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been transferred since his death by M. Köppen to the Academy.

Among the recent German works prohibited in Russia we observe, Wienbarg's "Esthetische Feldzüge," Raumer's "Historisches Taschenbuch," 8th year, Heine's "Die romantische Schule," "Dic Waldenser," by König; Address of the Polish Refugees in France to the British House of Commons, May 29, 1832, published at Zurich; Menzel's "Geist de Geschichte;" Schlosser's "Geschichte des 18ten Jahrhunderts," Venturini's "Pragmatische Geschichte unserer Zeit," new series, vol. 9; and in the class of those of which portions only are proscribed, are "Göthe's Briefe, 1768 bis 1812," edited by Dóring; and Pfizer's translation of Byron's Poems.

During the last year an unusual number of original novels have made their appearance; among which may be mentioned "Brat Vetcheslav," "Helen Volkova," and a series of tales, in four volumes, all by Paolov, a writer who has but lately come before the public, yet is already one of the most favorite authors of the day, in Russia. Sophia Kutchko, or Love and Revenge, a romance of the twelfth century, in four volumes, is by Griboiedov, another writer, who, we presume, has lately entered upon his career of authorship, as we have not met with his name before; although it is sufficiently familiar to us as that of the late author of the comedy Gore ot Um. The Fall of the Shuiskis, by Kislov; the Foundation of Moscow, and Nicholas the Bear's paw, or the contrabandist Hetman, by Zotvo, all belong to the class of historical romances. Having seen in the preceding paragraph Among the other personages whom the lastthe anxiety of the Russian government to ex- mentioned work introduces to us are Fiedeclude even foreign historical works from its rick William I. of Prussia, the Emperor dominions, we shall be at no loss to compre- Charles VI., Maria Theresa, and Elizabeth of hend the motive of its solicitude that any do- Russia. Masalsky's "Borodolinbie" (The cuments relative to transactions in which Beard Partisans) consists of historical scenes Russia has been implicated should be taken from the reign of Peter the Great, in 1720the greatest care of. In the French papers 21. And Veltman, who has likewise publish we find the following extract of a letter from ed a fresh volume of tales, gives the public St. Petersburg, dated October 28:-"There has been discovered at Jampol on the Dnies. ter, in Podolia, in the cellars of a house formerly inhabited by Ladislas Zagoroski, and at present by an assessor of the government, a numerous collection of manuscripts in the Latin, French, Polish, Russian, and Turkish languages, concerning the first partition of Poland. It is said to comprehend autograph letters of the Empress Catherine, King Frederick II., of Prussia, the Duke de Choiseul, minister of Louis XV., Sultan Mustapha, the Khan of the Tartars, and other personages who acted a part at that time. The local authority having communicated this discovery to the minister of public instruction, Count Ouvaroff, and the latter to the emperor, his majesty immediately ordered the MSS. in question to be forwarded to the imperial archives at Petersburg. The order directs the utmost care to be taken on the road for the preservation of these valuable documents for the history of Poland."

another historical sketch, taken from their national annals, under the title of an "Episode from Biron's Administration." Bulgorin, on the contrary, has paused from novelwriting; his last production being a view of "Russia, historical, statistical, geographical, and literary," in four volumes.

Respecting the general class of productions that aspire to the character of novels and romances, a Russian critic makes the following remarks in one of the native periodical works: "Our department of the belles lettres," says he, "possesses an important advantage, which the literature of all other countries may envy it. Our novels have such a slender figure, that all their foreign compeers must sink ashamed before them. Twenty or thirty pages are sufficient to constitute a novel, and 150 pages are divided into three portions, and published as a novel in three volumes. At the same time, it must be considered that the number of pages alone cannot furnish any correct notion of the brevity of our novels, and the scantiness of our inventive powers. Our 150 pages are far from being equivalent to that number of English in-words are mostly yard-long, of seven, cight, or French pages of the same form. Our and ten syllables; their's of one or two syllables. Their letters occupy very little space. In the first half of the year 1837, according our's are extremely broad: place 28 Russian to the report of the ministry of public instruc- letters under 28 French, and the latter line tion, 486 books were published in Russia. In will be one-fifth longer than the former. In the preceding year the number was much this manner, 150 Russian printed pages would smaller. The prose works, devoted to light not make more than 60 to 20 French or Engreading, form the most numerous class. In lish. What a poverty of ideas results from comparison with 1836, fewer works of in- such a comparison!"

