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1817.] There has been lately published at Berlin, by P. E. Miller, a curious collection of the Sagen, or Stories of Ancient Scandinavia.

Ebeling has published the seventh volume of his History of the United States of America. It is dedicated to the geography and statistics of Virginia.

William Von Humboldt, brother to the celebrated traveller, has published an admirable metrical translation of the Agamemnon of Æschylus.

C. J. M. Langenbeck has published a valuable work, entitled "Commentarius de structura pertonæi, testiculorum tunicis, eorumque ex abdomine in scrotum descensu, ad illustrandam, herniarum indolem. Annexæ sunt xxiv. Tabulæ ancæ. Text 128 pages large 8vo, plates in folio.

The celebrated Professor Eschenberg has just published the sixth edition of his Manual of Classical Literature, which is particularly valuable on account of the full and accurate enumeration it contains of all the newest and best editions of the Roman and Grecian classics.

Professor Brandes of Breslau, well known by his astronomical writings, is now engaged in a work on Meteorology, on the same plan with his popular Treatise on Astronomy. He also proposes the publication of a periodical Meteorological Journal.

Tiedmann has lately published a folio work, with plates, on the anatomy of the Asterias, Holothura, and Echinus.

The first part of the second volume of Meckel's Classical Work, Pathological Anatomy, has just appeared.

H. de Martuis has published, at Leipsic, a curious tract De Lepra Taurica.

The celebrated philosopher, Tenneman, has published a second edition of his excellent work, entitled, Elements of History and Philosophy, for the use of Academies.

Sprengel has just published the 6th volume of his Institutiones Medicæ. It treats of Therapia Generalis.

There has just appeared at Leipsic, a work on Western Africa, in 4 volumes, with 44 plates and maps.

The missionary scheme meets with much support in Germany. Most of the proceedings of the Missionary Society are reported in Germany—their works translated and commented on. The travels of Campbell in Africa have just been translated.

N. Furst, at the last Leipsic fair, published an interesting series of letters on the Literature of Denmark.

Scheller has just published the 2d volume of his Manual of German Literature, from Lessing to the present time.

The eccentric Dr John of Berlin, the celebrated chemist, has published a curious work on the natural history of amber.

Fr. Adelung has published, at Petersburgh, a work on the merit of the Empress Catharine, as a philologist.

Schwaegrichen of Leipsic has published a posthumous work of Hedwig on Mosses.

Jürgen has published two decades of a curious work, entitled, Algae aquaticæ quas et in littora maris Dynastiam Jeveranum et Frisiam orientalem alluentis rejectis et in parum terrarum aquis habitantas.

The celebrated Swedish botanist, Thunberg, has just published a Flora of the Cape of Good Hope, under the following title, "Flora capensis sistens plantarum Promontorii Boni Spei Africæ, secundum systema sexuale emendatum redacta ad classes, ordines, genera, et species; 2 vols. Upsalæ.

A Greek Atheneum, or College for modern Greeks, has been founded on a liberal plan at Munich, by Professor Thursch. This conspires with many other circumstances to raise the character and prospects of the Greeks.

The ancient library of Heidelberg has been restored in great splendour, and now contains some of the most curious manuscripts in Europe.

An Academy, in some measure similar to our Society for the encouragement of Arts, has been recently established at Vienna; it is endowed by the Emperor with his grand collection of Natural History, and likewise possesses an extensive chemical and philosophical laboratory, together with models and specimens of machinery, &c. The Austrians hope by its means to improve their manufactures, and to become independent of foreign industry. The design is patriotic, and we wish them success; but of this we are certain, that as foreign nations become rich by means of manufacture, so will a new class start up for the purchase of British manufactures. A country, merely agricultural, is never a very good customer.

A German paper states, that Professor Goerres, who is now at Coblentz, has declined the situation of Secretary to the Academy of Fine Arts at Stuttgard, in order to accept the more advantageous offers made to him by the Prussian Government, from which he has obtained permission to resume the publication of his Rhenish Mercury.

Goëthe has resigned the management of the Weimar theatre, which owes its reputation to himself and Schiller, because he would not assent to the appear-