all the new known difcoveries in the natural history of man. Dr. Sprengel's medical erudition, and indefatigable industry of research, are well known, and will recommend his labours to the attention of profeffional men.-At Stendal, Dr.S. Theoph. Vogel has published "The Examination of the fick, or general philofophico-medical Enquiries for the Investigation of the Diseases of the human Body," which are conducted with circumfpection, minutenefs, and precifion; and are rendered intereft ing by the occafional introduction of remarkable cafes from the author's own practice.-At Leipfic, a very useful work, and mal terly in point of execution, has appeared, entitled "The Army Phy. fician's Manual, or, on the Prefer vation of the Health of Soldiers in the Field, Establishments for the Cure of their Difeafes, and the Knowledge and Cure of the moft important Difeafes liable to occur in a Campaign," in two volumes.At the fame place, G. Wedekind, physician to the army of the Rhine, has published an interefting "Account of the French military Hofpitals," which offers authentic do cuments to prove that the health of the fick and wounded foldiers is much more regarded under the republic, than it was under the moharchy, no pains or expenfe being fpared for their recovery.. At Jena, Dr. C. W. Hufeland has publifhed a work entitled "The Art of prolonging human Life," which is Immoderately extolled by the German journalists. It appears, how ever, to contain much ufeful information and instruction, delivered in the form of lectures, which are dis yided into two parts; the former theoretical, the latter practical.We can only infert the titles of the following publications: "T. S. Sommering's Plate of a femaleSkeleton, with a Description;" royal folio, published at Frankfort; "Defcription of the phyfiological and pathological Preparations in the Collection of Aulic Counsellor Loder, at Jena, by J.Val.H. Koehler,' pub lified at Leipfic; "C.S.Anderfch's anatomical phyfiological Differta. tion on fome Nerves of the human Body, published by Ern. Ph. Anderfch, Part I." at Konigf berg; "Anatomical Effays, No. 1. on the Structure of the Nerves, illuftrated with three Plates, by J. C. Reil, M. D." published at Halle; "the History of the falival Syftem, phyfiologically and pathologically confidered, &c. by J. Bart. Siebold, M. D." publifhed at Jena; "a Journal for Surgery, Midwifery, and forenfic Medicine, published by J. C. Loder, Vol. I. No. I." at the fame place; "a Treatife on the Venereal Disease, byC.Fr.Cloffius," published at Tubingen; and "on the Effects of mineral Waters, &c. by J. E. Wichman, Phyfician in ordinary to the King of Great Britain," publifhed at Hanover. The next German productions which call for our notice, belong to the departments of Hiftory, Geography, Biography, and Tra vels. In this number is "Xfovizor respy Oparin, &c." now' first publifhed, by F. C. Alter, Greek profeffor at Vienna. This is the work of an hiftorian, who claims a diftinguifhed rank among the eye witneffes of the fall of the eastern empire; and profeffor Alter is entitled to the thanks of the literary world for the attention and care with which he has edited it. To the work of Phrantzes he has added the confeffion of faith of the La tins, fent by pope Gregory IX. to the patriarch Gennadius, with the anfwer of the patriarch and his fyU 2 nod, nod, and fome other creeds from MSS; corrections and additions to the Chronicle, from Crufius's Turcogræcia; and the epiftle of the prothonotary Theodofius Zygomalas to Martín Crufius.-At Leipfic, M. S. F. G.Wahl has published "Ancient and modern fore and middle Afia, being a geographical, phyfical, and ftatistical Defcription and Hiftory of the Perfian Empire." On this work the author has beftowed uncommon industry, in collecting information from the claffical writers of antiquity, the works of learned moderas on eastern history and antiquities, and the accounts of ingenious and well-informed travellers into Perfia, which have been published in this country, as well as on the continent. He has, likewife, exercited much judgment in felecting, combining, and arranging his various materials, fo as to prefent his readers with the best geographico-historical defcription of Perfia, which has hitherto been produced: we mean as far as the author has proceeded. For the prefent volume, although of no fmall magnitude, is only the first of an intended feries on the fame fubject.-At Halle, and Leipfic, profeilor Manglesdorff has published "the ancient History of the World, compiled for the Uie of his own Children, and others from twelve to fifteen Years old, or upwards," in four volumes, which is executed with judgment and fpirit, and will be found inftru&ive, as well as entertaining, by many *men not unacquainted with hiftory, as well as by young perfons in the courfe of their education. At Berlin, M. C. L. Woltmann has published the first volume of "a Hiftory of the States of Europe;" which is employed on the history of France. The foreign reviewers state it to be the work of no common historian, but of one who poffeffes a truly philofophical head, a profound knowledge of mankind, and peculiar acutenefs and felicity in the delineation of character by a few mafterly ftrokes.—At Kouigfberg, M. J. G. Georgi has published the first volume of a geographical and phyfical Defcription of the Ruffian Empire," which is intended to be completed in three volumes. M. Georgi refided for a confiderable time in the various governments of the Ruffian empire, and among other fources of information had the opportunity of confulting many manufcripts, and a number of Ruffian works, which are for the moft part unknown to foreigners. His refpectable talents will enable him, from the advantages which he has poffeffed, to furnith his readers with an inftructive and entertaining work relative to that country. The prefent volume, as far as it extends, is entitled to that character. — At Leipfic, M. E. A. W. Zimmermann, counfellor of the court, and profeffor at Brunfwic, &c. has published the first volume of “a comparative Effay on France and the United States of North America, with reference to their Soils, Climates, Productions, Inhabitants, Conftitutions, and progreflive Fornation." The principal object of this work is, to fhew the diffimilarity between the revolutions of France and America, in their caufes and confequences, from a description of the different countries and their inhabitants. Whatever the reader may think refpecting the importance of the author's defign, and the ultimate fuccefs of his induftrious and ingenious refearches, from the fpecimen before as he will conclude, that they will supply him with a large mais of valuable and curious information, and offer to him many topics of difcuffion which will prove interefting and entertaining.