Russian literature has sustained, in the course of this year, a second important loss by the death of Bestucheff, eminent as a novelist by the assumed name of Marlinskij. His reputation as a prose writer was not ferior to that of Puschkin, as a poet.

struction have appeared, but quite as many

learned works.

INDEX TO VOLUME XX.

Altai mountains, mineralogical travels in, 227;
mineral riches of, 237-238; hot springs in, 238.
American War, discussions on the principles of
government to which it gave rise, 198, 199.
Amis (Pfaff), life and adventures of, 166-169.
Antar, romance of, not a faithful picture of an-
cient Arabian manners, 78.

Aporti (Abate Ferranti,) introduces infant schools
into Italy, 152; his account of the principles on
which they are conducted there, 153, 154.
Arabs, collection of love songs of, 59; their mu-
sical instruments, 60; chanting derived from
their ancient style of vocal music, 61; the study
of their literature has disappointed the expecta-
tions of scholars, 76, 77; obstacles to its culti
vation by Europeans, 77; the Arabs themselves
know nothing of their boasted antiquity, 83;
their reputed origin and history, 83; their state
before the time of Mahomet, 83, 84.
Artaud (Chevalier), Histoire du Pape Pie VII.,
30; character of the author and plan of his
work, 31-40.

Arts, fine, present state of in Russia, 186-193.
Aus dem Tagebuche eines in Gross Britannien
reisenden Ungarn, 100-105.

Austria, emperor of, remarks on his coronation at
Prague, 21.

Bolgarü, notice of, 230.

Bonaparte, his correspondence with pope Pius
VII., 34, 35; his coronation, 35; his violent let
ter to the pope after the battle of Austerlitz, 37;
he makes his brother Joseph king of Naples,
39; orders the pope to be seized and carried to
France, ib.

Börne, L, his literary character, 76.
Botta, Carlo, biographical particulars of, 121,
250, 251.

Boyer, succeeds Petion as president of the south-
ern division of Hayti, 51; becomes president of
the whole island on the death of Christophe,
52; his character, ib.

Brand, Sebastian, his Ship of Fools, 72.
British Museum library, neglect to supply it with
important foreign works, 113, 114.

Bruni, P. A., a Russian painter, description of his
picture of the Israelites attacked by fiery ser-
pents, 188, 189; notice of other performances of
his, 189; engaged on a series of historical sub-
jects and engravings of them by himself, 191.
Buckingham, Mr., on the fondness of the Arabs
for music and their proficiency in it, 61.
Buenos Ayres, causes of the declaration of war
by that state against Bolivia, 89-99.
Burckhardt, Dr., Der dreizehnte Artikel der
Deutschen Bundes-Akte und die Hannoveris-
che Verfassungsfrage, 214.

Burney, Dr., vindicated against the assertion of
his having borrowed from Sir John Hawkins,
67.

cretius, and remarks on it, 145, 146.

Bantiesh-Kamensky (Dmetrii), notice of his bio- Busby, Dr., passage from his translation of Lu-
graphy of eminent Russians, 187, 188.
Belgians, the national character of, 183; causes of
their late separation from the Netherlands, 183,
184.

Belgium, literary notice from, 251.
Bertrand (Abbe), anecdote of, 7, 8.
Blindness, feigned, singular case of, 24.
Bodin (John,) remarks on his theory of govern-
ment, 194.

Bohemia, reason why its history possesses pecu-
liar interest when treated by a native, 13; his-
torical legends of, 13-16; introduction of Chris-
tianity into the country, 16-18; establishment of
papal influence there, 18-20; connection be-
tween it and the German Emperors, 20; points
in its history requiring elucidation, 21, 22.
Bohemians, national character of, 15; their dis-
position towards their Austrian rulers, 21.
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Calemberg, the parson of, life and adventures of,
170, 171.

Canova, the sculptor, anecdote of him, 33, 34; his
second visit to Paris, 39.

Cape Hayti, state and population of, 44; burned
by Christophe, 48.

