his rules thus in volume first we have a long story translated from a german magazine about certain antique y amusing enough but with no more reference to than to england while in return the lied is despatched in something less than one line and comes no more to light who was not an satire entitled the mirror of but a real hero of that name whose is standing to this day near has some four lines for his share de about as many which also are again if have his half volume and poor poor and numerous other poor each his chapter also has his two sentences and is in these weighed against � dr does not occur here and his escape notice or even do worse the poetry of the is not alluded to the name of s survey of german poetry appears not to be known to mr or if want of rhyme was to be the test of a how comes here stranger still is not once mentioned neither is neither is but why dwell on these and is not all included in this one incredible fact that one of the largest articles in the book a tenth part of whole historic survey of german poetry treats of that genius august von the truth is this historic survey has not anything historical in it but is a mere of notices and notes bound together indeed by the circumstance that they are all about german poetry about it and about it also by the of time and still more strongly by the s but by no other sufficient tie whatever the title were not some in such cases might be general jail delivery of all and original or translated composed or borrowed on the subject of german poetry by c to such jail delivery at least when it is from the prison of mr s desk at and relates to a subject in the actual of german poetry among us we have no objection and for the name now that it is explained there is nothing in a name a rose by any other name would smell as sweet however even in this lower and lowest point of view the historic survey is to grave objections its worth is of no character we mentioned that mr did not often authorities for which doubtless he may have his reasons if it be not from french and the and other the like sources we confess ourselves altogether at a loss to divine whence any reasonable individual gathered such notices as these books indeed are scarce but the s miscellaneous writings most situation may command s horn s und chat s or some of the thousand and one of that sort numerous and accurate in german more than in any ther literature at all events s und and the world renowned conversations no one of these appears to have been in mr s sion � alone and him he seems to have consulted a certain proportion of errors in such � a work is and scarcely so the proportion observed here the historic survey with errors perhaps beyond any book it has ever been our lot to review of these many indeed are harmless enough as for instance where we learn that was born in not in though in that case he must have published his at the age of three years or where it is said that s mary to pray for his soul which it does not do if indeed any one cared what it did some are of a quite mysterious nature either with a wit which continues latent or indicating that in spite of and newspapers some portions of this island are still for example it von was admirably translated into english in at by william scott advocate no doubt the same person who under the poetical but assumed name of walter has since become the most popular of the british writers � others again are the fruit of a more ignorance as when we hear that s und is literally meant to be a narrative and no genuine biography that his ends quietly in to mr s satisfaction which however the french translation may run in the original it certainly does not mr s survey of german poetry likewise that his copy of is so we grieve to state is ours still worse is it when speaking of distinguished men who probably have been at pains to veil their sentiments on certain subjects our author takes it upon him to lift such veil and with perfect composure this to be a that a that other an often without any due foundation it is quite for example to describe by any such unhappy term as that of it is very particularly to say that anywhere himself an that he is a � indeed that he is was or is like to be any ist to which mr would attach just meaning but on the whole what struck us most in these errors is their surprising number in the way of our calling we at first took pencil with intent to mark such but soon found it too appalling a task and so laid aside our black lead and our art happily however a little natural invention assisted by some of came to our aid six pages studied for that end we did mark finding therein thirteen errors the pages are of volume third and still in our copy have their which can be before a jury of authors now if give who sees not that the entire number of pages will give and a or allowing for which are from errors and for philosophical wherein the errors are of another sort nay with a perhaps liberality that these six pages may yield too high an average which we know not that they do � may not in round numbers fifteen hundred be given as the amount 