a 
G34 Retropect of German Literature. Liftory and Geography. 
buch ‘isi Mineralogie,” vol. 7., in which 
he has taken Kartftner’s Mineralogical 
Tables for his guide; RomMeEn’s « Flora 
Europza inchoata,” fafc. x.3 .WILDE- 
‘Now’s ‘* Hortus Berolinenfis,” fafe. v. ; 
GMexin’s ‘ Gemein-niitzige Syitema: 
ti'che Naturgefchichte fur gebildete Lefer, 
-—3 Natural “Hiftory, arranged according 
to the Syftem of Linnzus, and adapted 
tor the Ufe of Readers of cultivated 
Minds,” part I. of the firft volume; Ru. 
BENTISCH’s ‘§ Index Plantarum circum 
Berolinum fponte nafcentium, adjeéti 
aliquot Fungorum Nov. Spec. Delerigs 
tionibys ;°° ** Die Saug thiere mit Befchrei. 
bungen,—The Mammahia,”” with detcrip. 
tions, by SCHREBER, Nos. 106 to 113 3 
the ** Smetteriinge, or Papilions,”’ by the 
diligent Esper, “cleve enth number. of the 
fupplementary volume; SCcHuTz’s ““Pro- 
dromus Flore Megapolit. Stargardienfis ;” 
‘TRATTINICK’s “ Mycological Cabinet,”’ 
No. 5; and the fifth number of « Aufrian 
Fungi,” with defcriptions in Latin and 
German. . 
There likewife appeared the fecand vo- 
lume of the ‘ Tranflation of Bingley’s 
Animal Biography, with Corrections and 
fidditions, and an Introduétion on the 
Pfychology of Animals,” by Bercxr. 
The journals belonging to this depart- 
ment, fuch as <’Das Neve Journal der 
Botanik, — New Botanical Magazine ;”° 
and Mouu’s “ Ephemerides of Mining 
fe Metallurgy,”’ were continued with- 
out interruption. 
HISTORY. 
This {cience, which choofes materials 
in all ages and nations, was, is, and will 
continue to be that which yields a moft 
copious harveft. In the laft century it even 
gave birth to ee a {cience, which has 
Been named Statiftics, and which now 
hardly yields the precedency. 
The following hiftorical works were of 
a general nature: ARETIN’s ** Beytiage 
zur Gefchichte und Literatur,—Contri. 
butions to Hiftory and Literature,” vol. 
2, collected chiefly from the treafures pre- 
ferved in the public library at Munich ; 
a © Univerfal Hiftory,’? fecond volume of 
the third divifion, containing the hifory 
of modern Europe from the 5th to the 
18th century, tranilated from the Englith, 
with corrections, by SmipT; the late ce- 
lebrated PosseL1’s ‘ Staatsgefhichte 
Europens, —Political Hifory of Europe,” 
continued down to. 1806, 
The “* Roffiichen Annalen,—Roffian 
Annals,” written in the Siavonic langu- 
age, tranflated and explained by SLozi Ry 
the Nefor of Hiftcrians, vol. 4, belongs 
to the clafs of particular Ancient af 
and we muft arrange under the fame head 
PLawnex’s ‘© Geicnichte des Papiithumets 
—Hiltory of the Papacy, in the wefterm 
churches, from the middle of the feventh 
century 3 No. 18 of the * Gelehichte der 
Kiinite ihe Wiffenfchatien,—Hiitery of 
Arts and Sciences, fince their revival ; 
“ Des Feldzuges der Holiaadifchen Are 
mee in 1793,—Hittory of the Campaign 
made by the Dutch army 30 1793.5” the 
fecond and lait volume ot Gros’s 
** Darftellung eines Theils der Schweit- 
zergefchicht sae ew of a Portion of the 
Hiftory of Switzerland ;**. HAUSEN’s 
*¢ Gelchichte der Univertat Frankfurt an 
der Oder,—Hiftory of the Univerfity of 
Franktert on the Oder ;"? HiNNIG’s 
“ Denkwiirdigkeiten fiir Preuflen aus dem 
18ten. Jah: hunderte,—Pruffian Memora- 
bilia for the 18th Century ;°” the third vo- 
lume of Posszut’s * Gefchichte der 
Deutf{chen,—Hiftory of the German Na- 
tion ;”’ the third volume of Ruu’s ‘* Ge- 
{chichte Schwedens,—Hiftory of Sweden;” 
and the third ‘volume of SCHROCK’s 
** Chriftliche Kirchenge(chichte,—Hiftory 
of the Chriftian Church, fince the Refor- 
mation ;”? and §* De Szirma Notitia Hif- 
torica Topographica Politica inclyti Co- 
mitatus Zemblonienfis, 2 tomi,” 
The following dGeferves to be pointed 
out, as a uleful auxiliary werk to the hif- 
torian: Raske’s “ Lexicon Univerfe 
Rei Nummariz, Veterum precipue Gree- 
corum ac Romanorum, cum Odfervatio- 
nibus Antiq. geogr. Chron. Hift. Crit. et 
paflim cum Explicatione Monogrammat.,”* 
tom. vil. pars 2. 
Laftly, we come to Statiftics, to which 
clafs belongs Dzmian’s ‘ Darftellung 
Ger Oefterreichifchen Monarchie, &c.— 
Statiftical View of the Auftrian Monarchy, 
vol. ili, part 2, containing an Account of 
Eroatia, and of the Conttitution of the 
Kingdom of Hungary.” 
GEOGRAPHY. 
If this fcience, whichis now fubjeét to 
fo many and fo fudden changes, were not 
of fo great importance, it would de diffi- 
cult to explain how it happens that authors 
fill devote their talents to fo thanklefs a 
tafk. 
At this fair appeared the eleventh vo- 
lume of Faprr’s ‘* Kurzer Abrifs der 
Geographie,—Outlines of Geography 5” 
Muucer’s « Neuefte Allgememe Gea- 
graphie der Gegenwartigen Zeit,” vol. 
1., a new enlarged edition, containing the 
jatett changes; Kruc’s “ Wérterbuch 
{Ammtlicher Konigl. Preuffifcher Staa- 
ten;—-Topographical, Stariftical, Geo- 
graphical 
