--- Weïmar, the last-mentioned author has published a little treatife entitled " a general View of Italy," which contains more important and valuable information, than is often found difperfed in many bulky volumes. It is with pleafure that his readers will receive his promife to furnish them with a larger work on Italy, from materials which he has already collected in a tour through that country. At Aurich, M. Tileman Dothias Wiarda, fecretary to the States of Eaft Friesland, has published a copious, authentic, and impartial Hiftory of Eaft Friefland," in feven volumes. At Weimar, profeffor A. C. Gafpari has published the first volume of "a complete Manual of modern Geography," which is reprefented to be an excellent performance, and fufficiently full to fatisfy every reader, excepting the geographer by profeffion. The volume before us contains particular descriptions of the circles of Austria, Bavaria, Suabia, and Franconia, preceded by a hiftory of geography, as much of aftronomy as concerns our globe, and the natural hiftory of the earth. At Budiffin and Zittaw, M. C. Theoph. Frohberger has published "Letters on Herrnhut, and the Evangelical Brotherhood," containing a well-written account of the hiftory of Herrnhut; of its topography, with the manners, &c. of the inhabitants; of the constitution of the united brethren; of their colonies and millions in different parts of the world, &c.; to which are prefixed fome obfervations on the life and character of Zinzendorf, the founder of the Moravian fect. — At Leipfic, M. F. C. Laukhard has published "Adventures and Obfervations during the Campaign against France," which will abundantly compenfate the reader for the trouble of perusing them. His defcription of the Auftrian military hofpitals, which is confirmed by the teftimony of numerous other writ ers, affords a horrible contrast, to Dr. Wedekind's account of the French hofpitals, noticed in a preceding department of our work. At Vienna, profeffor Eckhel has published the feventh volume of his very valuable "Doctrina Nummo rum Veterum, &c." containing the imperial coins from Antoninus Pius to the reign of Dioclefian. - At Magdeburg, M. J. Gurlitt has publifhed "a biographical and literary. Account of J. Winkelman," which fupplies us with fome new anecdotes of his early life, and accurate particulars refpecting fome doubtful circumftances in it. At Nurem berg, M. Fran. von Paula Schrank has published the first volume of "Accounts of the Lives and Writings of celebrated Men of Letters," which is executed with judgment and accuracy. It is intended, in fome meafure, to be a continuation of Niceron's Memoirs of Men of Letters.-At Erlangen, Dr. Fred. Adam Georg has published "a Monument for my Father: the Life of J. Mich. Georg, late Director of the Royal Pruflian Regency at Bayrenth, &c." in which we are prefented with a ftriking inftance of the power of talent to raise itself, by perfevering induftry, from the lowest condition, amid the moft difficult circumstances. At Hamburg have appeared "Anecdotes of the private Life of the Empress Catharine II. Paul I. and his Family," extracted from the papers of a young Polish officer, who ferved feveral years in the corps commanded by the prefent emperor, when grand duke; which are written with a degree of franknefs and apparent impartiality, that renders them highly interefting, Ù 3 and and engages the reader's confidence in their authenticity." The Shade of Catharine II. in the Elyfian Fields," with the fictitious imprint of Kamíchatca, confifts of three dialogues between Catha ine and Peter the Great, Louis XVI. and Frederic. II. They are drawn up in an interefting and pleafing manner, and contain many juft and ftriking obfervations on the characters and conduct of the respective perfonages introduced.-M. J. C. Huttner's Account of the British Embatly through China and a part of Tartary," published at Berlin, was drawn up by that gentleman while he attended the embaffy in the capacity of tutor to Sir George Staunton's fon, for the entertainment of his confidential friends, and without any intention of permitting it to be fent into the world, till the theft of a copy of what the author had fent to Germany, the contents of which were announced for publication in a Hamburg newspaper, rendered it expedient to take that step. It is the production of an accurate and fagacious obferver, and confirms fome of the moft wonderful statements in Sir George's narrative, while it prefents the reader with ingenious and curious obfervations on topics but flightly, if at all noticed in that work. At the fame place, M. Fred. Schulz has published vol. I. part I. of "New Travels through Italy," which, notwithstanding the number of fimilar productions, will fupply the reader with much information and amufement. It was written in continuation of "the Livonian's Journey from Riga to Warfaw, &c." announced in our Jaft volume. The laft articles which we have to infert in our catalogue of the productions of Germany for the year 1797, belong to the head of Claffical, Critical, Polite, and Mifcel laneous Literature. In this number are "Aporocavoug Kauaihai, &c. corrected on the Authority of a valuable Manufcript of the tenth Century, by P. Invernizi. To which are added critical Remarks, Greek Scholia, Indexes, and Notes of the learned," in 2 vols. published at Leipfic. The principal value of this edition of Ariftophanes confifts in its being a copy from the MS. mentioned in the title page, which is faid to be the moft correct and complete exifting. It fupplies feveral chafms, and rectifies feveral paffages: but the greateft advantage derived from it is the correction of the metre, particularly in the choruffes. The editor's remarks are curfory and trivial.