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novel by Dahnert, which, together with Hildeguard de Hohenthal, by the fame author, well deserves to be recalled to the remembrance of our young readers, who seldom recollect any work beyond the current year. The editor, GRAMBERG, has inferted in this pocketbook fome of his own poems. Those of a humourous nature, and his epigrams, are really an acquifition in a branch of poetry in which Germany is rather deficient.

"The Pocket-book for 1803," published by Wilman, at Francfort, were it less elegant, would be fufficiently recommended by an Allegorical Dream by Herder" Kalligenia, the Mother of Beauty."

Solitude; but who is in fact Counsel-
lor of State to the Duke of Brunf
wick,and who is sufficiently known
in England by a work written in Eng-
lish, the Political Survey of Europe)
intends to publish this pocket-book
every year in English also:-it would
be an acquisition for the juvenile li-
brary.

The intrinfic value of this beautiful vision must outweigh all the tinsel ornaments to which the generality of almanacks owe their thort-lived celebrity. It is a work of an author of Germany's Augustan age. Various artists of note have contributed prints from passages of the most celebrated authors. An English artist has drawn a scene from Romeo and Juliet, and another from Goëthe's little poem, the Miller's Wife; and fome connoiffeurs are inclined to give the preference to these exertions of our countryman.

"The Almanack for the Lovers of Satire and Fun," by FALK, at Weimar, is not unworthy of a genius who has tranflated into German, with success, Peter Pindar's Loufiad.

"The Pocket-book for 1803," published by Vieweg, at Brunswick, has for many years been diftinguished for its elegance; and the present, no less than its predeceffors, deserves a place in a lady's library.

In this almanack, "The City of the Sun," a genuine idea, worthy of Ariftophanes, is made a vehicle of fatire against the follies of the present age.

Some geniuses of the first celebrity have contributed to enrich it. The names of Wieland and Herder must infure its success. The author of Oberon has produced a tale, "Narciffus and Narciffa," and his sportful fancy ftill delights in the flowery groves of fairyland. Two felf-lovers are, by the first glance in a magic mirror, offered to their view by their guardian-angels, converted into mutual lovers. Herder's melo-drama, "Ariadne Libera," is worthy of its classical author, and deserves to be set to music by a second Gluck. Huber has, in his tale "Rather Fortunate than Wife," succeeded in giving a higher degree of inner-worth to the characters of Goethe's Charlotte and Werter; and "Sucky," by Lafontaine, is a pretty trifle. This pocketbook, in allufion to Wieland's tale, is adorned with vignettes of fairies and genii.

"The Pocket-book of Travels," by E. R. de ZIMMERMANN, appeared last year for the first time; and its diftinguished merit inspired a general wish for its con. tinuation. It confequently appears for 1803, and contains a defcription of a part of the world which the late events in St. Domingo have rendered particuJarly interesting.

The author, who has confulted the beft writers, and is no less remarkable for his enlightened sentiments than for bis extensive reading, treats in this volume of the West India Islands.

The elegant prints of this excellent production are equally calculated to please and to instruct. It is faid that M. de Zimmermann (who, by-thebye, is often confounded in England with the late phyfician to the Empress of Ruffia at Hanover, who wrote on

"The Pocket-book for the Lovers of Nature and Gardening, for 1803," which has for nine years past continued to describe the most celebrated parks and pleasure-grounds in Europe, contains, as a well-informed English traveller has affured us, in a pocket size more than many of the like works in England, printed in folio, and at an extravagant price.

For 1803 it contains a description, and fome well-executed views of Harbké, near Brunswick, belonging to Count Veltheim; a picture of a grotto at Kobenzelberg, near Vienna, belonging to the celebrated Austrian negotiator, Count Cobenzel; fome plans for gardens, by the ingenious architect Thowret, at Stutgardt; and some effays on French and English gardening.

Befides a Military Calendar, published ed by Unger, at Berlin, and the PortraitGallery of diftinguished Captains, a Miiltary Pocket-book has been published at 402 Tübingen,

Tübingen, by Captain Hoyer, in the
Elector of Saxony's service, which con-
tains much historical and scientific in-
formation for young officers.

"The Ladies Calendar, of Berlin," by Unger, contains, befides a series of prints from the novel Rofalia and Nannette, and fome anecdotes of Agnes Sorel and Louisa de la Fayette, and an article by the celebrated dramatic author and actor, Iffland, which cannot be read but with improvement by every critic or player.

"The Historical Calendar," publish ed also by Unger, contains the life of Wallenstein, whom Schiller's celebrated drama has lately rendered to interesting an object of curiofity. Profeffor Woltmann's faithful narration shews with what art the illustrious poet has rendered the warrior a hero for the stage, without too far violating historic truth. Profeffor WOLTMAN has published the first volume of his History of England, which deferves an able English tranflator.

NOVELS, ROMANCES, &C.

Of no kind of works is the German press so productive as novels. We may venture to affert, without exceeding the bounds of probability, that fome hundreds of writers are employed on nothing else but the manufacture of novels and romances: but perhaps we might be accused of being too liberal, if we afcribed talents and a knowledge of the art of composition to only a tenth part of them. The inferior class of novel-writers are thus enabled to carry on their trade: if any man of genius starts a good idea, which meets with the approbation of the public, they imitate and purfue it till it becomes quite nauseous. The following are fome of the most diftinguished works of this class that made their appearance during the last year.

Erzählungen, von HUBER."

Tales, by Huber.

The author, who is highly esteemed as an excellent writer in various branches of literature, has here given a feries of very entertaining sketches, which evince much fancy, fentiment, and psychological knowledge.

"Das Goldene Kalb, eune Biographie." The Golden Calf, a Biography.

The author has not put his name to

his work, which belongs to the class of truly witty romances, a class not very numerous in Germany; but the wit in this work is not merely of that light sportive kind, calculated to raife a laugh; but fuch as will caufe the reader to pass from laughing to ferious reflection.

"Der Roman im Romane, von GusTAV SCHILLING." - The Romance, in a Romance, by Guttavus Schilling.

A very interesting work. The author in particular displays great knowledge of the female heart.

"Mährchen, oder das rote Stück des Journals der Romane."

These tales, which form the roth number of the Journal of Romances, are faid to be the productions of a lady, and are very sprightly and entertain ing.

"Ferdinand Warner, oder der arme Flötenspieler." Ferdinand Warner, or the poor Flute-player, by A. EBERHARD."

This is a well-written book; except that a rather too fentimental enthusial tic tone pervades it. The author has, by former works, already established his claim to be ranked among the beft novel-writers of Germany.

"Die Verwandten." - The Rela

tions, by FR. ROCHLITZ.

This work, by an esteemed writer, is worthy of the author's former reputation.

Auftria has, for the last fix months, produced many novels, romances, and tales of chivalry, in which their good Austrian forefathers are commonly the heroes.

PENZL'S "Ulric de Unkenbach" has made more noise than his first produc tion, "Faustin," though inferior to it in merit.

The poetess CAROLINE PICHLER, has written "Oliver, or the Vengeance of the Fairies," in 2 vols.

A Pofthumous Collection of Poems," by DENIS; and " Ceres and Flora," the dying fong of the muchregretted Baron de la LUHE, are the most diftinguished productions of laft year; but the curiofity of the public is engroffed by the biography of two actors, Muller and Schikaneder, which are replete with anecdotes of the greenroom, and the scandalous chronicle of the place.

END OF THE FOURTEENTH VOLUME.

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