Retrofpeét of German Literature.—Hiftory. 
Ancient Hiftory, to the flock which feve- 
ral important additions were made. Mr. 
RicuHTer, of Leipzig, has. printed his 
“«¢ Hiftor, Verfuch tiber die Arfaciden ;”° 
—an Hiftorical Effay on the Dynafties of 
the Arfacides and Saffanide ; according 
to the Accounts to be found in the writ- 
ings of the Greeks, Romans, and Perfians. 
HEGEWISCH, of Kiel, a truly philofo- 
phical inveftigator of Ancient Hiftory, 
furnifhed ** Ein Verfuch uber die Romi- 
{chen Finanzen ;"°—or, Eflay on the Fi- 
nances of the Romans. Ancient Hifory 
in general now engages the attention of 
Wezex, advantageoufly known before 
by excellent editions of claffical authors, 
who is now publifhing a ‘* Worterbuch 
der alten Welt und Volkerkunde ;”? Dic- 
tionary of Ancient Hiftery and Geogra- 
poy. Profeflor Heeren, of Gottingen, 
equally celebrated for his inquiries rela- 
tiveto Ancient and modern Hiltory, gave 
us a new augmented edition of his 
*¢ Tdeen uber Politik, Gen Verkehi 
und) den Handel der Volker der 
alten Welt ;°'——-which however yet only 
treats of the Political Conftitutions, Com- 
mercial Intercourfe,&c. among the Ancient 
Nations of Africa. Kunn, in his © Kurze 
Daritellung der Fortpflanzing aller Haupt- 
gewichtverhaltniffe,” &c.—endeavours to 
prove that all the principal weights and 
meafures of the Greeks and Romais were 
brought to Europe from Afia, by the 
“great Teutonic ftock of nations. Several 
authors treated in particular of the religion 
of the ancients. Hitumann, Profeffer 
at Frankfoyt on the Oder, known from his 
former inquiries relative to the Religion 
of the Worfhippers of Lama, gave, in his | 
“* Theogonie,” fume curious inveftiga- 
tions of the origin of the religious opinions 
and rites of antiquity. To the ** Mytho- 
logical Di€tionary of Bottiger and Majer,” 
—a f¢cond volume has heen added, com- 
prifing fuch parts of Mythology as are not 
contidered to be claffical. 
On the Hiftory of the middle Ages, we 
find nothing worth mentioning except 
Kaiserers ‘ Gefchichte des Ritter- 
welens ;"—or, Hiftory of Chivalry. 
With relpect to the general hiftory of 
modem times, we have tc announce the 
completion, by the publication of the fixth 
volume of ‘* E1cHHorRn’s Gefchichte der 
Drey letzten Jahrhunderte ;°"—or, Hiftory 
of the three laft Centuries. 
~ Univerlal Hiftory, of both ancient and 
modern times, was likewife diligently 
cultivated. BaczKo, who, n: twithfand- 
ing his blindnefs, continues his labours 
with unremitting zeal, gave us a §* Lebr- 
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buch der Welt und Mehfchengefchichte”’ 
—or, Compendium of the General Hif- 
tory of the. World, and of Man, for 
the ufe of Schools. To HeEGEWISCH we 
are likewife indebted for a good f{chool- 
book, entitled ‘* Grand-zige der Weltge- 
fchichte.” NEBEN publifhed a fecond 
greatly improved edition of his * Weltge- 
{chichte in Tabellen ;’’—for the purpofe 
of facilitating the Chronological part of 
Univerfal Hiftory. In the ‘ Hiftrical 
Magazine,’—edited by ProfeflorBrever, 
of Landshut, the reader will find fome 
excellent traéts and difquifitions by men of 
diftinguifhed reputation, fuch as Lefiing, 
Kant, Profeffor Heeren, &c. 
On the general hiftory of Germany there 
appeared nothing worthy of notice, ex. 
cept a work, by Voss, and continuatioss 
ef thofe announced in former -'Retro- 
fpects. But a great number were publifh- 
ed relative to the hiftory of particular pe- 
riods, or particular, provinces. The mott 
interefting is the ** Gefchichte der Sali- 
{chen Kaifer ;’’—or,{ Hiftory of the Em. 
perors of the Salic.race; by VoIGTEL of 
Galle, author of an effeemed Hiftory of the 
Emperor Otho. x 
With refpe& to the hiftory of moderna 
fiates, that of France and Switzerland 
have been mott diligently cultivated. A 
new contribution towards the hifory of 
England was furnithed by HeGEeWiscu, 
mhis ** Gefchichte der Englifchen Par- 
liaments Beredfamkeit’—or, Hiftory of 
Parliamentary Eloquence of England ; a 
fubje& very interefting in Germany like- 
wife, where the debates in the Englith 
Houfcs of Parliament are read with the 
greateft avidity. 
SCHLICHTEGROLL’s ‘* Necrolog des 
19ten Jahrhunderis,”»—Necrology for the 
19th Century; and the ‘¢ Biograph der 
drey letzten Jahrhunderte ;”’—Biographis 
cal account of eminent Men, who lived 
in the three laft Centuries, are continued ; 
and Bauer, befides the continuation of 
his interefting Biography of the moft re- 
markable Perfons of the eightecnth Cen. 
tury, has beguna ‘* Gallerie Hiftorif{cher 
Gemalde ;’’—Gallery of Hiftorical Pic- 
tures, during the fame period. Paffing 
overa number of other unimportant biogra= 
phical publications, we proceed to the— 
HISTORY OF LITERATURE. 
It has trequentiy been remarked, that 
the Germans publifh better works on 
foreign literary hiftory than-are to be 
found in the countries of which they treat. 
Thus, for inftance, Mr. Reuss Librarian 
of the Univerfity Gottingen, produced, — 
in 1791, a ‘* Gelenrtes England’’—or, 
4Q Literary 