-At the fame place have appeared "Strabonis Rerum Geographicarum Libri XVII. Græca ad Opt. Cod. Manus. recenfuit. Var. Lect. Adnotationibusque illuftravit, Xylandri Verfionem emendavit Jo. Phil. Siebenkees, Prof. Altorfinus," tom. I. The late profeffor Siebenkees's learning and induftry muft have contributed to render this edition of Strabo valuable to the claffical fcholar. The beft manufcripts, however, which he had the opportunity of confulting, were marked by numerous corruptions and defects. This volume contains the firft three books.—At the fame place, Dr. J. Severinus Vater has publifhed "Animadverfiones et Lectiones ad Ariftotelis Lib. tres Rhet. &c. with Corrections of the Text, &c.; to which is added an Appendix, by Fr. Aug. Wolf." The known learning and celebrity of the annotators cannot fail of rendering this work an acceptable prefent to the admirers of Ariftotle.At Nuremberg, M. J. Wolfgang Müller has purlifhed "A Commentary on two obfcure mathe mathematical Paffages in Plato's Works, one of which occurs in the Thates, the other in the Meno," which he is faid to have elucidated in a very happy and fatisfactory manner. At Leipfic, Dr. J. Severinus Vater has published "A Hebrew Grammar, with a Citicifm on the Methods of Danz and Meiner in the Preface." On this work the German reviewers remark, that it contains many new, excellent, and ftriking obfervations; and that they cannot recommend a better to any one, who would study the Hebrew thoroughly. At Altenberg, profeffor J. Fred. Degen has published "An Account of German Tranflations of the Greek Writers," vol. I, A-K, on a fimilar plan, and with the fame diligence which he difcovered in his Hiftory of the Tranilations of the Latin Claflics, publifhed in the year 1795.-At Frankfort, M. P. L. de Beauclaire has published the fecond and third volumes of his " Series of Gallicifms, or Idioms of the French Language:" a work first noticed by us in this department of our Regifter for the year 1794. The third volume is rendered particularly curious by the introduction of a neological dictionary, or vocabulary of new words, or terms, recently invented, and brought into ufe fince the French revolution; with many expreflions and modes of fpeech now in fafhion.-At Gottingen, profeffor Eichhorn has publifhed the first volume of a work entitled a "General History of the Culture and Literature of modern Europe," from which the elegant fcholar may promife himself much genuine entertainment. The object of the author is to trace the progrefs of letters, fcience, and the fine arts, their gradual migrations, and local revolutions, &c. from the middle of the dark ages to our own times. The volume before us contains the author's firft period, extending from about the year 1100 to 1450; and reflects great credit on his diligence and accuracy of inveftigation, and advancing the interefts of polite lion the talents which he poffeffes for terature. caufe of biblical and theological With his fervices in the learning, our readers are not unacquainted.-At Weimar, M. C. A. Böttiger has published "Grecian Paintings on Vafes, with archæological and artifical Illuftrations of the original Prints," vol. I. This work is the production of an author diftinguifhed by that learning, fagacity, and tafte, which must render his labours in the department to which he has in the prefent inftance devoted them, highly acceptable to fcholars and artifts. The dearnefs of fir William Hamilton's wellknown collections fuggefted the idea of the work before us, in which the prints are ftricken off from the original plates, and accom panied with a new commentary by our author. To the articles already enumerated we add the titles of the following: "The Works of C. M. Wieland, complete," vols. XXXXIII. both inclufive, published at Leipfic; the Arts, by Jof. Fred. Baron Rack"Letters to a Lady, on witz," parts I. and II. published at Drefden; "The Torfo, a periodical Publication, dedicated to ancient and modern Art, by C. Bach and F. C. Benkowitz," vol. I. published at Breilaw; "The corporeal World difplayed in 360 Figures in Copperplate, with Explanations in French and German, calculated to teach Ufes of tuch things as come before Children the Names, Qualities, andtheir Eyes, by J. H. Meynier," publifhed at Augiburg; "Mineral Waters, a Poem, in four Cantos, by U A Vale Valerius William Neubeck, M. D." published at Breflaw; "Elements of a Theory of the Art of acting, with the Analyfis of a comic and tragic Part, Shakspeare's Faiftaff and Hamlet, by the Chamberlain Von Einficdel, of Weimer," publifhed at Leipfic; "New Travels round my Room," publifhed at Brunfwick; "Hiftory of Families, by Auguftus de Fontaine. Family of the Haldens," in 2 vols. published at Berlin; "Wilhelmina, a Hiftory, by J. F. Junger," in 2 vols. published at the fame place; and "The Emigrants, a Novel," in 4 Vols. publifhed at Brunfwick. The firft work, in point of order, which claims our notice among the literary productions of Switzerland, is a volume of "Select Sermons, by J. G. Fifch, fecond Preacher at Aaraw," published at that place. Thefe fermons have been fent by the author into the world, in juftification of himfelf against a malignant calumny, that he did not preach the truths of Chriftianity. From the fpecimens which they afford us of bis pulpit difcourfes we can easily conceive, that his fervices do not meet with the approbation of fanatics, or of thofe who ftrictly conform their religious principles to fyftematic creeds and confeflions of faith. But to fober rational Chrif. tians they must prove acceptable and edifying. As compofitions they reflect credit on M. Fifch's abilities; and the fentiments which pervade them are fuch as do honour to Christianity, by reprefenting it to be a yoke that is eafy, and a burthen that is light. At Laufanne, a little piece has been published entitled A Manual of practical Philofophy, &c." which confifts, chiefly, of extracts, effays, and moral maxims, felected from English publications relating to the fubject of edu cation. It is flattering to receive the editor's teftimony to the merit of that fpecies of our domeftic literature, that "the mildeft philofophy, the greateft fimplicity, and the moti judicious manner of conveying inftruction, diftinguishes thofe numerous literary productions."