-At the trouble of perufing 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 publifhed the feventh volume of his very valuable " Doctrina Nummorum Veterum, &c." containing the imperial coins from Antoninus Pius to the reign of Dioclefian. At Magdeburg, M. J. Gurlitt has pub - fhed" a biographical and literary Account of J. Winkelman," which fupplies us with fome new anecdotes of his early life, and accurate particulars refpecting some doubtful circumftances in it. At Nuremberg, M. Fran. von Paula Schrank has published the first volume of Weimar, the laft-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 pleature 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 "History of East Friefland," in feven volumes.-At Weimar, profeffor A. C. Gafpari has publifhed 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 profef-"Accounts of the Lives and Writfion. The volume before us contains particular defcriptions of the circles of Auftria, Bavaria, Suabia, and Franconia, preceded by a hiftory of geography, as much of aftronomy as concerns our globe, and the natural history of the earth. -At Buditfin 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 conftitution 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 publified "Adventures and Obfervations during the Campaign against France," which will abundantly compenfate the reader for ings 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 Pruffian Regency at Bayreuth, &c. in which we are prefented with a ftriking inftance of the power of talent to raise itself, by perfevering industry, from the loweft condition, amidst the most difficult circumstances. At Hamburgh have appeared "Anecdotes of the private Life of the Emprefs 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 interesting. U 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 Kamichatca, confifts of three dialogues between Catharine 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 refpective perfonages introduced. "M. J. C. Huttner's Account of the British Embally through China and a Part of Tartary,"published at Berlin, was drawn up by that gentlemanwhile 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 Hamburgh newspaper,rendered it expedient to take that step. It is the production of an accurate and fagacious obferver, and confirms fome of the most wonderful statements in Sir George's narrative, while it prefents the reader with in-, genious and curious obfervations on topics but flightly, if at all noticed in that work. At the fame place, M. Fred. Schultz 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 laft 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, andMifcele laneous Literature. In this number are "Apotoparous Kuuwidias, &c." corrected on the authority of a valu. able 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 most correct and complete exifting. It fupplies feveral chafms, and rectifies several paffages: but the greatest advantage derived from it is the correction of the metre, particularly in the cho ruffes, The editor's remarks are curfory and trivial.-At the fame place have appeared "Strabonis Rerum Geographicarum Libri XVII, Græca ad Opt. Cod. Manuf. recenfuit, Var. Lect. Adnotationibufque illuftravit, Xylandri Verfionem emendavit jo, Phil.Siebenke es, Prof. Altorfinus," tom. I. The late profeffor Siebenkees's learning and industry must have contributed to render this edition of Strabo valua ble to the claffical scholar. The beft manufcripts, however, which he had the opportunity of confulting, were marked by numerous corruptions and defects. This volume contains the first three books.-At the fame place, Dr. J. Severinus Vater has published "Animadverfiones et Lectiones ad Ariftotelis Lib. tres Rhet. &c. with Correc tions 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 published "A Commentary on two obfcure mathe 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 investigation, and on the talents which he poffeffes for advancing the interefts of polite literature. With his fervices in the caufe of biblical and theological learning, our readers are not unac quainted.-At Weimar, M. C. A. Böttiger has published "Grecian Paintings on Vafes, with archæological and artistical Illuftrations of the original Prints," vol. I. This work is the production of an author diftinguished by that learning, fa mathematical Paffages in Plato Works, one of which occurs in the The es, 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 Criticifin 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 ftudy the Hebrew thoroughly. At Altenberg, profeffor J. Fred. Degen has published "An Account of German Tranflations of the Greek Writers," vol. I.``gacity, and taste, which must render A-K, on a fimilar plan, and with the fame diligence which he difcovered in his Hiftory of the Tranflations of the Latin Claffics, publithed in the year 1795.-At Frank fort, M. P. L. de Beauclaire has publifhed 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 fiuce the French revolution; with many expreffions and modes of fpeech now in fashion.-At Gottingen, profeffor Eichhorn has published the firfl volume of a work entitled a" General History of the Culture and Literature of modern Europe," from which the elegant fcholar may promise himself much genuine entertainment. The object of the author is to trace the progrefs of letters, science, and the fine arts, their gradual migrations, and local revolutions, &c. from the middle of the his labours in the department to which he has in the present instance devoted them, highly acceptable to fcholars and artifts. The dearness 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 accompanied 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. XX.— XXIII. both inclufive, published at Leipfic; " Letters to a Lady, on the Arts, by Jof. Fred. Baron Rackwitz," parts I. and II. published at Drefden; "The Torfo, a periodi cal Publication, dedicated to ancient and modern Art, by C. Bach and F. C. Benkowitz," vol. I. published at Breflaw; "The corporeal World difplayed in 360 Figures in Copperplate, with Explanations in French and German, calculated to teach Children the Names, Qualities, and Ufes of fuch Things as come before their Eyes, by J. H. Meynier," published at Augsburg; "Mineral Waters, a Poem, in four Cantos, by V 4 Vale. |