believed to be habitually engaged in other offences, for none of which, however, he had been convicted or tried." In our next Number we shall give the most material part of the evidence in this curious case; but this, with any further observations on the Report, must be deferred at present. ANNUAL SUMMARY OF GERMAN THE two Leipsic book-catalogues With regard to the activity of publishers, in their local relations, few alterations of any consequence are observable. The kingdom and duchies of Saxony, besides the territories of Schwartzburg, Anhalt, and Reuss, have 1053 articles, being a diminution of 354 articles, compared with 1817. Of this number Leipsic brings to the market 691, Dresden 62, Meissen 20, Gotha 62, Jena 60, Weimar 51, Coburg 7. Prussia furnishes 919 books, last year she brought 1015. Magdeburg, Quedlinburg, Dortmund, &c. have contributed largely. The Rhenish This notice, translated from a German publication, will be interesting, we believe, to several of our readers. towns, amongst which Bonn, where Bavaria is still far behind Leipsic. The literary fertility of the Imperial States of Austria is said, as we are assured by well-informed persons of that country, to be but too little known in other countries, and can be very inadequately estimated from the Leipsic catalogues. We will not reverse this accusation, if it can be called one, though it would be easy to prove, that the newest German national literature has hitherto found difficult access into Vienna, and still more so into the other towns, through whose fault we do not presume to say; but it admits of no doubt, that the faircatalogue is as open to the Austrian bookseller as to every other in Germany, and it is his own fault alone if his publications are omitted to be inserted therein. The Austro-German States, which, in 1817, appeared in the catalogue with 391 articles, this year only bring into the market 334 books, and are fully 100 behind Berlin alone. Vienna has 198 articles, 5 more than last year; Prague 63, being 37 less than last year; Pesth, where Hartleben is uncommonly active, of whom we ought to have made honourable mention before, has 34; Gratz 21, Brunn 9, and Linz 4 articles. The kingdom of Wurtemburg appears with 165 articles, being 19 more than in the year 1817; 66 belong to Stuttgard, and 59 to Tubingen. The example of Cotta, a name celebrated and blessed as a classical publisher, excites emulation. The circle of readers, who are eager to purchase, increases, in consequence of the state of local affairs. The freedom of the press is thankfully made use of by the fosterers of truth and right, attended with results favourable to the common weal. From the same principle, the book-trade flourishes in Frankfort on the Main, which place brings forward 133 articles. Of two Hessian states, which, in 1817, sent 80 articles, but exhibit this year 134, the Grand Duchy of Darmstadt maintains a decided superiority; 76 articles made their appearance this year, being an increase of 30 since last year. To this number Giessen contributes 35, Darmstadt 24, and Mainz 17. The territory of Hesse Cassel exhibits 38, 4 more than what it brought forward last year; 36 of these articles, the greater part of them school-books, dissertations, and so forth, belong to Marburg, and 2 to Cassel, From the Grand Duchy of Baden we receive 120 articles, 4 less than in 1817; of these 66 come from Heidelberg, 25 from Carlsruhe, 18 from Freyberg, and 11 from Manheim. The kingdom of Hanover delivers 113 articles, 6 more than last year; and the capital, in which the wellknown book shop of Halm has been long established, presents 4 articles, Göttingen 43, Lunenberg 13. Hamburg brings 75 books to the fair, comprehending those of high as well as little importance, and particularly many pamphlets occasioned by Harm's Theses. The duchy of Brunswick has 45 articles; the capital gives 24 of this number, and Helmstadt 21. Lubeck sends 23, the grand duchy of Meklenburg, chiefly Rostock, 20, Bremen 18, the duchy of Nassau, viz. Wiesbaden, (where also much is produced, without any mention of the publishers,) 7; Lemgo, in the principality of Lippe, 6, (astonishingly few, in comparison to its former fertility ;) Oldenburg 3, and Pyrmont 2. We receive from Switzerland 76 articles; of this number 28 come from Zürich, 22 from Arau, 10 from Bern, from Luzern, 4 from St Gallea, 3 from Basel, (strikingly few for the seat of an university, showing at once in how much need they are of a thorough regeneration,) and 3 from Winterthur, which also once gave out a greater quantity. Denmark brings forward 213 articles; of this number 65 belong to the German states, viz. to Altona 39, and to Kiel 26; and to Copenhagen 146. Riga confines itself to 6 articles. Those of Dorpat and Petersburg are sold at Leipsic and Halle; they may possibly not exceed 7 in number. Foreign countries, with the excep tion of Denmark, have contributed but little to the increase of the book stores at the Leipsic fairs. Hielm from Norway, who was so kindly received and welcomed the year before, does not make his appearance this year. The 19 Dutch articles, consisting chiefly of essays and theses from their universities, ten of which come from Leyden, may be had in the shop of Weidmaun. Schoel and Treuttel from amongst the Parisian booksellers, send us 55 articles, among which a German system of handwriting is a curiosity. From Strasburg are sent us (besides those mentioned as coming from Treuttel) only 4 articles. Two articles only make their appearance from London; yet there subsists between the British and German booksellers a species of exchange, which is turned to much advantage. A real and brisk literary exchange with England, in consequence of the