—At Geneva, the celebrated Bertrand Barrère has published a work entitled 86 On our Scheme of Government, &c." which contains an ingenious illuftration of the principles of the republican government in France, and an artfur well-written eulogium on its merits. But independently of the partiality which must be allowed to have guided the author's pen, and the particular application of his fentiments, many of his remarks on government, civil liberty, public inftitutions, and political economy, are highly deferving of attention.-At Zurich, M. C. U. D. von E. has published two volumes of "Archives of political Economy and Legiflation," containing extracts of what he deemed most valuable in the various little tracts on the above-mentioned subjects, published between the years 1774 and 1795, digefted under their respective heads, in alphabetical order. Useful as we acknowledge the author's defign to be, we with that he may not in fome measure defeat it, by rendering his work too voluminous. In the volumes before us, confifting nearly of a thousand pages, he has not exhaufted the letter A.-At the fame place, the fame author has published "Annals of political Economy, Vol. I. for the year 1795;" which is conducted on a fimilar plan, and confifts of extracts from treatifes published fince the year 1794, together with corrections and additions to the Archives.-At Laufanne, M. Brez has published an interefting and well-written "Hifto ry ry of the Vaudois, or Inhabitants of the western Vallies of Piedmont," in 2 vols. At Zurich, profeffor Jafp. Fäfi has published "A Sketch of a Manual of the Statistics of Switzerland," abounding in much accurate and valuable information, compreffed within a narrow compafs. The author is the fon of the late J. Conr. Fäfi, well known for his geography of Switzerland. At the fame place, M. F. J. Stalder has published two volumes of "Fragments on Entlebuch, with a Supplement refpecting Switzerland in general." The account with which thefe fragments prefent us of the manners and cuftoms of the paftoral inhabitants of that alpine country, will be found entertaining by readers in general, and not unworthy the notice of the philofopher. In Switzerland, but the place not mentioned, Bertrand Barrère has published a pamphlet entitled "Montefquieu painted from his Works," containing a warm and eloquent eulogium on the talents and judgment of Montefquieu, in his character of a writer on government and legiflation, not unmixed with acute animadverfions and free criticisms on thofe opinions and principles which are unfavourable to the fentiments and inflitutions of revolutionifed France.-At Laufanne, Dr. Tiffot has publifhed "The Life of M. Zimmermann, Counfellor of State, and first Phyficiu to the King of England, &c." which has been naturalifed in this country, and noticed among the biographical articles in our view of the Domestic Literature of the prefent year. At Zurich, an instructive and entertaining work has appeared, entitled "Aloyfius von Orelli; a biographical Elay; with Fragments of Italian and Swifs Hiftory, and a Picture of the domeftic Manners of the Town of Zurich, in the Middle of the 16th Century, by S. v. O. v. B.; with a Preface by H. H. Fuefsli."In our view of the Foreign Litera-. ture of the year 1795, we announced the publication, at the last mentioned place, of profeffor Meiners's valuable and interefting" Lives of celebrated Men who flourished at the Time of the Revival of Science." He has fince added a fecond and a third volume to that collection, which will afford abundant gratification to the reader. The fecond volume contains the biographies of Picus of Mirandola, Angelo Poliziano, Ambrofio Degli Agnoni, or Ambrofius Traverfarius, general of the Camaldulenfian order of monks, and Herman von dem Busche, or Rudolf Agricola; and the third volume is wholly devoted to an account of the life and writings of the celebrated Ulrich von Hutten.-At the fame place, M. C. C. H. Roft has published two volumes of an ufeful and entertaining work, entitled "The Amateur and Colle&or's Manual of the principal Engravers, and their Works, from the Commencement of the Art to the prefent Time, arranged chronologically and in Schools, compiled from the French Manufcript of M. Huber." Thefe volumes are entirely employed on an account of the lives and principal works of artists of the German fchool.-At Bafil, have appeared "Publii Terentii Comoediae Scx, &c." ftated by the foreign reviewers to be a fplendid publication, in which the text of Bentley is chiefly followed, though not without variation; and which in critical correctness equals its typographical beauties. At Laufanne, the "Tragedies of Count V. Alfieri da Afti," have been published, in five volumes; at Bafil, a poem entitled "The Inhabitants of the -- Coun |