male, holding a Jamp in one hand anda 
book in the other; thus differing from 
former artists, who have usually depicted 
her with a Mambeav. The figure, &c. is 
executed by Joseph Fratrel, a French- 
man, in the service of the King of Ba- 
varia. 
The first portrait is that of Arminius, 
the liberator and defender of his country, 
who, in the school of the Romans, at- 
tempted to learn the difficult art of van- 
quishing them. The second plate repre- 
< 
aoe 
Retrospect of French Literature—Biographys 
sents the spouse of this hero, who was 
worthy of him, and who, notwithstand- 
ing she was destined to become the cap- 
tive of Germanicus, yet, by the elevation 
of her mind, rose superior to the persecu- 
tions of fortune. 
The third print recals the memory of 
an anecdote on the part of one of the 
lieutenants of Arminius. Boyokal, pre- 
ferring death to treason, is here repre- 
sented in the attitade of replying as fol- 
lows to that Roman, who intended either 
to seduce or to affright him: “ If your 
countrymen will not allow us a corner of 
the earth on which to live, we shall at 
least find a sufficient portion whereon to 
die!” | 
The fourth exhibits one of those inci- 
dents which seem to appertain to fabu- 
lous times, and which the unanimous tes- 
timony of historians can alone render cre- 
dible---the circumstance of the Cimbrian 
women devoting themselves to destruc- 
tion, after the victory obtained by Ma- 
rius. 
“ The females of this nation,” says the 
author, “ according to the text of Plu- 
tarch, on beholding their husbands de~- 
feated, descend from their cars, clothed 
in robes that denoted their grief, and, be- 
ing unable any longer to rally their fu- 
gitive cohorts, kill every one they meet 
with their lances. The ties of nature it- 
self are not respected by their blind pa- 
triotism; and, rather than fall into the 
power of the conqueror, the sister pierces 
the bosom-of the brother, the wife takes 
away the life of her husband ; they either 
seize and strangle their children with 
their own hands, or throw them under 
the wheels of their carriages, after which 
they put themselves to death also.” 
‘The last print js of a very different 
kind, as it appertains to the history of 
the arts; it is the portrait of Albert 
Durer, i 
The price of every number is 25 franks, 
and that of a whole volume 150 livres. 
“« Bloge de Massillon, Evéque de Cler- 
mont, l’un des Quarante de l’Académie 
Francaise.”—The Eulogy of Massillon, 
Bishop of Clermont, one. of the forty 
Members of the French Academy. By 
Cuaries Henry Bevime. 
it has been observed, and that too very 
justly, that eulogies of this species are ex- 
“ceedingly dificult in point of composi~ 
tion. It is far more easy to celebrate a 
creat magistrate, a great minister, or a 
great warrior, than a great orator; less 
eloquence is required on the part of him 
who makes the panegyric of a man dis~ 
tinguished 