Catherine II. of Russia, description of her per-
son, 9.

Chile, government of, accuses the president of
Peru-Bolivia of connivance in the expedition of
Freire against it, 89; sends a brig of warto Cal-
lao which carries off three Peruvian ships, 91;
arrest of the Chilian consul, 92; demands of
Chile, 94, 95.

China, ancient religious dance in, 61. Christianity, mankind indebted to it for individual! liberty, 73.

Christian II. of Denmark, extraordinary influence acquired over him by an old Dutchwoman, 181-183.

Christophe, emperor of Hayti, and his family, account of, 44, 45; assumes the title of king, 50; his negociations with agents of Louis XVIII.,50, 51; conspiracy formed against him, 51; he puts an end to his life, 52.

Cordova, General, memoir addressed to his fellow-citizens, 240; remarks on his personal character and military talents, 243, 244. Creech, passage from his translation of Lucretius, and remarks on it, 145, 146. Crishnu, the Hindoo deity, influence of his pipe,

64.

Cuneiform Inscriptions, ancient Persian, attempts

to decipher them, 105, 106; countries in which they are found, 106; Lassen's system of explaining them, and remarks on it, 107, 109; specimens of them, 109, 110; reasons for concluding the language of them to be Median, and not Old Persian, 111-114.

Czech, the patriarch of the Bohemians, legend of,

14.

Dances, religious, of the Hebrews and o her na tions, 61.

De la Hale, Adam, collections of songs and other pieces by him, 59; the author of the most ancient comic opera known to exist, ib. Delille, Jacques, sketch of the character of, 11,

12.

Denmark, literary notice from, 253.

Dessalines, expels the French from Havti, and assumes the title of emperor, 49; his death, ib. Dobrowsky, Abbe, his works on the Slavonic language, 12, 13.

Drummond, passage from his translation of Lu cretius, and remarks on it, 145, 146 Düveke, the Dove, the mistress of Christiern II. of Denmark, her singular history, 181, 182.

Education, popular, importance of, 147; system of, established in France, 148-150; in Lombardy, 150-152; infant schools in Italy, 153-158; elementary education in Tuscany, 158-160; schools established at Leghorn, 160-165. Ehrenberg, G., his Travels to the Ural, the Altai, and the Caspian sea, 227-240. Esquirol, M., Statistique de la Maison royale de Charenton, 22-30.

Eulenspiegel, der neue, wieder erstandene, 165; extraordinary popularity of this work, 175; extracts from Copland's translation of i', 175, 176.

Freire, Don Ramon, his expedition from Lima against the government of Chile, 89, 90.

Fresnel, F., Lettres sur l'Histoire des Arabes avant l'Islaimisme, 76; extracts from the work, 78.87.

Gamut, its notes compared to different colors, 64,

note.

German literature, neglect of it by foreigners, 68; its antiquity, 71; the Minnesänger, ib; the first essays of the epic muse, 71, 72; the Meistersänger, 72; popular songs and ballads, ib; satirical compositions, ib; influence of Luther upon German literature, 73, 74; influence of French taste upon it in the 18 h century, 74; opponents of that influence, 75; writers of the 19th century, 75, 76; early comic Romances of, 165; story of the Pfaff Amis, 166-169; Weigand von Theben, the parson of Calemberg, 170, 171; Peter Lew, 171, 172; the Schildburghers, 173, 174; Tyll Eulenspiegel, 174-176.

Germany, literary notices from, 119-121-251253.

Gheel, in Belgium, treatment of the insane at, 29
Görres, picture of him and his family, 179.
Göthe, his opinion on the excellence of the Ger-

man language as a translating medium, 141, 142, note.

Great Britain, Journal of an Hungarian traveller in, 100-105

Gryphius, a German dramatist of the 17th century, 74.

Guthrie, M, his account of Russian musical instruments and music, 65, 66.

Hagen, F. H. von der, Narrenbuch, herausgege ben durch, 165.

Hamilton, Sir William, anecdote of, 8. Hanover, on the constitution of, and the royal paHarrington, remarks on his theory of government, tent of November, 1837, 214, 226. 195, 196.

Hawkins, Sir John, example of his judgment in musical matters, 67.