immense prices usually given for books in that country, is rendered next to impossi ble; and there should be great activity in furnishing beautiful reprints, such as Thurneisen once published, in order to satisfy more than at present those who inquire after them; in this way the diligence of our piratical booksellers would find employment, without injuring German publishers. dew, A sacred horror o'er my spirit stole, But soon those fears subside, in vision clear Two Scottish heroes met my wandering view, The past rose awful on my eyes and ear, And all the present from my thought withdrew. My soul, possest by fancy's magic power, Exalted hail'd the visionary hour. On Carron's brink those forms of warlike might Majestic mov'd the opposing banks along, They seem'd, while gleam'd their arms with fitful light, Like ghosts of ancient chiefs renown'd in Offspring of princes, honour's favour'd son, Thou last remaining hope of Caledon, Sprung from the valiant lion's lofty race, Are those thy duties, or is that thy place? Shall Falkirk's field of kindred gore produce Laurels to deck the temples of the Bruce? Are thy affections with thy honour sold? Is it enough thy chains are chains of gold? Canst thou that princely head in homage bend, And call thy country's ravager thy friend? Say canst thou kiss that desolating hand, That lights the flames of ruin thro' thy Land? Bruce. No lawless tyrant England's monarch reigns, Nor comes to desolate my native plains, VOL. Y. Or foodless orphans wand'ring thro' the gloom; Not for thy ruin'd towers or ravag'd lands, Or fanes destroy'd by sacrilegious hands; Where Freedom loves to rear a hardy race, Her children yet may fill their parents' place; Their fields again may wave with plenteous grain, And temples, towers, and cities rise again; But Freedom, flying from a land where slaves Obscurely seek dishonourable graves, And barter'd Scottish faith for English gold, For these, see Freedom, Truth, and Scotland wail. For this our patriots rise in vengeful mood, And weep their country's fate in tears of blood. Bruce. Wallace, thy generous rage and patriot flame, Have torn my bosom with remorse and shame, And while 'midst fortune's choicest gifts I pine, I scorn my servile fate, and envy thine, And Scotland, Truth, and Valour mourn thy fate. Thy name shall live to future times, whilst I Must live inglorious, and forgotten die. blot, 3 R Shall Scottish children talk, as yet, unborn, O far be obloquy and scorn from thee, Not that I vainly claim prophetic lore, Tho' clouds, and storms, and darkness in Not to the erring views of man is given Hovers o'er Edward in each bloody field; The haughty Soldan trembles at his name; To worship at the blest Redeemer's tomb ; Does there a spot remain 'twixt earth and Where Scotland's banners yet may freely fly? Lives there a noble free from England's To place the crown on an anointed head? O Scotland, Scotland, land of bright re- Where is thy ancient pride and valour flown? When late affliction's bitter cup I drain'd, My wife, ny generous Anna's cruel fate, The pride, the glory of that loyal name, Silent and sad I mourn'd as warriors mourn; Thy victor trump be heard from shore to shore, And Scotland hail a hero king once more. Bruce. If such the fate relenting heaven affords, And truth be found in thy prophetic words, When tyranny is quell'd and Scotland free, For me no earthly joys or honours wait, While doom'd my country's misery to deplore; I've borne the worst, I cannot suffer more. Rais'd above earth, an alien from its kind; No more shall I of private wrongs complain, They cannot take my Anna's life again, Nor shed again the generous blood of Grahame, Nor tear the honours from my spotless tomb; All private ties dissolv'd, I only feel The fond, the faithful spouse, the matchless friend, No more I live to cherish or defend ; Alike to me the scaffold or the field, Altho' the shelter of a grave denied, I fall the victim of revenge and pride, Enough, that from my blood shall laurels spring To deck the helmet of a warrior king; Enough, that from the realms of bless I see Thy head anointed and thy Scotland free; Then shall thy name to distant ages shine, And truth from English slander rescue mine; And Scottish bards in native verse relate My patriot struggles and thy happier fate; And with a liberal voice their praise divide 'Twixt him who for his suffering country died, And him who liv'd her glory and her guide. REMARKS ON COMMON SENSE,-A POEM. WE like the style of this poem bet" ter than the matter. That easy strain of versification approaching to the language of prose, and yet with many of the distinct marks of poetry,-first exemplified by Horace, and since happily imitated by some great masters of modern times, has nearly gone out among us, and we are happy again to see an attempt to revive it. We like it best, however, when it is not applied to the purposes of satire. Horace's satire is very seldom offensive, -yet the best parts of his Sermoni Propiora are his, sound, and agreeable observations on morals and criticism. Boileau's epistles are in the same sensible and polite strain. There are many examples of a similar character of writing in Pope, though his style is commonly pitched higher, and has both more point and more ill-nature; the best example of the sort in English is, we think, Dryden's Religio Laici. That poem is not a satire, but is a very happy essay in verse, on a subject of great delicacy, and is conducted with much good sense and temper. The present author is by no means unsuccessful in his attempt, and we like him best, also, in those passages in which he is least satirical. The following picture of the style of Crabbe is a good instance: I cannot join with those, whose sweeping |