634 Retrofpee of German Literature.—Phyfics, Chemifiry, &c. a 
=or, Geognoftical Inquiries reiative to 
the Countries bordering cn the Sonthern 
Part of the Baltic, with obfervations on 
the gradual change of the eight: of the 
‘water in-the northern hemifphere, and 
the phyfical caules of that phenomenon. 
Of gereral and mifcellancous publica- 
tions on chemiftry there was an abundant 
fupply. GmeELin, of Gottingen, gave 
a new edition or his << bag undriis” = Out- 
lincs of Chemift 
lin, Hit psBraNnp 
Tromepore, of Et fun, energie ve aie 
general works; GOTTLING, of Jena, who 
for many years has been the edivor of an 
«© Almanach ‘tir Apotheker und Seheide- 
kunfier’?—Almanack for Apothecaries 
and Chemiiis—which, is ftill continued, 
began a new “ Chemical Monthly Ma- 
gazine,” and a ‘ Phyfice chemical 
Encyclo; edia;” and SCHMIEDER; ‘author 
of a “ Lithurgik’—-or Economical Mi. 
neralocy—to which a feeond volume ha 
now heen added, publifhed the “ Ge- 
meion litzige der 
what is generally ul feful in the Science of 
Chemiftry, in a manner adapt: ed to the 
comprehenfion of common unitiated tead- 
ers, Lhe celebrated CRELL, of H-lm+ 
fiadt, has tranflated from the Enelith 
Black and Skrimfhire’s works. CRELL, 
GILBERT, TROMSDORF, and VoiGr, 
Jikewife continued their Phyfical ana Che- 
mical Journals; and the Berlin chemitts, 
Kar ROTH, E ERMBSTZEDT, and GeH- 
Lun, joined with the nsturalitts of other 
piaces towards the publicatio n of a. new 
«* Allgemeiner Journal der Chemie’?— 
General Chemical Journal, 
We nave again to notice feveral difin- 
guithed phyfiological works on ore nized 
mature. MuuLer, and ScHut of 
Berlin, revealed the “ Heim: a, AN 
Begaituag und Fortpfanzung am Him- 
mel und auf Erdcen”’ Mytlerics of 
Propegatiorr in en ahd oon Lareh: 
REUBEL; the Sc chelii lingian, drew wp a 
eo Pdenzen und Thier-Phyfoiogic? —A 
Phyliclegy of nviwnele and 
BERNHARDI, Of Erfurt,-author of feve- 
rai well-written ie ile cn pater ant 
hiftory, and efpec ially on Botany; at- 
demared a ‘6¢ Verthcitigeng, der alten Ein- 
Peithu Bes. +, Bo — Deis nee,.-of the jold 
Claffification ‘of | organized Eedies.— 
BerGu,.of Leiozig yD enriched his Tranf. 
Jation of BinGLey’s ‘ Animal Bioera- 
pby”’ with an Introduéticn to the Ply cho- 
logy of Animals. WENZEL, who jeems 
to have obferved animals, with more mi 
nate attention than Bingley, and who had 
before publithed feveral tracts on Hicit 
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loves and language, in which we meet 
Chemie—sr a View of | 
Piles “Wed 
with many fingalar difcoveries, has now 
given adeteri iption’ of the ‘* Staat der Thi- 
ere 3” in ‘which he has thrown more light 
on the manners, occupations, arts, and 
myfteries, of the animal kingdom. c 
Befides thefe, there appeared feveral 
works‘on what is called the natural hif- 
tery of animals and plants. From the 
MSS. of the Jate Profeflur HERMANN, of 
Strafburg, ** Obiervationes -Zoolegice,”” 
in which chiefly new {pecies are defcribed, 
and ** Mémoires Aptérolegiques,”” Raye. 
been publifhed. OcnsrNHEIMER has 
defcribed the «* Schmetterlinge Sachfens” 
—Papillions of Saxony. TLLIGER’ s** Ma. - 
gazin der Intektenkunde” —Entomological 
Magazine add Esper’s and Panzer’s 
Cullc€tions, and the general Entomological 
Werks of FABR?ciUs, the author of tne 
Claffification of Infe&is, according to the 
organs with which they take their food, 
Ane of Hergsr, have been continued, 
Of WIEDEMANN’S * Archiv far Zoolo- 
sie and Zooiomie, which comprehends 
every part of zdclogy and zootomy, the 
fourth volume has beet publifhed. We 
mult here, ikewife, again notice BLU- 
MENBACH’s ¢ Comparative Anatomy,” 
i tbe tranflation of his fmealler Latin 
cia ifes, relative to comparative phyfic- 
legy, anatomy, and natural hiftor * 
Among the vaiuable additicns to the 
fcience of botany, we may juftly reckon . 
WiILLDENOW's * poi ic zum Selbft- 
fudium der Botanik *__Introdugtion to 9 
the Study_of Botany withcut a Mafter; — 
and his ** Botarik fiir Praikbenn mie 
Syftem of Botany for the Ladies. WibL- , 
DENOW has lkewife continued this de- 
feriptic n-of the ‘* Hertus Berolinenfis,” 
of which he is fuperintendant; and re- 
commended, in Prefaces, “ Deatich lands 
wilde Fflanzengewachfe *—Deteript ion of 
Plants which grow wild in. Germany,. by ' 
SacHs; and the “ Predromus Flore J 
Maichive,” by Repentiscn. Ano. @ 
ther celebrated botanii, Profefior SpREN- 
Gig OF Hall le, publifhed the third, va- 
lume of his. «© Ajnleit ung zur Kenntnifg 
der Gewidcife,” contaming an Intro- 
duction to the Study of eryprogamical 
Piants; which gave rife to ihe “ Bota. 
nifche ¢ Bricfe”— Botanical Le'ters addit{. 
ied to him by Weer, of Kiel. Be- 
hdes the Floras already mentioned, there 
appeared likewife one of TyRoL: and © 
others were continued. Patras’s ** Tl 
luftrationes Plantarum imperfecie vel now. 
dum cognitarum,”” promile much new in= © 
formation. ss articularly defined for the © 
ufe ot apothecarics ‘and phyficians, are | 
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