Hayti, manners and culture of its inhabitants, 45-47; geographical and historical sketch of the island, 47 52; its population, 52, 53; improved political and social state of the inhabitants, 53; French expedition preparing against it, 54 Heeren, H. L, Ueber die Entstehung, die Ausbildung, und den praktischen Einfluss der politischen Theorien, review of, 193-209. Heine, H., his literary character, 76. Heinroth, Professor, his notion of the essential Herder, his literary character, 75. cause of insanity, 25.

Hindoos, peculiarities in their music, 61-65. Hugel, Baron von, his botanical travels, 115. Humboldt, A. von, his travels in the Russian empire, 227 240.

Hütton, Ulrich von, his Letters of some Obscure Men, 74.

Hungarians, the, their invasions of Germany, France and Italy, 18, 19.

Insanity, former treatment of persons afflicted with it, 22, 23; belongs almost exclusively to civilized nations, 23, 24; divided by modern writers into four orders 24; incomprehensible effects of it on the ordinary sensibilities, ib;

feigned cases of, ib; singular illusions of the insane, 25; its origin ascribed by some to mental, by others to material, causes, 25, 26; influence of political misfortunes in producing it in France, 25; religion considered as a fruitful source of it, ib; believed to be on the increase in the British Islands, ib; data on which that belief is founded, 25, 27; not to be accounted for by pathological appearances, 27, 28; management and treatment of, 29; the increase in the disease rather apparent then real, 30. Intorno alla Fondazione, ed el Stata attuale degli Asili di Carità per l'Infanzia, in Milano,

147.

Irtish, river, Chinese forts on, 239, 240.
Italy, proportion of the insane in, 28.
Italy, literary notices from, 121.

257

parative extracts from various translators, and remarks on it, 145, 146.

Luther, Martin, his character as a reformer, 73; influence of his works on the language and li terature of Germany, 73, 74.

Manifiesto de las Razones que legitiman la Decla

racion de Guerra contra el Gobierno del General D. Andres Santa-Cruz, Presidente de la Marchetti, passage from his translation of LucreConfederacion Peru Boliviana, 87-99. tius, and remarks on it, 145, 146, Marie Antoinette, queen, her person, 3-4. Martos, Professor Ivan P., projected publication of his work, 191.

Ivanov, Alexander, a Russian painter, notice of, Meistersänger, the, of Germany, 72.

191.

Katherinenburg, gold works near, 231.
Kauhens, Arabian soothsayers, account of, 84.
Khudozhestvenaya Gazeta, Russian Gazette of
the Fine Arts, 186; plan of the work, 187,
188; extract from and remarks on it, 188-190.
Kiprensky, a Russian painter, notice of, 188.
Kaebel, Karl L. von, litterarischer Nachlass und
Briefwechsel-Titus Lucretius überseltz von
K. L. von Knebel, 129; biographical account
of him, 130-134; character of his posthumous
works and correspondence, with extracts, 134-
143; remarks on his translations of Lucretius,
143-145; comparative extracts from it, 145.
Krok, Bohemia, historical legend of, 14.
Kukolnik, N., Editor of the Russian Gazette of
the Fine Arts, 186.

Lambruschini, Raffaello, Gaida dell' Educatore, 147.

Lasen, Dr. C., Die Alt Persischen Keil-Inschriften von Persepolis, 105 114.

Memoria justiñcativa que dirige a sus Conciuda-
danos et General Cordova, 240-215.
Menzel, Wolfgang, description of, 315-180.
Meyen, Dr. F. J. F., Grundriss der Pflanzengeo-
Milan, state of infant schools in, 156; opposttion
graphie, 114-117.
made to their introduction there, ib.; report of
the progress and management of those institu-
tions, 156-158.
Minnesänger, the, of Germany, character of their
compositions, 71-72.

Montesquieu, remarks on his Esprit des Loix,

197-198.

Moravia, ancient kingdom of, 18; baneful con-
sequences of its dissolution, 18-19.
Münch, Ernst, Biographisch-historische Studien,
Erinnerungen, Lebensbilder, und Studien
eines Teutschen Gelehrten, 176; character of
these works, 177-178; analysis of and extracts
from them, 178-186.

