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on important public meafures. Teller, 
Zollner’s colleague, wrote on the ‘* Auf- 
kiarang der F *eldbauer ;” —or, on the pro- 
pereit Mode of er lightening the Pealantry ; 
and an anonymous author, “ Gedanken 
‘und Vorichlagezu einem Crunmal Celera: 
buch,” &c. —which ‘contains vfetul ob- 
fervations and hints towards the forming 
an improved Code of penal Laws, and 
a Diflertation on Houfes of Correélion, 
&c. with reference to the works publifhed 
on this fubjeét, by the Minifter ot Siate, 
ARNIM, as a Contributicn towards the 
intended reforms of the Criminal Code, 
in the Pruffian tates. Pafling by a crowd 
of writers, who treat objects of a local or 
confined: nature, we fhall notice a few of 
thofe who direéted their attention to ob- 
jects of higher or more general interett ; 
fuch as VON PROFF, in his ** Ideen uber 
die Organization einiger Staatsgewalten ;”’ 
—IJdeas on the Organization of fome in- 
ferior Parts of the Executive Power; 
Wacwer ‘ Ueber die Trennung der Leg. 
und Ex. Staatogewalt :*’—on the Separation 
of the Legiflative and Executive Powers ; 
and- SEDLMAYER, in his. Trearife, 
€ Ucher den Verfali des obrigkeitlichen 
Antehns ;”’—on the Decay cf the Autho- 
rity of Magiftrates. There likewife ap- 
peared a potthumous lication, ** Ueber 
Gefetzgebuug und Staaten Wohl ;’’—on 
Legiflation, and the Profperity of Sates ; 
by tie late Mr. Hippen, of Konigtberg, 
author of many efieemed works, in parti- 
cular on the female fex, and feveral excel- 
lent novels, by which he acquired the re- 
puration of bking the Yorick of Germany. 
Every branco of political ({eience is 
treated by Profeffor SchlUzer,-of Gottin- 
gen, and by Profeffor Roffig, of Leipzig, 
in a ** Hand und Lehrtuch der Politik ;”’ 
—Of SONNENFEL’s ** Grundsaize der 
Polizey, Handlung und Finarz ;""—or, 
Principles of Polity, Commerce, and 
Finances, there appeared a Jeventh edi- 
ticn, Political Egonomy, and the Ad- 
minifttation of the Finances were ikewile 
taught in feveral works ;, we fiall only 
notice Weber’s of Frankfur: on the Oder, 
*< EFinleitung in das Studium der Staats- 
Wirth{chaft ;’—Guide to the Study of 
Politics ; she a ‘** Handbuch der Staats 
Wirth{chaft ;°—in which lxtter Compen- 
dium he itrodiers his reader to a kKnow- 
Icdge of the bet authors on the fubject. 
"STATISTICS AND GEOGRAPHY, 
TRAVELS, &c. . 
No work, probably, would be more 
eagerly taken up by the itudent of ftatif- 
tics, than Schiozer’s “* Theorie der Sta- 
tiltik ;°—Theory of Statiftics : but when 
we find, that his new divifion thereof, ace 
cording to the Latin proverb—Vzres 
unite agunt, comprehends under the head 
wires the land, inhabitants, productions 
of the foil; and circulating medium ; un~— 
der unita, the mode uniting thefe powers, 
the form of government, or political con- 
fitution; and, laftly, under aguzt, the 
actual application of thefe united powers, 
the adminiftration of government, &c. it 
appears to be only a new Cia 
that the diftribution according to the plan 
of Gatterer, adopted by Meuse, in his 
«© Statiftik,’—-namely, Land and Inhabi- 
tants, Polaeal Conftitution, and Admini- 
ftration of Government, is nearly the 
fame. 
Upon the whole, we remark, that no- 
thing cf importance has been added to the 
{fock of general ftatiftics and geography. 
\Several new elementary books indeed made 
their appearance, but none of them calcu- 
lated to difplace that of Gafpar and Ber- 
tuch, We likewife find a Topographical 
Diionary for the nineteenth century an- 
nounced ; whichhowever, would pr obably 
make Bue a poor figure at the clofe ot that 
period. We fhall therefore proceed briefly, 
to notice the moft intereiting topographies 
and travels. 
There appeared again, feveral geogra- 
phical and topographical works, relative 
to the Auftrian  ftates, by Demian, 
Rourer and ScHULT#S’s; on the Pruf- - 
fian Dominions, by BraczKo, Brat- 
RING, Licut, WEIGEL, &c. on Saxony, | 
by MerKeL, Rassic, &c. s—and| ‘for the 
Iuftration of the Hartz, which is now al- 
mott wholly occupied by the French in- 
vaders of Hanover, a particular maga- 
zine has been begun, under the title of the 
*¢ Hyrcinifches Archiv.’—-Von EGGER 
gave us remarks on Hollfein; WunDER~ 
MANN, on Mecklenburg ; the late Paftor 
SCHWAGER, oniome paris of Weftphalia, 
and Pator BuLxe, on the Country of 
Heffe Darmftadt. More accurate ‘deferip- 
tions were likewife given, either by travel- 
lers, or by inhabitants, of particular 
places or diftricis, which are remarkable 
for the beauties and curiofities of nature ; 
fiich as the Ricfenecebirg, Muggendorf 
Caves in Franconia, the Saxon Alps, &c. 
Several Germans, likewife; communi- 
cated accounis of their travels in foreign 
countries. FiscHEerR, the weil known: 
author of Travels threugh Spain, which 
have been tranflated into Engitfh, and 
now profeffor of belles-lettres at the Uni- | 
verity of Wizburg, publifhed ‘* Berg- 
reifen ;’’—or, pees in Mountainous 
Regions ; the firit part of which relates 
to 
