Retrofpe of French Literature,—Mifcellanies. 
but on thofe that ftill remain to be ac- 
complifhed, before the art of initruétion 
can poflibly attain its ultimate degree of 
perfeétion. 
“¢ Chirographia Perfonarum celebrium, 
et Colleétione,’’ &c¢.—The Hand-wriing 
of celebrated Perfonages, from the Col- 
leftion of CHRISTOPHER THEOPHILUS 
DE Murr. 
The Germans attach great importance 
to chirography, aud the Englith have of 
Jate paid attention to italfo. It cannot 
be denied but that it is interefling to be- 
hold the fac-fimile of an author who has 
delighted us, while at the fame time it 
may ferve to recognize the authenticity of 
doubitul or difputed manuicripts. 
In the courfe of the prefent work, the 
editor prefents his readers with fragments 
written by the moft celebrated perfons, 
both male and female, of the days in 
which they lived, Here we find part of 
a billet written by Catharine IJ. relative 
tothe Ruffian language. Voltaire’s writ. - 
ing is defignated by means of a receipt 
for rent, due to him by the Marfhal de 
Richelieu ; and D’Alembert’s by a letter 
to M. Murr, relaive to the aiticie 
*¢ Leibnitz,”” in the Encyclopedia. 
There is alfo an epifile from Martin 
Luther to Jerome Baumegzrtner, with 
his feal, which conntted of a heart pierced 
by acrofs, withina rofe. Another from 
Melanéthen to Spengler; one from Car- 
dan to Czlius Jurio Secundus; and one 
from John Calvin to an unknown perfon. 
Among thofe that remain to be men- 
tioned are fragments of the correfpond- 
ence of Aldrovandus, Peirarch, Torquato 
Tatlo, Fiederick the Great, Leibnitz, 
and Philip II. King of Spain, each con- 
fiftisg of a fingle line only. A: cock- 
maid of the prefent.day would blufh for 
the fpecimen left by Qu-en Ifabella. 
The writings or fignatures of Loyala, 
Jafius Lipfius, Salmatius, Albert Durer, 
Maria-Anna veen of Portugal, and 
Coritina Queenof Sweden, are given in 
the plates. 
“« Galerie hiftorique des illuftres Ger- 
mains, depuis’ Arminius jufqu’ a nos 
jours, avec leurs Portraits et des Gravures 
repréfentant les Traits principaux de leur 
Vie.’ —An hiftorical Gallery of iilu&rious 
Germans, from the Days of Arminius to 
our own Times, with their Portraits, and 
Engravings reprefenting the principal 
Epochs of their Lives. 
This work is an abridgment of the 
German Biography, in five vols. folio, 
by the Chevalier de Klein, who has been 
je& nominated a correfpondent to the 
~ Monruuy Mac, No, 144, 
641 
French Inftitute. The defigns and en- 
grayings are allowed to be well-executed 5 
and the work is publifhed in Numbers. 
‘© Galerie hiftorique des Hommes les 
plus célébres de tous les Siécles et de 
toutes les Nations, contenant leurs Pore 
traits gravés au trait d’aprés Ies me'l- 
leurs originaux, avec |’ Abi égéde leur Vie, 
ec des Obfervations fur leur Caractére ou 
fur leurs Ouvrages ; par une Société de 
Gens de Lettres ; publiée par C. P. Lana 
DON, Peintre.”’—*An hiftorical Gallery of 
the moft celebrated Men, of all Nations 
and Countries, combining their engraved 
Portraits, an Abridgment of their Lives, 
and Remarks on their Characters and 
Works. 
This work is intended to confit of 
twelve volumes in duodecimo, each of 
which is to contain feventy-two portraits, 
and 220 pages of text. In the firlt voe 
lume we find Shake/peare and Franklin. 
_ © Cours abrégé de Grammaire et d’Or- 
thographe Francaife.’— An abridged 
Courfe of French Grammar and Orthoe 
graphy, by the late CHARLES Baron. 
This grammar is fhort, ealy, and very 
proper for the education of children, fog 
which it is alone defigned. 
‘¢ Almanach du Département de 
'Yonne, contenant des Notices hiftoe 
riques fur les Villes de Villeneuve. furs 
Vanne et Saint-Fiorentin, et fur Je Bourg 
de Vallery ; et en outre des Notions curi- 
eufes et utiles fur ce Département, pour 
PAn XtV, et pour l?Année 1806.”—Al- 
manack of the Department of Yonne, 
containing hiftorical notices relative to the | 
Towns of Villeneuve-for-Vanne, and St. 
Florentin, &c. 
This little work contains biographical 
notices relative te two authors hitherto 
unnoticed in any dictionary: the former 
of thefe is Jaques Tufan, who died in 
1547, and is detignated under the name 
of Tuflanos, Tufanus, Toufan, Touffain, 
and Tonffaint by his contemporaries.— 
The latter is Daniel Dauge, who died at 
an advanced age; both of them were ce- 
Jebrated for their fkill in the Greek lan- 
guage, cf which they were profeflors. 
Under the article Vallery, we are pree 
fented with fome curious details relative to 
the family cf Condé, many of whoie il- 
Jufirious branches were buried there. 
The defcription of the maufoleum of 
Henry II. is calculated to intereft all thofe 
who poflels a talte for the arts of iculp- 
ture and defign, 
‘¢ Introduction a ]’Hiftoire de la Ville 
@Avignon. Tome premier, contenant 
des Mémoires fur les Celtes, les Cavares 
4N et 