Murner, Thomas, character of his works, 74.
Music, its effects on the insane, 29; curiosities
in, 58-59; music of the Arabs, 59-61; of the
Hindoos, 61-65; in Russia, 65-67.

Netherlands, number of the insane in, 28; remarks on the separation of Belgium from,

184-186.

Netherlands, literary notices from, 251.
Nischne Tagilsk, mineral wealth of, 231.
Norway, proportion of the insane in, 28.

Lebrun, Madame, Souvenirs de, 1-12; charac-
ter of the work, 1; early life of the author, 2;
she adopts the profession of painter, ib; her
marriage, 3; her early works, 3, 4; she is
admitted a member of the Academy of Paint-
ing, 4; her soirees, ib; her Greek supper, 5,
6; she leaves Paris in disguise at the com-
mencement of the Revolution, 6; her residence
at Rome, 7; she removes to Naples, ib; her
portrait of Lady Hamilton as a Sibyl, 8; visits
Vienna, 8, 9; her interview with the empress Opiz, a German poet of the 17th century, 74.
Catharine, 9; returns to Paris and visits Eng-
land, 9, 10; settles in the vicinity of Paris, 11;
her account of Delille. the poet, 11, 12.
Leghorn,school for training boys as monitors, ac-
count of its regulations and management, 160-
162; commercial school at, 163, 164; infant
school for children of the higher classes, 165.
Lew, Peter, adventures cf, 171, 172

Libasa, Bohemian historical legend of, 14, 15.
Lichtenberg, his literary character, 75.
Literary Notices, miscellaneous, 118-122-249-254.
Locke, remarks on his theory of government,
197-204.

Lombardy, system of elementary schools in, 150-
152; infant schools in, 152; principles on which
they are conducted, 153-155; state of those in
Milan, 156-158.

Lords, House of, its utility as a part of the British constitution, 208, 209.

Paine, Thomas, remarks on his theory of government, 202-203.

Palaczky, Franz, Geschichte von Böhmen, 12;

his claims to be the historian of his native coun-
try, 13; character of his work, 20; points in
Bohemian history recommended to his atten-
tion, 20-21.

Paley, Archdeacon, his objections to Locke's the-
ory of civil government, 201-202.
Peru-Bolivia, causes of the declaration of war
against that state by Buenos-Ayres, and re-
marks upon it, 89-99.

Peschier, A., Historie de la Litterature Alle-
mande, 67; qualifications of the author for his
task, 68; his comparison of the national cha-
racter of the French and German, 68-70; ana-
lysis of his history, 70-76.

Lucretius,reason of the failure of the Englishtrans-Petersburg, magnificent proportions of, 229.

lators of, 141; superior advantages possessed by the Germans for that task, 141-143; remarks on Knebel's German translation, 143, 144; com

190.

Picture-lotteries, remarks on,
Pinkerton, his assertion concerning the music
and musical instruments of the Celts, 66.

Pius VI. pope, his forced departure from Rome, and his death at Valenza, 32; removal of his remains to Rome, 33.

Pius VII., early history of, 32; elected pope on the death of Pius VI., ib.; Bonaparte's negociations with him respecting the Concordat, 3331; his correspondence with Bonaparte on the invitation of the la ter to crown him emperor, 34-35; his residence in Paris, 35-36; he returns to Rome, 36; his reasons for refusing to dissolve Jerome Bonaparte's marriage with a Protestant, 37; his celebrated allocution on the occupation of Rome by the French, in 1808, 38-39; he is seized by command of Napoleon and conveyed to Savona and Fontainebleau, 39; his return to Rome, ib.; his death, 40. Plants, computation of the total number of species of, 115; on the peculiar distribution of, 116-117.

Political Theories, on the rise, progress, and influence of, 193-209.

Price, Dr., remarks on his doctrines respecting civil liberty and civil government, 200. Price, Major, his conclusion that the Arabs possess no authentic records anterior to Mahommed, and reasons on which it is founded, 8283; his account of the Kaubens, 84. Priestley, Dr. Joseph, remarks on his theory of government, 199.

Prokophiev, Ivan, a Russian sculptor, notice of, 188, note.

Prussia, proportion of the insane in, 28. Pushkin, Alexander, notice of him and his works, 192, note.

Quakers, proportion of insane persons among them, 25; the first to adopt a mild system of treatment in insanity, 29.

Raev, a Russian painter, notice of, 191.
Rapporto presentato alla Società per la Diffu-
sione del Metodo di reciproco Insegnamento--
Rapporto e Regolamenti degli Asili infantili

di Carità per le Femme in Livorno-Rapporto sopra gli Asili infantili di Firenze, 147. Reise nach dem Ural, dem Altai, und dem Kaspischen Meere, von A. von Humboldt, G. Ehrenberg, und G. Rose, 227-240; motive and object of these travels, 228.

Representative governments, remarks on, 203206; expediency of an upper chamber in, 207209.

Reynolds, Sir Joshua, anecdote of, 10.
Ritter, Carl, Naturhistorische Reise nach der
West Indischen Insel Hayti, 41; his voyage
from Trieste to Hayti, 41, 42; arrival at Cape
Hayti, and reception there, 42: adventure in
Christophe's palace, 43.

Rose, Gustav, Mineralogisch-geognostische Reise nach dem Ural, dem Altai, und dem Kaspischen Meere, 227.

Rousseau, remarks on his theory of government, 198, 203.

Russia, state of music in, 65; translated specimens of songs, with remarks, 65, 66; state of art in, 186-193; mineralogical travels in, 227240.

Russia, literary notices from, 121, 122, 253, 254.

Saintine, X. B., Les Soirées de Jonathan, acaccount of and extracts from, 245-248. Sand, his murder of Kotzebue, and extraordinary interest felt for him in Germany, 178.

Schanfara, his "Exploits and Encounters of the Arabs," the most ancient monument of Arabian literature extant, account of and extracts from it, 77-81, 85-87.

Schildburghers, history of the, 173, 174.
Shapolov, a Russian painter, notice of, 191.
Siberia, plague of, 236.

Sigbrit, Mother, her extraordinary history, 180

183.

Sidney, Algernon, remarks on his theory of government, 196.

Singing, instruction in it desirable in popular education, 149, 150.

Slavonians, earliest state of society among them,

16.

Spain, view of the affairs of, 240-245. Spanish poetry, survey of, during the last century, 209-213. Staatsrechtliche Bedenken über das Patent seiner Majestät des Königs von Hannover vom 5ten Julius 1837-Staatsrechtliche Würdigung des Patents seiner Majestät des Königs von Hannover vom 1sten November, 1837. Stael, Madaine de, remarks on her work on Germany, 68; anecdote of her, 143. Sweden, literary notices from, 121. Szafarik, P. J., Starozitnosti Slovanske, 12; character of the work, 22.

Tatar, remarks on the origin and correct meaning of that name, 230. Tobolsk, account of, 236. Toussaint-Loverture, his efforts for upholding the abolition of slavery in Hayti, 49; takes possession of the Spanish portion of the island, ib; surrenders to General Leclerc, and is sent to France, ib.

Tucker, Dean, remarks on his views of civil government, 200.

Tuscany, state of education in, 159; schools for elementary instruction, 160-164.

Ural mountains, mineralogical travels in, 227; discovery of diamonds in, 234-236; forests and plants of, 233, 234.

Wagenfeld, F, Sanchuniathonis Historiarum Phoenicia libros novem, edidit, 54; remarks on the origin of this work, 55, 56; extracts from it, 57, 58.

Wales Prince of, George IV., anecdote of, 10;
his person and character, 10, 11.
Wieland, his opinion of Knebel's translation of
Lucretius, 143, 144, note.

Willard, Captain, on the music of the Hindoos, 62-64.

William I., King of the Netherlands, account of the early part of his life, 184-186.

Wolf, F. J, Floresta de Rimas Modernas Castellanas, 209; character of and extracts from, 211-213.

Works, new, published on the Continent from
July to September, 123-128.
Wurm, Dr. C. F., Die Gründe des Patents seiner
Majestät des Königs von Hannover, vom, 1sten
November, 1837, 214.

Wyssehrad, castle of, at Prague, described, 15, 16.

York, Cadinal, his death, and extracts from his will, 38; account of the Stuart papers left by him in Rome, 40.

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